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Telogen Effluvium

What is it?

A trigger that cause more hairs into the telogen phase (resting state)  and/or those who being to have a shorter anagen phase (growing phase of the hair).

  • About 30% of the hairs stop growing and go into the resting phase before falling out.
  • One may lose an average of 300 hairs a day instead of 100.
  • Hair is still being replaced but there is more hair loss than hair growth, this condition may be temporary or continuous.
  • This condition can occur quickly however one may not notice thinning until one or two months later.
  • If the environment or trigger is stable (or controlled) your hair will hopefully quickly return to normal.
  • This condition should usually clear up with in 6 months and return to normal state within one year in the case of surgery or stopping medications that cause hair loss, it should return to normal state within a months.
  • It may take up to one year to 18 months before ones hair appears as it once was.

Cause

Treatments

  • Chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment (these condition cause a shorter anagen phase, however one should recover in time)
  • Surgery

Medication

Vitamins, herbals and minerals

Symptoms

  • Widespread thinning of the hair rather than patches of hair loss?
  • Clumps of hair loss when drying or washing their hair?
  • Hair loss mainly occurs on top of scalp (rare that hairline gets affected)?
  • Hair loss from eye brows?
  • Hair loss from pubic/genital regions?
  • If one pulls their hair , four or more hairs come out?
  • Hair from scalp has white bulb at the end of scalp (this indicates telogen hair follicles phase) and will not have gel- like covering around the end of that hair?
  • Loosing greater than 100 hairs in 24 hours?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

This condition can lead to:

Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice

Detailed Information

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