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Telogen Effluvium

also TE

Diffuse shedding a few months after a stress, illness, birth or new medication

Telogen effluvium is a scalp disorder characterized by the thinning or shedding of hair resulting from the early entry of hair in the telogen phase. It is in this phase that telogen hairs begin to shed at an increased rate, where normally the approximate rate of hair loss is 125 hairs per day.

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Research 10

  1. Telogen effluvium: hair loss after spinal cord injury.PubMed · 1984 · 3 citations
  2. A proprietary herbal extract against hair loss in androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium: a placebo-controlled, single-blind, clinical-instrumental studyActa dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica (Tiskana izd.) · 2018 · 32 citations
  3. Prevalence of telogen effluvium hair loss in COVID-19 patients and its relationship with disease severityJournal of medicine and life · 2022 · 36 citations
  4. Integral Roles of Specific Proteoglycans in Hair Growth and Hair Loss: Mechanisms behind the Bioactivity of Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy with Nourkrin® with Marilex® in Pattern Hair Loss and Telogen EffluviumDermatology Research and Practice · 2020 · 22 citations
  5. Burden of Hair Loss: Stress and the Underestimated Psychosocial Impact of Telogen Effluvium and Androgenetic AlopeciaJournal of Investigative Dermatology · 2004 · 243 citations
  6. Safety and efficacy of ALRV5XR in women with androgenetic alopecia or telogen effluvium: A randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trialEClinicalMedicine · 2021 · 15 citations
  7. Chronic telogen effluvium: Increased scalp hair shedding in middle-aged womenJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1996 · 283 citations
  8. Efficacy of Adipocyte-Derived Stem Cells-Conditioned Media in Telogen EffluviumStem Cells and Cloning Advances and Applications · 2023 · 1 citation
  9. Localized Telogen Effluvium Following Hair TransplantationAnnals of Dermatology · 2018 · 20 citations
  10. Iron deficiency in female pattern hair loss, chronic telogen effluvium, and control groupsJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2010 · 126 citations
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Posts 20

  1. What is it? Androgenic Alopecia or Telogen effluviumReddit · 15 Jan 2026
  2. Is 2years+ telogen effluvium possible?Reddit · 5 Jul 2024
  3. how can I know if my diffuse thinning is caused by telogen effluvium or androgenetic alopecia?Reddit · 19 Dec 2025
  4. Telogen Effluvium or (aggressive) increased hairloss? Post Covid-19Reddit · 27 Jan 2022
  5. Telogen Effluvium - Working Towards RecoveryReddit · 14 Feb 2019
  6. This is how stress causes telogen effluvium and this accelerates mpb if you already have itReddit · 19 May 2024
  7. IS IT Telogen Effluvium or MPB???Reddit · 5 Aug 2022
  8. What kind of hair loss is this? Any chance this is Telogen Effluvium or am I f*cked?Reddit · 4 Feb 2022
  9. Does Telogen effluvium hair grow back?Reddit · 17 Jun 2020
  10. Can Doctors Tell the Difference Between Telogen Effluvium and Diffuse Thinning?Reddit · 3 Jul 2020
  11. Telogen EffluviumReddit · 29 Nov 2017
  12. A reminder that Telogen Effluvium could look like MPB; my progressReddit · 21 May 2023
  13. 2/3 month update (Telogen Effluvium, diffuse thinning) 5% MinoxidilReddit · 11 May 2024
  14. telogen effluvium from quitting minoxidil cold turkey?Reddit · 30 Jun 2018
  15. (22F) [possible] Telogen Effluvium VentReddit · 21 Aug 2016
  16. Recovery from a severe case of Telogen Effluvium. Nov 2023 - February 2024 (m22, Oral min & fin)Reddit · 11 Feb 2024
  17. Anyone here experience telogen effluvium (temporary hair loss)?Reddit · 17 Sept 2015
  18. It is Telogen Effluvium or Androgenic AlopeciaReddit · 2 Oct 2022
  19. Telogen Effluvium Recovery stories?Reddit · 21 Jan 2022
  20. For those who experience Telogen Effluvium from steroids.Reddit · 9 Nov 2019
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