Modeling Oxidative Stress-Linked Telogen Effluvium: A Monte Carlo Simulation Using Published Trichoscopy Norms and Cannabis Exposure Distributions

    December 2025
    Aryan Chadha, Margit Burmeister, Samuel Poelker-Wells … Samuel Poelker-Wells
    Studysummary In this simulation study, higher cannabis exposure was associated with increased hair shedding severity and reduced follicular density, with greater effects observed in female-assigned profiles, but these associations are based on modeled data and not clinical observations.
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