COVID-19 Can Exacerbate Pattern Hair Loss and Trigger Telogen Effluvium: The Role of Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy with Nourkrin in Clinical Treatment of COVID-19 Associated Hair Loss

December 2020

Aida Gadzhigoroeva, Daniela Guzman-Sanchez, Alireza Firooz, Hamideh Moravvej, Nelly Espinoza, Yulia M. Romanova, Hugo Vicente Martínez Suárez, Marcela Mattos Simoes, Nikolay N. Potekaev

pattern hair loss telogen effluvium proteoglycan replacement therapy Nourkrin COVID-19 associated hair loss

TLDR COVID-19 may increase hair loss, and Nourkrin® could help treat it.

The document "COVID-19 Can Exacerbate Pattern Hair Loss and Trigger Telogen Effluvium – The Role of Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy with Nourkrin® in Clinical Treatment of COVID-19 Associated Hair Loss" from December 2020, discussed how COVID-19 can worsen pattern hair loss and trigger a condition called Telogen Effluvium, a form of temporary hair loss. The paper suggested that Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy with a product called Nourkrin® could be used in the clinical treatment of hair loss associated with COVID-19. However, the document did not provide specific numbers of people involved in the study, making it difficult to assess the strength of the findings.

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10 citations, May 2020 in “Dermatology Research and Practice”

Proteoglycans are important for hair growth, and a specific treatment can help reduce hair loss.