TLDR Patients with Telogen effluvium have higher levels of heavy metals than healthy individuals.
In 2019, a study was conducted on 138 patients with Telogen effluvium, a common cause of diffuse hair loss, to assess their heavy metal levels. The study included an equal number of control subjects. The results showed that patients with Telogen effluvium had significantly higher levels of heavy metals than the control group. Specifically, the mean levels of cadmium, iron, magnesium, lead, zinc, cobalt, and copper were all higher in the patient group compared to the control group. For instance, the mean cadmium level was 0.21 in the patient group and 0.017 in the control group, while the mean iron level was 4.64 in the patient group and 1.29 in the control group. The differences were statistically significant.
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