Post-SARS-CoV-2 Acute Telogen Effluvium: An Expected Complication

    February 2022 in “ Journal of Clinical Medicine ”
    Paola Monari, Giulio Gualdi, Giorgio Bettoni, Raffaella Costa, G Ragni, F. Zani, G. Bianchi, Silvia Casella, E. Casella, Massimo P. Crippa, Piergiacomo Calzavara Pinton, Marta Di Nicola, Annamaria Porreca, Paolo Amerio, Pierangelo Guizzi
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    TLDR Many COVID-19 patients experience temporary hair loss after infection, not linked to infection severity or treatment.
    The hospital-based, cross-sectional study "Post-SARS-CoV-2 Acute Telogen Effluvium: An Expected Complication" found that 31.3% of patients discharged with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia experienced alopecia, with a significant gender difference (females 73%, males 26.7%). The average time from the onset of the first symptoms to alopecia was 68.43 days. However, there were no significant associations between alopecia and COVID-19-related features, treatment characteristics, or laboratory findings. The study concludes that post-infection acute telogen effluvium, a type of temporary hair loss, occurs in a significant number of COVID-19 patients, potentially impacting their quality of life. This condition is a foreseeable complication directly related to the disease, and not associated with the severity of infection, treatments, or nutritional deficiencies.
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