Telogen Effluvium: A Review of the Literature

This abstract reviews the symptom of trichodynia, a painful scalp sensation linked to hair loss, and highlights its potential connection to inflammation but reports no new research findings.

This study found that the modified wash test was generally more effective than TrichoScan® for diagnosing hair loss, particularly telogen effluvium, though both methods showed only fair concordance with clinical diagnosis.

This review discusses telogen effluvium, a common type of hair loss, focusing on differentiation from other conditions and potential causes, but presents no new research findings.

The researchers reported that a novel leave-on treatment containing caffeine, niacinamide, panthenol, dimethicone, and an acrylate polymer significantly increased the diameter and improved the mechanical properties of scalp hair fibers, suggesting it may help mitigate thinning hair.

This study suggests that chronic telogen effluvium may be due to a reduction in the variance of anagen duration, resulting in recurrent hair shedding with minimal long-term hair volume loss.

This article describes acute and chronic telogen effluvium, highlighting the importance of differentiating them from androgenetic alopecia for accurate diagnosis and treatment strategies but includes no new clinical research findings.

This article reviews various causes of diffuse hair loss, highlighting the importance of identifying triggers through thorough examination for effective treatment and emphasizing patient education in management; it reports no new clinical findings.

This study found that women with serum ferritin levels below or equal to 30 ng/mL have a strong association with an increased risk of diffuse telogen hair loss.

This article reviews the characteristics, diagnosis, and management of different types of diffuse alopecia in women and provides no original research findings.

This study reported that the most common hair loss disorder among children in south-east Nigeria was tinea capitis, and its clinical course was influenced by parental attitudes towards treatment.

This article reviews drug-induced hair changes, highlighting that while many drugs are occasionally linked to hair loss, this connection has been conclusively established for only a few, and such hair loss is typically reversible.

This review examines the histopathologic features of four common types of noncicatricial alopecia and reports no new clinical results.

In this study, 33% of mice treated with polyphenol extract from green tea showed significant hair regrowth, while no control group mice exhibited hair growth.

This study observed that triple horizontal scalp biopsies provided a more accurate diagnosis of female pattern hair loss in women than a single horizontal biopsy, especially for those with advanced hair loss.

This article reviews the concept of telogen effluvium and emphasizes the importance of identifying triggers and using diagnostic investigations to determine the cause of hair loss, without reporting new results.

This review discusses the categorization of hair loss and increased hair density disorders related to systemic diseases and reports no clinical results, emphasizing the potential diagnostic value of history, physical examination, and histopathologic data.

This study found that the TrichoScan method detected significant increases in hair counts and cumulative hair thickness in men after finasteride treatment, suggesting its potential for monitoring hair treatment responses.

This article reviews the triggers, diagnosis, and management of telogen effluvium in men and women, emphasizing the role of patient education and reassurance, but presents no new clinical findings.

This article describes an organized diagnostic approach for identifying nonscarring and scarring alopecias to aid family physicians in making accurate in-office diagnoses, but it reports no new clinical findings.

This study observed a higher incidence of telogen effluvium from July to October, suggesting a summer-related effect in populations above the Tropic of Cancer, possibly influenced by ultraviolet light.

The authors concluded that chronic telogen effluvium in middle-aged women presents distinct clinical and histological features that differ from androgenetic alopecia and acute telogen effluvium.

This article proposes five mechanisms for telogen effluvium based on changes in the follicular cycle, which are supported by clinical findings, highlighting the condition's diverse causes.

This article proposes five different mechanisms for telogen effluvium, supported by clinical findings, based on changes in different phases of the hair cycle.