Chemical and metal induced effluvium: why some substances can make hair fall out
Losing between fifty and a hundred hairs a day is a normal part of the scalp hair growth cycle. However, when the rate of shedding…
Category: Telogen Effluvium
Drug-Induced Telogen Effluvium: Medication-Triggered Hair Shedding
Understanding Telogen Effluvium: Telogen effluvium (TE) is a nonscarring, reversible form of diffuse hair loss characterized by an increased proportion of hair follicles entering the…
Investigating the Link between Vaccination and Hair Loss: Focus on Telogen Effluvium and Beyond
Vaccinations have long been recognized as essential public health tools that reduce the burden of infectious diseases worldwide. With the rapid development and widespread administration…
Unraveling Telogen Effluvium: An Introduction
The term “telogen effluvium” was first introduced to the medical lexicon in 1961, despite the symptom it describes – diffuse hair shedding – having been…