Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss

Kenny English26 Jun, 2023Health

Stress both physical and emotional can cause a particular kind of hair shedding that is alarming. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic is one of many causes. The medical records of 552 patients at the Henry Ford Health System, collected between February 2020 and September 2020, seems to prove this out. Ten patients reporting hair loss were identified; on average, the shedding of their hair started about 50 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms, and 70% of them had been hospitalized (note this was earlier in the epidemic, before the vaccines were developed).