Women’s Telogen Effluvium
(abundant and diffuse hair loss)

Contents
- Characteristics
- Temporary telogen effluvium hair loss
- Long-lasting (if not treated) telogen effluvium hair loss

1Telogen effluvium hair losses affect the whole of the head, which is their main common denominator. That distinguishes them from androgenetic hair loss, which only affects some zones on the scalp.

2They can be very abundant, and the hair can fall in batches. But they are usually reversible, when the cause that triggered them stops affecting the hair cycle.

• Child-bearing (post-partum), miscarriage, abortion Child-bearing and Hair Loss
• Beginning of the season: autumn and spring
• Major surgery
• Prolonged general anaesthesia
• Strong fever, over several days
• Strong emotional shock: loss of a loved one, serious accident…
• Interruption of an oestro-progestin contraceptive treatment. Here is why:

Interrupting an oestro-progestin (oestro-progestogen) pill can sometimes cause a type of hair loss that is comparable to post-partum. It is a logical process: the input of synthesis oestrogen can stimulate the hair’s vitality and prolong the hair cycles, during the contraceptive treatment. Stopping the treatment thus causes a larger portion of the hair to be in its loss phase. The loss is diffuse and reversible: after a few weeks, everything should be back to normal, for as long as the hair in question is not particularly sensitive to androgen.

• Depressive state or permanent stress Stress ans Hair Loss
• Some medicine Drug-Associated Alopecia (Hair Loss)
• Draconian diets, anorexia
• Thyroid problems: hypothyroidia and hyperthyroidia Thyroid problems and Hair Loss
• Diabetes Diabetes and diffuse hair loss
• Zinc, magnesium or calcium deficiency
• Iron deficiency, often due to abundant menstruations or the use of an intrauterine device.
Iron Deficiency and Hair Loss

Diagnosis In-depth Clauderer Diagnosis: Have a complete hair checkup