telogen
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It can last three to six months but the silver lining is that telogen effluvium can be reversed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Evidently, telogen effluvium happens when the body undergoes emotional, physical or hormonal shock and pushes more hairs than usual into the resting phase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
If your hair-pull test is positive and your scalp does not show signs of redness or scarring, which are indicators of other types of hair loss, you most likely have telogen effluvium.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium, was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
Finally, during the telogen phase, the hair follicle is at rest and no new growth occurs.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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