What is telogen effluvium/hair loss recovery like?
Carly R asked:
‘m a 22 year old female, and I’ve been diagnosed with telogen effluvium and I haven’t noticed a slow down in hair fall out but I have noticed small hairs growing back at my hairline. I’m still concerned that I might actually be balding and not just loosing hair since it’s been about 6 months. I just have recently learned how to manage the psychological stress in my life however. It has been a hard process.
‘m a 22 year old female, and I’ve been diagnosed with telogen effluvium and I haven’t noticed a slow down in hair fall out but I have noticed small hairs growing back at my hairline. I’m still concerned that I might actually be balding and not just loosing hair since it’s been about 6 months. I just have recently learned how to manage the psychological stress in my life however. It has been a hard process.
My Question is to someone who has maybe dealt with hair loss or knows someone who has: What is the recovery process of telogen effluvium? Does your hair stop rapidly falling out suddenly, then hair regrowth? Or does hair regrow then hair stops falling out rapidly? What is it ending stages like? How do you know that you are in a recovery stage?
Create a video blog…instantly.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Caffeinated Content – Members-Only Content for WordPress
i can’t tell you what recovery is like, but i do know what may help the process along.
1. take prenatal vitamins or a woman’s daily vitamin
2. no crash diets, eat plenty of protien
3. try Nioxin or Tea tree products
February 26th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Caffeinated Content – Members-Only Content for WordPress
Telogen effluvium (TE) is a diffuse thinning of hair on the scalp, which may not be even all over. It can be a bit more severe in some areas of the scalp than others. Most often, the hair on top of the scalp thins more than it does at the sides and back of the scalp. There is usually no hair line recession, except in a few rare chronic cases. People with TE never completely lose all their scalp hair, but the hair can be noticeably thin in severe cases. How TE is treated depends on what has activated it. For short-term TE that can be linked to a trigger like surgery, the best response is to sit tight and wait for the follicles to recover of their own accord. For more tips on hair losing, visit