05 / 06 · Condition
Stress shedding
- Clinical name
- Acute telogen effluvium
Illness, surgery, a crash diet or a severe stress can push many hairs into the resting phase at once. They shed around three months later, which is why the cause is easy to miss.
What you'll see
- More hair than usual in the shower and on the brush
- Thinning all over, not in patches
- Starts two to three months after the trigger
Course
- Typical onset
- 2–3 months after a trigger
- Course
- Usually settles within 6 months
- Contagious
- No
What helps
Removing the trigger, and waiting. Once shedding has stopped, Density may help more follicles into their growth phase. It will not stop the shedding itself.
Two products at once, no more. More actives means more irritation, not more result.
See a clinician if
- Shedding lasts longer than six months: it may have become chronic, or have another cause.
- Hair loss is sudden, or comes out in round patches.
- The scalp is painful, weeping, crusting or smells.
- You see scarring, or skin where hair no longer grows back.
- Hair loss comes with fatigue, weight change or feeling cold.
General information, not a diagnosis.
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