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Is losing thinner tapered hairs (4.5-5cm) a characteristic of telogen effluvium?

nasolabialundereyeJun 17, 2017
these hairs are thinner and lighter coloured and they are tapered (have not been cut).

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Dr. Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD
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Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD

Yes, they do. There is really no such entity as a telogen effluvium hair. The proper terminology would be "a telogen hair obtained from a person who is experiencing a telogen effluvium." Hairs that are shed in androgenetic alopecia are telogen hairs. Hairs that are shed in a telogen effluvium a...

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Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD

It is natural for human to lose daily 5-100 hair shaft in telogen phase, and it is an expected outcome of hair cycle. These hairs appear again and grow back. About 10% of all hair on our heads is in the telogen phase.

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Bernardino Arocha, MD, FISHRS

Dionyabreu,It is very important to call and schedule an appointment for an evaluation by a hair loss specialist or dermatologist/dermpathologhist. That should shed a lot of light on what is the cause of your thinning. All the best,

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