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Treatment for Young Male with Possible Telogen Effluvium?

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I'm a 19-year-old male. Six months ago, I noticed that my hair was falling out much quicker than it ever had before. I have always had pretty thin hair, but now it is thinner than ever, and my hairline has been receding very quickly. I have a feeling that i could have a case of telogen effluvium, considering the fact that I have been extremely stressed the last year and a half. When I pull a hair out of my head, it has a little white bulb of some sort at the end, which is apparently a possible sign of telogen effluvium. What treatment can I have for this?

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