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Is this a normal hair whorl or is it hair loss? (photo)

I am 28 eight years old.

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Hair is thinner toward the roots. What is this?

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What you’re describing — hairs that are thinner near the root and thicker toward the end — is most consistent with miniaturized hairs, not classic telogen hairs. In true telogen effluvium, hairs typically shed with a club-shaped bulb that is uniform in thickness; they’re not usu...

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