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Is recovery from CTE (chronic telogen effluvium) uncommon?

poetsjasmineOct 9, 2016
My shed was VERY high for only the first few mos of hair loss, then leveled off eventually to around 150-200 hairs/a day, with random spikes of higher losses. Is this shed still too high to regain any density? I'm now in my 23rd month of loss. I saw regrowth after about 1 yr, but now trending to diffuse thinning all over the head again, with no obvious AGA pattern. I've read CTE reaches a setpoint & remains there. Does that mean it never ends & hair does not recover original very thick density?

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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
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Dr. Brian Goertz, MD (retired)
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