Telogen Effluvium After COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Telogen effluvium.

The term telogen effluvium, first coined by Kligman in 1961, refers to the loss of club (telogen) hair in disease states of the follicle. Kligman's hypothesis was that whatever the cause of hair loss, the follicle tends to behave in a similar way, namely the premature termination of anagen. "The follicle is precipitated into catagen and transforms into a resting stage that mimics telogen." Ipso...

Localized Telogen Effluvium after Face Lift Surgery

Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 119 Received November 6, 2013, Revised April 21, 2014, Accepted for publication April 27, 2014 Corresponding author: Woo-Young Sim, Department of Dermatology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Korea. Tel: 82-2-440-7335, Fax: 82-2-440-7336, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms ...

Covid-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients: a case report

The Postpartum Telogen Effluvium Fallacy.

INTRODUCTION Postpartum telogen effluvium (PPTE) is a commonly described entity, but few studies deal with the real incidence and pathogenesis of this claimed common disease. OBJECTIVE To analyze the objective data published and to define the real incidence of the so-called PPTE. METHOD A retrospective review of the published data was conducted. RESULTS No statistically significant data w...

Telogen effluvium after allergic contact dermatitis of the scalp.

OBJECTIVE After observing 2 cases of acute telogen effluvium induced by allergic contact dermatitis to hair dyes, we decided to evaluate the effects of acute contact dermatitis of the scalp on the hair cycle. DESIGN Single-center, 6-month study of consecutive patients affected by acute scalp dermatitis. SETTING Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. PATIENTS Dia...