Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss Treatment

Telogen effluvium is an abnormal loss of hair due to alteration of the normal hair cycle. Hair growth occurs in a cycle which is divided into three phases: a growth phase, a regression phase and a resting phase. Different hairs are in different stages of the cycle at any one time. Normally, most of the hairs are in the growth stage and only one hundred hairs per day fall from the scalp. When telogen effluvium occurs, a greater proportion of the hairs enter the resting phase of the cycle and hair shedding is greater than normal.

Telogen effluvium is a form of nonscarring alopecia characterized by diffuse hair shedding, often with an acute onset. In Telogen effluvium a sudden or stressful event can cause the hair follicles to prematurely stop growing and enter into a resting phase. The hair will then stay in the resting phase for about 3 months after which time a large amount of hair will be shed. Telogen effluvium can affect hair on all parts of the body, but, generally, only loss of scalp hair is symptomatic. Telogen Effluvium appears to affect more women than men because more of the precipitating event such as childbirth are experienced by women. Acute telogen effluvium can occur in proper inciting conditions occur.Telogen effluvium can occur at any age.

Treatment of Telogen effluvium

No treatment is required for most cases of telogen effluvium.
If the telogen effluvium is caused by a medication, the medication needs to be paused.
Use shampoos and conditioners which contain biotin and silica.

When telogen effluvium occurs, a greater extent of the hairs enter the resting phase of the cycle and hair shedding is greater than normal. Chronic telogen effluvium often presents in women which actually prolong to have quite thick and moderately long hair. In most people, 5-15% of the hair on the scalp is in telogen at any given time. Telogen effluvium is incitated when a physiologic stress or hormonal variation causes a large number of hairs to enter telogen at one time. Shedding does not happen till the new anagen hairs begin to grow. The emerging hairs help to coerce the resting hairs out of the follicle. Recent confirmation suggests that the mechanism of shedding of a telogen hair is an active process which can occur autonomous of the emerging anagen hair.

There is no such treatment for telogen effluvium. The causes of the disorder can be treated. If one has a poor diet or hair loss is due to a new medication then the doctor can suggest some ways to discontinue that medication. The doctor can prescribe some lotion such as minoxidil, Nizoral shampoo and Tricomin Therapy Spray to stimulate the hair growth.

Because acute telogen effluvium is in reality a normal process, which occurred prematurely in a synchronized manner to a large number of hair follicles, and which resolves spontaneously, treatment can be limited to reassurance. The identifiable inciting factor should be avoided or discontinued or treated, whichever is appropriate. Assuming there is no intervening pathological process, all of the hair will be replaced in six to twelve months and the replacement hair should be identical to the hair that was shed.