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effluvium

[ih-floo-vee-uhm] / ɪˈflu vi əm /


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It can last three to six months but the silver lining is that telogen effluvium can be reversed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Unlike genetic or hormone-driven loss, I had a textbook case of telogen effluvium, or stress shedding.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Bariatric surgery or restricted diets can lead to telogen effluvium, in which many follicles let go of their hairs.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

Intense stress, as well as post-viral inflammation from Covid-19, can also cause temporary hair loss known as telogen effluvium.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021

Yes, shadowy: a myth, a phantom: something which they engendered and created whole themselves; some effluvium of Sutpen blood and character, as though as a man he did not exist at all.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner




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