effluvium
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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
Evidently, telogen effluvium happens when the body undergoes emotional, physical or hormonal shock and pushes more hairs than usual into the resting phase.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
“Telogen effluvium short-circuits the cycle for many hairs,” Garza said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Once such undisguised hatred is hurled, its effluvium clings, no matter how much is done to wash it away.
From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020
The gutters filled with rust-colored pine needles and the pungent effluvium of alder leaves, and the drainpipes splashed with winter rain.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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