Intermittent Chronic Telogen Effluvium

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...

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...

Suprabulbar Thinning of Hair in Telogen Effluvium

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 ...

Localized Telogen Effluvium Following Hair Transplantation

Telogen effluvium is categorized in nonscarring alopecia, which shows scalp hair thinning and shedding diffusely resulting from inducing factors such as physiological stressful events and several acute or chronic diseases. It usually appears in female patients following parturition, as well as after febrile disease, major surgery, emotional stress, abrupt diet, chronic illness, or the taking of...