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

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

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