ABSTRACT
Telogen Effluvium/Chronic Telogen Effluvium Normally, the majority of scalp hair is in the anagen or growth phase, with a small percentage of hairs in the resting or telogen phase, normally being shed at a low daily rate (100-200 hairs shed daily) (30). Under certain circumstances a higher percentage of hairs cycle into the resting phase, and a sudden onset shedding, or telogen efuvium (TE), may be noted. Postpartum TE is a commonly observed clinical phenomenon that highlights the impact hormonal changes can have on the hair cycle (31). With age, both the number of hairs in anagen and the duration of anagen may be decreased, thus leading to an alteration and increase in the number of hairs shed daily (29).
