How to Use telogen in a Sentence
telogen
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One study showed that human hair has the highest number of hairs in the telogen phase in July, and a second smaller peak in April.
—Donna Freydkin, Allure, 15 Sep. 2017
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Hairs in the telogen phase generally fall out 100 days later, which means that people would see a shedding at the end of the summer and into the fall.
—Allure, 21 Nov. 2019
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In healthy hair cycles, most hairs are in a growing phase, with a small percentage in a short resting phase and only about 10 percent of hairs in a shedding or telogen phase.
—Pam Belluck, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
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What’s more likely is that telogen effluvium is at play (again).
—Jane Chertoff, SELF, 13 July 2018
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The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium, was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps.
—New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
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But, in some cases, your body might shed an excessive amount of hair (telogen effluvium).
—Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Aug. 2018
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After the anagen growth phase, the lashes enter a 15-day catagen phase, in which the eyelashes stop growing before entering the third and final telogen (or resting) phase.
—Lindsay Modglin, Health, 22 June 2023
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The subsequent decline in estrogen levels and rise of the stress hormone cortisol causes hair to move from the anagen cycle (growth) to the telogen phase (shedding), Wesley describes.
—Priya Rao, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018
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Stress has been linked to various health issues, including telogen effluvium—a condition where more hairs enter the resting phase of the growth cycle prematurely.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
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Although there are some cases in which genetic hair loss or hair loss due to another condition coincidentally overlap with telogen effluvium, in which cases hair will not grow back on its own, this usually is not the case, Surampudi said.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2023
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Chronic telogen effluvium, where the shedding continues for months, is possible.
—Melanie Rud, SELF, 26 May 2022
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Many women who arrive in a dermatologist’s office with prior diagnoses of female pattern hair loss actually have what’s called telogen effluvium.
—Courtney Rubin, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2017
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Thyroid problems: Excessive hair loss, or telogen effluvium, can be a sign that your thyroid gland is overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism).
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2018
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For people without other complicating factors like a family history of baldness or a weakened immune system, telogen effluvium isn't usually anything to be concerned about.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
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It is often recommended for male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) and telogen effluvium.
—Stephanie Dolgoff and Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2023
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Experts estimate that between 40 and 50 percent of women experience telogen effluvium, a.k.a.
—Jackie Frere, Redbook, 7 Dec. 2017
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