Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Telogen effluvium usually causes temporary hair loss that starts growing back in about 95% of acute cases. You may have hair loss triggered by stress, ...

Stress levels are high, and for some, that could mean less hair on your head. Indeed, science supports the notion that significant emotional stress may be linked to at least one type of hair loss: ...

You may have heard stress causes hair loss. While that's true, you probably won't see hair loss from stress after one particularly tough work meeting or a tense conversation with your partner. But ...

If you've started to notice the early signs of hair loss, it's easy to wonder what's causing you to shed hair. Telogen effluvium and androgenetic alopecia are two common forms of hair loss. One causes ...

Have you ever looked down at your bathroom sink and seen its porcelain whiteness marred by your beautiful locks of hair and wondered what happened? There’s a condition some doctors don't tell their ...

Theresa Cabrera was so ill with COVID-19 that she had to spend a month in the hospital this spring, much of that time sedated, intubated and on a ventilator. When she finally improved and was able to ...

Your hair grows in a cycle of four stages or phases. The stages are anagen (growth stage), catagen (regression stage), telogen (resting stage), and exogen (shedding stage). Each hair follicle ...

Hair shedding is something we all experience on a daily basis, whether we notice it or not. While it might be more apparent for those with longer hair, it’s normal to lose between 80 to 100 hairs in a ...

The bathroom drain clogged with hair, the brush that needs cleaning after every use, the pillowcase dotted with fallen strands—these common observations can trigger anxiety about potential baldness.