telogen effluvium

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Oh, I forgot to mention that my local MD had told me about this and

told me there were quite a few reasons a person could lose their hair

like this. Of course, I was anguished. At the time, he took a biopsy

of the bald spot to try and determine if it was from medication or

what. I guess there are different things to look for in the hair

follicle, too. Anyways, he never could find if it was a medication

or what. Of course, I knew it was the implants that did it, because

my hair started coming out in handfuls after I got them. He finally

agreed to me in private one day that he thought it probably was the

implants.

Then, the other time I lost all my hair, I had a different Dr. and he

told me it was from the anesthesia. When I told yet a different Dr.

about that experience, he said it probably wasn't from the

anesthesia, but the shock of surgery and he said that any trauma or

shock to the system can induce telogen effluvium.

I never could get the same answer from any of them as to why I lost

my hair. When I went on Prednisone, my hair grew back and pretty

fast. The problem was...so did hair on my FACE! I was plucking

constantly cuz these " horse " hairs were erupting! Now, I am off

Prednisone and the hairs on my face are not coming back and I am just

hoping and praying I don't go bald again!

It is really hard to get any definate answers, or maybe I should say

the SAME answers from all the Drs.

It is very strange that would say she has never heard of such a

thing. It is actually pretty common.