2021
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14617
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Bariatric Surgery-Induced Telogen Effluvium (Bar SITE): Case Report and a Review of Hair Loss Following Weight Loss Surgery

Abstract: Cohen-Kurzrock et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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“…In general, the surgery affects hormonal balance and hair and skin condition [7]. Usually, within the first three months after bariatric surgery, telogen effluvium, a type of a non-cicatricial alopecia that is characterized by increased hair shedding and thinning of hair, occurs abruptly [56]. The mechanisms of telogen effluvium include premature anagen phase interruption, excessive prolongation of the anagen phase, reduced anagen phase duration, and delayed teleptosis [9].…”
Section: Post-surgery Tellogen Effluviummentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, the surgery affects hormonal balance and hair and skin condition [7]. Usually, within the first three months after bariatric surgery, telogen effluvium, a type of a non-cicatricial alopecia that is characterized by increased hair shedding and thinning of hair, occurs abruptly [56]. The mechanisms of telogen effluvium include premature anagen phase interruption, excessive prolongation of the anagen phase, reduced anagen phase duration, and delayed teleptosis [9].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Other known triggers of TE include acute illness, 7,8 nutritional deficiencies, 4,9 and/or major surgery. 10 Each hair follicle independently and sequentially progresses through anagen growth, catagen transition, and telogen resting phases. In the human scalp, the telogen phase typically lasts 3 months, at the end of which the telogen hair is extruded from the scalp.…”
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