My Experience with Telogen Effluvium 

I've been going through this since last Winter too and i wouldn't wish it on anyone. I'm so sorry you're going through this, but I'm so grateful for your bravery. I feel much less alone knowing that people are going through this at the same time. I hope it all gets better for us soon. Thank you ❤

I suffered from chronic Telogen effluvium for 2 years, and as a female, it is devastating. When people say it's just hair, i get so angry, they have zero idea how mentally destroying losing your hair is. It changes you, and you will forever be checking your hair 10 times a day even after it grows back, and you will forever be checking your brush after you brush it, analysing the amount of hair and freaking out if there's a little more than usual and anytime a hair sheds randomly during the day a mental freakout will occur for a second and anytime someone looks at you for more than a moment you will think, is it my hair...is something wrong...the mental fu$%ery it causes doesn't end when the hair comes back. Before this happened, none of the above ever occurred to me, and now it's a lifelong struggle. I hope you're doing well, Thankyou for sharing, you will help alot of people ❤

i am currently in a horrible shed, this is the second time it has happened to me. i feel like the sides are weightless and see through and like fuzz. it is extremely dehumanizing and unless you go through it you couldnt understand. especially when none of your friends have ever gone through it and are living their lives just fine even if they got covid or had a stressful event. i am prone to this happening and it is horrible. i pray it ends soon. thank you for posting, i hope you have recovered

Thank you so much for making this video and being so vulnerable! I broke down watching it because I relate to your story so much!!! I'm currently going through telogen effluvium, and it started shortly after getting married and moving to a new state. Like you, it took me a while to really notice the shedding, I just played it off that the hair stylist I went to touch up my roots over processed my hair. However, things just kept getting worse and I noticed that hair texture became very dry and would just snap. So I started to buy all sorts of hair products, but none of them really helped. It took me so long to finally get the bravery to see a dermatologist, but even though its been 7 months of shedding it hasn't stopped. When I brush my hair I get huge clumps of hair in my brush. Taking showers are the worse because I lose hair in the drain and especially afterwards when I brush it. It seems like I always find a loose hair crawling down my back/arms, all over the bathroom floor, in the dryer lint trap, etc. I think one of the worse parts is how it's inescapable and having to look in the mirror warping your self image. It's been so crushing to my already low self image, especially because I put so much of my worth in my long, thick hair. I feel so out of control and crushed by this, and I just hope one day it stops. Your video really has helped me knowing that I'm not the only one. So thank you again.

Thank you for having the strength to make this video. I think my T.E. started about a month ago, after a very bad case of Covid in January 2024 (all month). But, I was in the hospital for 4 days the first week of April with a very bad kidney infection, so now I'm afraid I'm about to get a double dose of it!! I can relate to everything you said and appreciate hearing from someone who went through it. God bless you, and your hair!

I understand what you're going through. I'm currently facing a similar situation due to dengue. Lately, I've been feeling quite down as I've noticed my scalp becoming visible, and the persistent hair loss has been bringing me to tears every minute. With exams approaching, my confidence is dwindling, and I'm uncertain about how I'll cope with it.

My hairloss started, or I noticed it, in October 2022 - clumps of hair were coming out and my overall hair when I was washing it seemed sooo thin. I had covid on 7/30/22 and blood tests in February 2023 that showed ferritin at 14 and vitamin D at 24. So the dermatologist stated I needed iron IV and 50000 IU Vitamin D3. My levels were all fine by May 2023. My hair stopped shedding by February, but my overall hair is so much less dense - my ponytail is less than 1/2 than what it was. I do not notice bald spots or really a substantial spreading of the part -it is totally more diffused loss. I notice tons of new hairs but the front of my hair under direct light is very thin. So it has been 14 months since I noticed the shedding and I honestly do not feel like my hair thickness has remotely returned, my ponytail is super small and over all my hair is sooo much thinner. I do notice little hairs all over but I am worried as every other video I have seen talked about how in a year they had their hair back. How long from the moment you noticed shedding did your hair return to normal. I am also almost 50yo.

Thank you for sharing Jess…my heart goes out to you! I am experiencing hair loss at this time in my life and you are so right it feels devastating but we will get through this and tears along the way, God bless you!! HUGS!!❤I wish you well!

Hi I'm just 19 yet Im already experiencing telogen effluvium and I'm getting insecure every single day and every time I see a lot of strands of hair falling even I am just standing or not doing anything. Its getting worst and its just my 2nd month of so much shedding. But I'm so proud of everyone who keeps on staying strong despite this

Going through this now. I got the flu at the end of February and started losing my hair rapidly at the end of April. Now at the end of may I’ve lost 50-60% of my hair. Showering is a horror. I don’t recognize myself in the mirror. I cry whenever I think about it. I’ve always had long and thick dark hair, and now I have nothing. I think I’m going to cut my hair as short as I can mentally handle but I’m just waiting for the shed to end, hoping I don’t go bald. I would love to see pictures or updates :( it’s nice to know I’m not alone. It’s so traumatic for a woman.

I can completely understand what you are going through because I experienced it and has been suffering from chronic telogen effluviem. As a person with very thick and long hair it is devastating to experience something like this. It's exhausting to cover those patches so that no one would find out and nobody understands what this is because they see that it's as normal volume for an average person but you know what is happening

Thank you for sharing, I feel like I been suffering with this all my life. Nothing seems to work or maybe I just can’t afford what does work.😞

Thank you for your video and a big hug from Germany - I know what you are going through. PLEASE make a video about your actual situation. Andrea 🥰

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I'm going through hair loss due to stress, weight loss and lots of other things and I feel overwhelmed and alone. < 3

Totally understand iv been going thru it since covid in Dec 21 it's soul destroying n effects every area of your life, xx😢

Thanks for your story. T.E. is a horrible reality if it happens to you. But, saying 50-70% of one’s hair sheds, is an exaggeration, except for yourself and some; definitely not a given. I have had it for 5 years, and it is now classified as chronic. My pony tail is probably only 2/3 of its normal thickness. It will shed worse in some spots, grow back in, then be more concentrated in another, and so on. 8:46 As mine began a few months after an Acute MI, and in my instance, the medical issues leading up to this cannot be altered. ☹️

I went through 4 of these does grow back !! Just be patient each 6 month benchmark will get better .

U seem so nice! Thanks for taking ur time to share ur experience with us. Im 19 and currently struggling with this after i used isotretinoin for acne. I really hope my hair goes back to normal. Its soon to be a month since i ended my cure. I dont dare to touch my hair and i am scared of showering. Its everywhere on my shirt and if i shake my head it falls hairs, hehe.. Not fun. Worse for u girls tho i believe I feel so alone. People like u make me feel much safer and not alone :D I have very much hair so its not that big of a difference now, but im a little worried how long it will last like that. Good luck to us!!

I have TE since january 2023 ( 17 months) after 3 covid i can tell that it is so hard to deal with it , with a pain of the inflammation and the dandruff ( if you don't wash it because of fair) 😢 i lost i could say 70% of my hair and i don't have regrowth, the stress and the panic made it worst. They say that washing it and massaging it daily will make it better but it's hard to see all your hair in shower i m trying to accept the new look especially after visiting 6 dermatologists ( 3 of them said thats its chronic and maybe the androgenitic alopecia is my new diagnosis) 😢

I know how u feel I cry losing my hair I had so much hair. I was lucky enough not to get bald spots I suffered TE when I was 22 even most of my eye brows fell out. They say stress causes it but then losing hair makes u stress more. I’ve gone through it alot in my life. I’m 47 now and on minoxidil 2.5mg it is growing back. U do need vitamin D for hair as well

Vitamin d3 is essential for hair . You mentioned u don’t really take it, I would def take it, at a high dosage and take a k2 with it. Pls pls guys check your blood work, check your vitamin D3 levels, iron levels , check b12 levels , a, D, C , K. Hair loss is related to vitamin D deficiency.

Once you get the new hair growing in can go shoulder length. It will fill in nicely . I’m going through it now hate it since march . I wear scarves on my head summer it’s hard in the heat at least fall can wear hat cutting right off to short hair will be winter nobody will see me .

Would love an update now since i m going through pretty much the same thing and have been in depression and bdd fr months now its really killing me

Hey Jess, thank you for sharing your experience & journey. Did your shedding stop abruptly or did it gradually reduce?

I send you so much love, it is indeed SO hard, so thanks for the video, and patience i guess is key, sO fucking difficult but well. Thanks !

I am currently facing same situation nd every day weaping 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Blessings ❤

Hi Jess, thank you so much for this video. I'm presently going through TE and I have a ques regarding your TE journey. How did you know in your case that the TE phase nearing it's end, what changes did you see towards the end of this phase and how long did the shedding last in your case? Did the crown region grow back to be as dense as it was earlier?

how is it going now ? did it get better ? thank you for sharing :) going through this since a month only now & the emotions you show are exactly how i feel now… it’s hard but i have faith !

Hi Jess, may I ask? I also had dengue fever and recovered on January 14 2024 and I experienced hair loss in mid-April 2024 until now. Has your hair grown after 6 months since it first fell out or maybe it took 12 months or even more?

Any updates on how your hair is doing one year after? I have been going through the shedding face for about 5 months now.

It's alopecia Areata I guess

Wish I could hug you. I'm in the same boat. Hope you're doing well

Im 15 and going through this 😔😭

Will you do a hair update at some point?

After the shedding your hair started to grow thin and weak ? If so how much time it took for your hair to thicken back again ?

How are you doing now? Hope it has gotten better since this video was taken!!

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Going throught this now. How long did the shedding last for you?

I also went through TE, and even stupidly extended the hair shedding phase due to switching up shampoo's because i thought that it would help, only to realize that it was causing more hair loss. how is your looking now, 8 months later?

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