Catalog
Postpartum telogen effluvium
Link to WHO Definition
Postpartum telogen effluvium – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1446067840
A physiological phenomenon in which diffuse hair loss occurs two to three months following parturition. It is due to a postponement of the normal cyclical conversion of anagen hairs to telogen during pregnancy. After parturition a large number of anagen hairs are converted simultaneously to telogen and shed two to three months later. Normal hair cycling is then resumed.