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Do COVID-19 vaccines help keep you from going bald? - The Mercury News

Do COVID-19 vaccines help keep you from going bald? - The Mercury News

Do COVID-19 vaccines help keep you from going bald? - The Mercury News
Sep 26, 2022 1 min, 2 secs

“Months after recovering from COVID-19, many people find that their hair is falling out in large clumps,” reports the American Academy of Dermatology Association.

A few months after having a high fever or recovering from an illness, many people see noticeable hair loss.”.

But the sudden hair loss experienced by COVID patients isn’t the same as the genetically linked gradual balding experienced by so many men — a condition that has made hair loss treatment a $3.4 billion industry in the U.S.

Instead, it is a sudden, stress-induced shedding, known medically as telogen effluvium, the American Academy of Dermatology says?

“It happens when more hairs than normal enter the shedding (telogen) phase of the hair growth lifecycle at the same time,” the dermatology academy says.

Most people see noticeable hair shedding two to three months after having a fever or illness.”.

Fortunately, the academy said, unlike male-pattern baldness, the condition is temporary

A number of people who replied to Bhattacharya said they too had had some hair loss after being ill with the virus

It noted that while recent reports had suggested that COVID-19 may trigger alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes sudden hair loss, it also documented cases of the syndrome in people following vaccination against the virus

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