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All types of stressful events can cause it, even "good" ones But what they do know is that any perceived trauma to the body can cause hair to fall into telogen effluvium. "It can be physiologic or emotional stress, and it may not be due to a bad thing," says Dr. Gohara. "It could be something joyful, like a wedding, giving birth, or moving somewhere. Pregnancy can also be a physiologic stress on your body." But, as she explains, illness and negative life stress like divorce or loss of a job also kick it into gear. "It can be anything that poses some type of physiologic or emotional stress on you, from general anesthesia to having a really bad flu, stress related to COVID, or just the stress of living right now."
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