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Hair loss

by dj51, Jul 26, 2008 02:35PM
How long does it take for eyebrows , eye lashes to grow back.  I have lost all my hair and eyelashes and eyebrows and my dermatology is telling me it is from all the medication I had and stress on my body when I had an Abdominal Aortic aneurysm last year in Aug.  Can that cause that?  Will my hair come back???? I wear a wig now.  HELP
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by Rowena Santos, MD, Jul 26, 2008 03:03PM
To: dj51
Hi,

Hair indicates whether your body is in balance or not. Indeed, extreme emotional or physical stress can trigger hair loss.The most common type of stress-induced hair loss is telogen effluvium. Severe stress as a result of trauma, such as chemotherapy, childbirth, puberty, major surgery, and severe chronic illness causes large numbers of hairs to stop their growing phase and shift into a resting phase. Three months later, the resting hairs suddenly start falling out. This type of hair loss is not always a permanent condition and hair eventually grows back within six to nine months. This condition is usually self correcting and  if stress levels are controlled, hair can return to natural growth cycles. You can read more about this through this  link: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telogen_effluvium)

Take care and keep us posted.
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