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Losing hair after pregnancy and being told it's just “telogen effluvium”? 😤
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We're discussing telogen alubuvium or tilogen ofium, however you want to pronounce it. It's what the dermatologists and doctors use as an excuse for your hair loss after you have a baby. You know what? I hate diagnosis that don't have a have a known cause.
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They're just kind of like it's telogen ofium. That's why you're losing your hair. Uh we'll give you steroids in your scalp and all that. Uh what? No. Usually vast majority of women I see with hair loss after having a baby is from vitamin
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deficiencies. Of course you'd have vitamin deficiencies after carrying that child to term or 8 n months 10 months. Hope it's not 10 months but um you're going to have a problem with malnourishment. Uh and it's going to cause hair loss. If you can't get help,
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if you need more help with it, call my office, set up an appointment. Let's get a vitamin panel line. It's what I do. counsel you nutritionally, all that, and we'll get rid of the hair loss. So, this is Dr. Dan Perer.
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