There’s no doubt the pandemic left us all feeling stressed.
"I think a lot of it was just uncertainty. It’s a new virus. What is going on? People are also stressed about childcare," said Dr. Shilpi Khetarpal, a dermatologist with the Cleveland Clinic.

But as many of us return back to a new normal – there may be something else happening to you that you may think is abnormal; hair loss.

"It can be very disturbing," Dr. Khetarpal said. "Stress induced hair loss is a phenomena we call telogen effluvium which we have been seeing for years. Its not unique because its not just people who are having Covid that are seeing hair loss."

The dermatologists at the Cleveland Clinic tell 3News they’ve been busier lately because hair loss isn’t always an immediate response to stress. Dr. Khetarpal says hair loss is actually shown on a 3 month delay.

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