What is the second most common cause of hair loss in women?
Telogen effluvium, which is where the hair goes into a resting or shock phase after any type of insult. The most common cause of this type of resting hair shedding is pregnancy. Three to six months after delivering a child, many women will notice a great degree of hair loss as the hair cycles into a resting phase because of the physiologic insult of pregnancy. Women who are on crash diets and lose a great deal of weight over a short period of time, or after acute illnesses, such as an acute infection, can also experience telogen effluvium. Anything that puts stress on the body can cause the body to recycle its hair into a resting phase and cause acute hair shedding, called telogen effluvium.
