Hair Loss Reports Grow Among Covid-19 ‘Long Haul’ Survivors

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
2 min readAug 13, 2020

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Hundreds of Covid-19 survivors are reporting hair loss, sometimes dramatic, often weeks after recovering. Experts say the outcome is not a symptom, but a result of physical or emotional stress. And, they say, it’s not surprising.

“We are seeing patients who had Covid-19 two to three months ago and are now experiencing hair loss,” says Shilpi Khetarpal, MD, a…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.