How to Use telogen in a Sentence

telogen

noun

• What’s more likely is that telogen effluvium is at play (again).
  — Jane Chertoff, SELF, 13 July 2018
• The most common type of hair loss is telogen effluvium, which can cause daily hair loss to double or even triple.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
• But, in some cases, your body might shed an excessive amount of hair (telogen effluvium).
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Aug. 2018
• This type of hair loss, known as telogen effluvium, occurs when someone undergoes stress on the body or mind.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
• Then comes telogen, a resting period in which the mature hair sits dormant within the follicle.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Both the catagen and telogen phases of the hair cycle (where the hair shaft is released from the scalp) are reduced and, simply put, stay attached to the scalp for longer.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
• The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium, was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
• One study showed that human hair has the highest number of hairs in the telogen phase in July, and a second smaller peak in April.
  — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 15 Sep. 2017
• After birth, hormone levels drop quickly and many of those hairs shift into the shedding phase at once, a process called telogen effluvium.
  — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
• It’s followed by the catagen or transitional phase, the telogen or resting phase and then the exogen or shedding phase.
  — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
• It’ll eventually be pushed out by a new follicle underneath in the telogen phase, and the process repeats itself.
  — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 17 June 2026
• The official medical term for postpartum hair loss is telogen effluvium, which is when more hair than usual is shed from your scalp.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
• Some can go into a chronic telogen effluvium state, in which shedding continues for more than six months, Rossi says.
  — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
• This type of hair loss, known as telogen effluvium, typically begins two to three months after delivery and can last for three to six months.
  — Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
• In contrast, telogen effluvium appears like diffuse hair shedding and thinning across all areas of the scalp.
  — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
• Mice have distinct hair growth cycles – growth (anagen), regression (catagen), and rest (telogen).
  — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• Hair growth happens on a cycle over several months and this type of hair loss causes hair to move from the anagen (growth) phase to the telogen (rest) phase, causing hair shedding.
  — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2025
• There is also no slam-dunk treatment for telogen effluvium after delivery.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 17 Dec. 2025
• Hairs in the telogen phase generally fall out 100 days later, which means that people would see a shedding at the end of the summer and into the fall.
  — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 15 Sep. 2017
• In healthy hair cycles, most hairs are in a growing phase, with a small percentage in a short resting phase and only about 10 percent of hairs in a shedding or telogen phase.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
• Around the age of 49 days, mice enter the telogen phase, during which hair follicles are naturally dormant and no new growth occurs for about six weeks.
  — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• Rapid weight loss can trigger telogen effluvium, a temporary condition where bodily stress pushes hair from the growth phase to the resting phase.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 13 May 2025
• The stages are anagen (growth stage), catagen (regression stage), telogen (resting stage), and exogen (shedding stage).
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
• Since telogen effluvium’s hair loss occurs with stress on the body, Moustafa explained, once that stressor is removed, patients should make a full recovery.
  — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
• Once a follicle enters the resting (telogen) phase and remains inactive, hair growth stalls, and thinning and eventual baldness ensue.
  — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
• Each hair follicle cycles through growth (anagen), transition (catagen), and rest (telogen) phases.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Hodgdon builds that certain conditions like alopecia or telogen effluvium (temporary hair loss after an episode of severe stress) can also have an impact.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2022
• Chronic telogen effluvium, where the shedding continues for months, is possible.
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 26 May 2022
• Some evidence suggests telogen — the resting phase — varies slightly across ethnicities, says Atoyebi.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
• This condition is called telogen effluvium, and reportedly affects upwards of 50% of new moms.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025