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Long COVID Outcome unclearIll for 10 months

Long COVID hair loss: three-quarters lost, shedding stopped but hair not normal thickness

Condition
Long COVID
At worst
Not stated
Ill for
10 months
Last post
Aug 2022
In their words
  • Condition: Long COVIDI had delta in October. My hair started falling out within the week of symptoms starting In context ↗
  • Began after: COVIDI had delta in October. In context ↗
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Summary

In a long-COVID forum they described catching the delta variant in October. Their hair started falling out within a week of symptoms starting and kept falling until January, with about three-quarters lost. By August 2022 the shedding had stopped but their hair had not returned to normal thickness.

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Their path

They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.

WhenWhat happened
October 2021caught the delta variant; hair began falling out within a weekI had delta in October. In context ↗
2022-08-17hair loss stopped in January but hair thickness not back to normalI’m still waiting on my hair to return to normal thickness In context ↗

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Hair lossMy hair started falling out within the week of symptoms starting and didn’t stop until January. In context ↗

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