Telogen

It can cause hair to stop growing, a condition called telogen effluvium; this is when some hair follicles go into a resting phase and fall out two to three months later. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2010)

You are experiencing a common problem called telogen effluvium, which is the medical term for acute hair loss due to a metabolic, hormonal or drug stress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the normal scalp, about 90 percent of hair follicles are growing, while most of the others are in a resting phase called the telogen stage. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Anxiety may have made her hair temporarily fall out in a condition called telogen effluvium, leaving the pale villus -- or "baby hair" -- behind. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In your case, given that this is a sudden change, you have no other symptoms, and that it is generalized hair loss vs. patchy hair loss - this is most likely related to a condition called telogen effluvium. ❋ Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe (2011)

This kind of shedding is known as telogen effluvium, where a high numbers of hair enter their resting phase simultaneously. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The condition, known as telogen effluvium, is typically set off by diets that lack protein. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It forces hair follicles to remain in the "telogen" phase of growth, which is essentially the fall out stage. ❋ M.D. Robert Tornambe (2010)

It forces hair follicles to remain in the "telogen" phase of growth ❋ M.D. Robert Tornambe (2010)

A hair loss condition called telogen effluvium, which is triggered by a significant event that takes a toll on our body -- for example, childbirth, a car accident, a death of a significant other and even dramatic weight loss can prompt hair follicles to go through the death phase telogen phase. ❋ Anna De Souza (2011)

Major life stress may cause a temporary thinning of hair telogen effluvium, one of the most common causes of hair loss in women. ❋ M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein (2010)

This is due to a sudden shift of growing hairs from the anagen to the telogen stage, resulting in hair loss beginning about three months after a major illness, stress, delivery of a baby, a crash diet, thyroid disease or use of a new medication such as birth control pills. ❋ M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein (2010)

The hair then enters the telogen or resting phase that goes on for about three months. ❋ M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein (2010)