Anagen Effluvium is the sudden hair loss which occurs as a result of exposure to chemotherapeutic agents such as antimetabolites, alkylating agents and mitotic inhibitors used in the treatment of cancer. Hair loss usually begins 7 to14 days after a single pulse of chemotherapy and is clinically most apparent after 1to 2 months.

The characteristic finding in this type of hair loss is the tapered fracture of the hair shafts. The hair shaft narrows as a result of damage to the matrix and eventually, the shaft fractures at the site of thinning.

Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date last updated: March 24, 2009

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• Traumatic Alopecia
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