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“I’d run my fingers through my hair and I’d pull out a whole bunch,” 26-year-old Heather Colton said after getting sick with COVID-19.

Survivors are alarmed by latest fallout of COVID-19 — their hair. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/i-was-worried-id-end-up-bald-survivors-alarmed-by-latest-fallout-of-covid-19-their-hair.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=NationalNews&utm_content=covidhairloss

COVID-19 impacts way more than just the lungs. Hair loss is another devastating side effect that can surface months after infection.

The same was for 61-year-old Lenore Alexander who tested positive also tested positive for COVID-19. “My hair has always been thick like a horse’s tail,” she said. Now every time she washes it “it looks like I’m holding a mouse.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/i-was-worried-id-end-up-bald-survivors-alarmed-by-latest-fallout-of-covid-19-their-hair.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=NationalNews&utm_content=covidhairloss

“My hair’s been falling out for three months." Nada Forbes, 37, first got sick in mid-March after a trip to see family in Egypt, and has been dealing with relapses ever since.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/i-was-worried-id-end-up-bald-survivors-alarmed-by-latest-fallout-of-covid-19-their-hair.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=NationalNews&utm_content=covidhairloss

Hairloss just one more sign, doctors say, that the strange new virus can impact the body beyond just the lungs, and, even in young people, trigger devastating impacts that last long beyond just 14 days. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/i-was-worried-id-end-up-bald-survivors-alarmed-by-latest-fallout-of-covid-19-their-hair.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=NationalNews&utm_content=covidhairloss

COVID-19 impacts way more than just the lungs. Hair loss is another devastating side effect that can surface months after infection.

The good news? The hair loss should be temporary, but may take a year to get back to normal.

Read the full story here: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/i-was-worried-id-end-up-bald-survivors-alarmed-by-latest-fallout-of-covid-19-their-hair.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=NationalNews&utm_content=covidhairloss

COVID-19 impacts way more than just the lungs. Hair loss is another devastating side effect that can surface months after infection.

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