Weight Loss Surgery Induced Telogen Effluvium (We Loss SITE) management- Our Experience

Year : 2024 | Volume : | : | Page : –
By

Prof Dr Ravi Kumar Chittoria

  1. Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Puducherry India

Abstract

Telogen effluvium, a condition of non-inflammatory, no scarring, diffuse hair loss after weight loss surgery. A through history taking and Videodermatoscopy is an effective tool for evaluation of a patient with weight loss surgery induced teleogen effluvium (We Loss SITE). Cyclical Nutritional Therapy, Low level laser therapy, Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma is an effective treatment for telogen effluvium. This case report shares our experience in management of a patient weight loss surgery induced telogen effluvium. An OPD visit was made by a 23-year-old male patient from Calicut, Kerala, who works as a driver and has had hair loss for two years following bariatric surgery. Since childhood, the patient has been obese. When she became pregnant, his mother had uncontrolled diabetes. At nine months old, she had a caesarean section because of macrosomia. When the patient was delivered, their weight was 6 kg. With age, he began to put on weight gradually. It might be challenging to differentiate between female pattern hair loss and telogen effluvium, a non-inflammatory, widespread hair loss disorder. The entire scalp usually experiences hair loss, albeit on occasion the temporal regions show the most signs of it. The hair-pull test is positive, with increased shedding of telogen hairs when telogen effluvium is active. In our patient with weight loss surgery induced telogen effluvium, videodermatoscopy was helpful for diagnosis autologous platelet rich plasma therapy, low intensity laser therapy, and cyclical nutritional therapy all contributed to the restoration of better hair.

Keywords: weight loss surgery, bariatric, videodermatoscopy, Low-level laser, cyclical nutritional therapy, platelet rich plasma, telogen effluvium

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Received March 13, 2024
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Published May 16, 2024
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