As the COVID-19 virus swept the globe, people got sick, then they got better, and then … they started losing their hair.  That was a delayed aftereffect that no one saw coming.  Stress levels were already running high with the lockdowns, illness, crazy mandates, medications, rushed vaxxes, and unrelenting controversy surrounding the pandemic.  Add to that, the stress on the body from the virus itself, and you have a recipe for serious stress-related responses.
A study published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science in late August 2021 found a distinct link between acute telogen effluvium – a form of temporary hair loss – and COVID-19.  Researchers wanted to examine the virus’s possible effects on the human hair growth cycle and establish a relationship between this condition and COVID.