Increase in Google Trends Regarding Telogen Effluvium Due To COVID-19

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Jasmine Garg
Abigail Cline
New York Medical College

Frederick Pereira

Keywords

telogen effluvium, hair loss, COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the public interest in the United States of telogen effluvium before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in order to investigate the best therapeutic interventions for dermatologists in the future.


Methods: We performed Google TrendsTM search for “COVID hair loss”, “telogen effluvium” and “hair loss” between 5/1/20 and 8/16/20.


Conclusion: All three terms have increased in popularity for search terms since mid-March and were the most prevalent in the states that experienced the earliest increase in number of coronavirus cases.

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Mar 6, 2021
DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.5.2.8

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Garg, J., Cline, A. ., & Pereira, F. . (2021). Increase in Google Trends Regarding Telogen Effluvium Due To COVID-19 . SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, 5(2), 137–139. https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.5.2.8
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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)
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Research Letters
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