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Hair loss associated with rapid weight loss is typically telogen effluvium, which is self-limiting and does not indicate permanent follicle damage
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Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank Louise Del Tedesco for her valuable assistance in transforming our hand-drawn conceptual diagrams into professionally designed graphical representations
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