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When the body is fighting a virus, it diverts nutrients to more vital organs, leading some to experience hair loss. Getty Images
When the body is fighting a virus, it diverts nutrients to more vital organs, leading some to experience hair loss. Getty Images
Covid-19 hair loss: why does it happen and what should you do?
Trichologist Mike Ryan says up to 25 per cent of people can experience hair fall even 14 weeks after contracting the virus
Ann Marie McQueen
03 July, 2021