International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences

Background: The incidence of telogen effluvium in children to be around 2.7%. Most cases of telogen effluvium are subclinical, therefore: its true incidence is not clearly known. No racial predilection of disease has been recognized but with higher incidence rate in females.

Objectives: Primary objective- To study the effectiveness of Wiesbaden 30CH in reducing telogen effluvium based on monarch criteria and hair pull test. Secondary objective - To study the effectiveness of supportive haircare in reducing telogen effluvium based on hair pull test.

Design: This is a non-randomized control trial where a protocol is drawn and accordingly patients were selected.

Materials and Methods

Study design: A non- randomized controlled trial.

Study setting: A Sample of 30 cases diagnosed with Telogen effluvium visiting the OPD, IPD, rural centers of Dr. Hahnemann Homoeopathy medical college and Hospital. Study duration: 5 months. Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:1) Both sexes are included. 2) Patients in between 18 - 45 years age groups. 3) Persons suffering from hair fall with nutritional deficiencies, anemia and under chronic medications. 4) Women under postpartum period. 5) Persons with hair fall after acute and chronic infections. Exclusion criteria: 1) Persons below the age group of above 18 and below 45 years. 2) Can exclude people with condition of scarring alopecia, androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, anagen effluvium. 3) Persons under medications which can cause hair loss as side effect. 4) Persons with scalp psoriasis and other scalp affections. 5) Patient suffering from other systemic diseases such as thyroid disorders autoimmune diseases [like SLE^]. and infections like syphilis.

Result: As per the study; The cases of Wiesbaden 30 CH, 13.3% (2 cases) shown marked improvement, 53.3% (8 cases) are with moderate improvement, 33.4% (5 cases) with no improvement. In the cases of supportive haircare 26.7% (4 cases) shown marked improvement, 20% (3 cases) are with moderate improvement, 6.7% (1 cases) with mild improvement, 47.6% (7 cases) with no improvement.

Conclusion: In Wiesbaden 30CH out of 15 cases 2 cases with marked improvement, 8 cases with moderate improvement, 5 cases with no improvement. In supportive haircare out of 15 cases 4 cases with marked improvement, 3 cases moderate improvement, 1 case of mild improvement, 7 cases with no improvement. Hence, we concluded that in the comparative study between the medicine Wiesbaden 30CH and Supportive haircare, Wiesbaden 30CH shown the effectiveness and high improvement status out of 30 cases.