A common search term for temporary shedding after significant physical or emotional stress.
Stress hair loss usually refers to telogen effluvium, where a higher-than-usual number of follicles shift into the resting phase and shed weeks to months after a trigger. Triggers can include illness, surgery, crash dieting, emotional stress, childbirth or major life events. The pattern is usually diffuse shedding rather than one bald patch. It often improves once the trigger resolves, although it can uncover underlying pattern hair loss in someone already predisposed.
NHS hair loss: https://www.nhs.uk/symptoms/hair-loss/ ; DermNet telogen effluvium: https://dermnetnz.org/topics/telogen-effluvium
