Affecting almost 5 million women in the united kingdom alone chronic telogen effluvium is caused by a lack of low serum ferritin the amount of storage iron in the body this leads to thinner hair noticable over a period of time a clinically supported programme developed to combat this deficiency florisene provides potent levels of iron and the amino acid l lysine in order to replenish these storesr r diets low in red meat and menstruation are amongst the main causes leading to this issu