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This study aimed to determine the potential association of COVID-19 stress with hair diseases, such as telogen effluvium (TE), alopecia areata (AA), and seborrheic dermatitis (SD), among medical students in Bangladesh.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This online-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 404 medical students of Bangladesh using a self-administered questionnaire, including sociodemographic information, status of hair diseases (i.e., TE, AA, and SD), COVID-19 fear scale, impact of event scale specific for COVID-19 (IES-COVID-19), and COVID-19 student stress questionnaire (CSSQ) scale, to determine pandemic-related stress. The logistic regression model was used to analyze the association.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall prevalence of TE, AA, and SD was 61.1, 24.7, and 57.7%, respectively, with female predominance in case of TE and male predominance in case of AA and SD. More than half of the participants had COVID-19-related fear and traumatic stress symptoms. In the multiple logistic regression model, smoking [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.93, 95% CI 1.29\u20136.65 for AA and aOR 4.19, 95% CI 1.83\u20139.56 for TE], COVID-19-related fear (aOR 1.70, 95% CI 1.01\u20132.89 for AA and aOR 2.620, 95% CI 1.25\u20135.48 for TE), and COVID-19-related traumatic stress symptoms (aOR 1.84, 95% CI 1.08\u20133.13 for AA, aOR 2.61, 95% CI 1.19\u20135.68 for TE, and aOR 1.92, 95% CI 1.14\u20133.25 for SD) were the risk factors of hair fall disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study showed that a large number of medical students experienced TE, AA, and SD during the pandemic era. 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