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Send us Fan Mail Using Ai in your business  Stephanie Stevenson previously had a salon in Sandbanks, UK, and has been in the industry for decades. She has been behind the chair for over 27 years, and has more recently expanded into tech.  During COVID, when she was unable to work, she became a mentor for the ABM, the association of British Mentors. She helped to support a tech start up company, an...

Send us Fan Mail Are our modern day lives causing hair loss?  Jasmine Whitaker has a background in hairdressing, and she began to see a lot of clients with different issues, such as hair loss, or asking for added hair. This led to her studying in hair loss and training in cranial prosthetics. Jasmine shares how more & more people are visiting salons with problems with their hair and scalp, and...

Send us Fan Mail Know what you are putting on your skin  Shalom LLoyd MBE is a pharmacist and a scientist, she has founded a business called EMQT, working with global clinical trials.  She set her business up and changed her career path after the death of her Father 5 years ago. When he became sick, she could have asked him to be involved in a clinical trial, but she could not find any that would...

Send us Fan Mail Diagnose first, treat second ~ Dealing with multiple patient concerns.  Shara Thredgold has a background in hair. She began her hairdressing career after high school. She had also had scalp issues herself, and then found out about the profession of trichology. Shara has really enjoyed studying trichology, and the expert help she can now offer her patients. She is constantly learni...

Send us Fan Mail LED and Laser ~ What's the difference?  Adam is from Leeds, he is now in his 40s, and has experienced Male Pattern hair loss since his 20s. After his wife began to notice changes in her hair too, they started to look for options. He went to visit a hair loss clinic, where they introduced him to low level light therapy. The treatments proved to be very time consuming, expensiv...

Send us Fan Mail Living with alopecia without a support system  Rachel Hannah is 47, and she lives in Philadelphia. She describes herself as a very empathetic person, who does not like to see anyone in pain or suffering.  She has had various health issues, and she has now been experiencing alopecia since 2023. She was a model as a child, and has always been judged on her looks, even by her own fam...

Send us Fan Mail Hair systems are more than just adding hair  Matthew McIlveen has a background in women's hair loss; he first had an interest in fashion and styled wigs for his flatmates who were drag queens! He then got into medical wigs and the emotional element behind his work completely changed. We discuss adding hair systems & hair replacement to salon services, how to do it well, s...

Send us Fan Mail Jak Inhibitors update for alopecia areata  Tommy Hall is originally from Maine, near Boston, but now lives in London. He first came on the podcast in February 2023, after experiencing alopecia areata, which evolved into universalis, and lost all of the hair on his entire body. He began using JAK inhibitors to treat his condition, which were not approved on the NHS at the time to t...

Send us Fan Mail Looking for joy ~ How being intentional can help you with your skin & haircare routine.  Michelle Doan is an immigrant, born in Vietnam, she fled the country with her family after the fall of Saigon, and ended up in Thailand. She settled in Canada at ten years old, and was only the second Asian family in the whole school. She couldn't speak English and found it diffucult....

Send us Fan Mail Advocating for your own health ~ support through menopause, thyroid & hormones . Cindy Dupuie is a functional medicine nutritionist who now focuses on perimenopause & menopause, helping women become their own advocate for their health. She likes to help women with diabetes, thyroid issues, HRT, digestion & weight loss. We discuss how hormonal changes can have an effect...

Send us Fan Mail Working to reduce our toxic environment by going back to traditional ingredients   Anna Asi is the founder of Jadu beauty, a New York based brand focused around natural, chemical free hair & scalp care. She combines generational formulations from the Middle East with a modern, simplified approach to hair wellness. She believes that scalp care is the foundation of leng-term hai...

Send us Fan Mail Your skin is a living biochemical organ  Benjamin Knight Fuchs has 40 years as a pharmacist, nutritionist & skincare chemist. He has experience running a compound pharmacy for people who suffered burns & wounds. Ben states that the missing link in the beauty industry is healing. He says that although skin looks inert, it is a complex, responsive structure, referred to as t...

Send us Fan Mail From breast cancer surgeon to patient ~ dealing with cancer from both sides  Liz O'Riordan grew up in a medical family, and always knew she wanted to become a surgeon. She specialised in breast surgery and has a PHD in thyroid cancers and how they develop. As a female in a male dominated field she has faced bullying and sexual harassment and had a very stressful, high pressur...

Send us Fan Mail Using probiotics in scalp care  Arielle Hobdy founded Bea's Bayou to create products to support & nourish her skin rather than to force or 'fix' things. Arielle has seborrheic dermatitis and was looking for a better solution for someone living with a chronic skin sensitivity. She began formulating products that focus on calming, regulating & respecting the s...

Send us Fan Mail Growing old, staying young - Supporting hair follicle longevity  Balasim Jasim has a background in dentistry, and after a war in his country, he had to rebuild his life and became involved in business development. He operates in 4 languages, and is now working for Oxford Biolabs, driving international expansion. He explains the importance of using clinically validated products to...

Send us Fan Mail Taking a multi-faceted long term approach to treating hair loss  Maik Van Den Berg is an engineer from the Netherlands, who has been experiencing hair loss since just 22 years old. He was diagnosed with male pattern hair loss, and was offered treatment with medication, which he suffered severe side effects from. This led him to stop using it and started to explore alternative opti...

Send us Fan Mail Can you perform Hair transplants on textured hair?  Celestine Gitau specialises in cosmetic chemistry and trichology. After a career as a certified nurse, in 2017 she went on to be a hair transplant technician.  She works with brands to help to develop products & technologies. Celestine enjoys performing her trichology consultations, and helping people throug their journey. Sh...

Send us Fan Mail How hormones can affect hair loss  Chelcey Salinger is the Director of the IAT, and has trichology clinics in Sydney & Adelaide. She sees a lot of women in her clinics, and we discuss how hormonal changes can affect the hair, and the types of hair loss she often comes across. Checey describes different types of conditions that she sees a lot during phases such as menopause, th...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a hair transplant doesn't go to plan?  Dom is a 32 year old electrician, who lives in a van in Scotland. He shares his story about his hair loss journey, including dealing with the side effects of medication, disappointing hair transplant results, and why it's important to consider all your options and get lots of expert advice before making a decision....

Send us Fan Mail How advances in science can improve hair recovery in chemotherapy  Dr Nik Georgopoulos is a highly experienced scientist, cell biologist & molecular biologist. He has a degree in biochemistry & genetics from Leeds University & a PHD. Dr Georgopoulis has studied viruses and how they cause cancer. He looks at what happens when things go wrong. As cancer can affect 1 in 2...

Send us Fan Mail Challenging the Beauty Industry's fear - based narratives around ageing  Natalya Borakowski was born in Russia & emigrated to Arizona. She was destined to be a musician, but the move changed everything. She ended up working in cosmetics at the Chanel counter, and has now founded her own skincare range, Desert Bloom. Natalya is a cosmetic dermatologist. She went through me...

Send us Fan Mail The underlying factors to hair loss  VJ Hamilton, award winning nutritionist helps people with autoimmune issues & hair loss in Harrogate & London. She studied immunology & alopecia at University. She was diagnosed with alopecia herself at just 7 years old, then later also developed psoriasis in her teens too. She got a job in London but began to experience extreme fat...

Send us Fan Mail Season break ~ end of season 11  Another season finished! Thanks to all the guests that have brought so much to the podcast, there will be more amazing guests when we return very soon with season 12! Check out Polytar medicated shampoo Support the show Connect with Hair therapy: Facebook Instagram Twitter Clubhouse- @Hair. Therapy Hair Therapy Website Donate towards the podcast St...

Send us Fan Mail Finding balance ~ Can we improve the health of our future hair? Tom Smith has been in the hair industry for 20 years. He began his journey by training at Sassoon, working in London, he has also travelled the world delivering & creating education, working with brands & developing products. He is the global ambassador for K18, a leading hair health expert & industry styl...