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Send us Fan Mail How mindset can help you through hairloss Sonia Magnier has been in the hair industry since she was 15, became a Mum at 18 and opened her salon at 22, which she had for 20 years! By the age of 24, she had 2 kids and 15 staff to manage. She felt the salon was consuming her life, she was overwhelmed & had no tools to manage her stress. Sonia found a life coach & began lookin...

Send us Fan Mail Hair testing ~ How to really get to know your hair Dr Jonathan Palmer has a PHD from Imperial College and works in Biotechnology. He has worked for cancer research and blood testing, and has now founded Hair Knowhow. Dr Palmer describes himself as an experimentalist, who has been passionate about science since he got his first telescope at 7 years old. He uses tests designed for p...

Send us Fan Mail How to Cut it ~ The Network for Hair Professionals W/ Dom Lehane Dom Lehane has been in the hairdressing industry for 37 years. He is a 4th generation hairdresser from Northamptonshire, who now spends most of his time podcasting and building a community. Dom began his career working at Trevor Sorbie in London, and has been surrounded by hairdressers his whole life, including his w...

Send us Fan Mail Can breathwork help improve hair health? Sandra Withers is a body balance breath coach. At the age of 50 she decided to leave the corporate world and her position as Company Director which made her feel unfulfilled. COVID gave her time to stop and reflect on her life. She began to explore subconscious transformation & became a coach, working with limiting beliefs and promote h...

Send us Fan Mail Hair loss provision on the NHS Dr Archana Rao is a dermatologist with an interest in perimenopause, menopause and hair and skin disorders. She trained in India and retrained in the UK, specialising in biological treatments. She runs a trichology clinic within Kingston Hospital, where she has worked hard to establish that hair loss is a medical need, not just a cosmetic one. She no...

Send us Fan Mail Can we reverse going grey? Interesting cases from New York Penny James is the only board certified Trichologist in New York City. She has been a hairstylist for years, and, after experiencing hair loss herself studied trichology. Now she combines Beauty and Science within her atelier. She finds awareness a struggle, as not enough people know what a trichologist is, and she wants i...

Send us Fan Mail From experiencing alopecia to opening a leading online trichology clinic Claire suffered from alopecia areata at 27, which she puts down to stress. She lost over 90% of her hair in a matter of weeks. She describes the feeling of shame she felt, which led her to develop an alcohol addiction. She has now recovered, but this condition led her to study trichology and spurred her on to...

Send us Fan Mail Alopecia Areata Incognita, Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex & Pili Torti Lottie lives in West Yorkshire. She has a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa simplex, which she has had since childhood, which had a big impact on her life. Then just as that started to improve, at the age of 14 she developed alopecia areata incognita. She also has pili torti. She began working...

Send us Fan Mail Upholding professional standards in the industry ~ The future of Trichology Neil Harvey is the Chairman of the Institute of Trichologists. He has a background in hairdressing, hair replacement services, products and education, which eventually led to him training in trichology. His aim is to create a better future for Trichologists, patients, and the Institute. He was spurred on t...

Send us Fan Mail Persistent Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia Jo had chemotherapy and radiotherapy in 2017, following breast cancer. She has had a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy, which plunged her into medically induced menopause. She also lost her hair due to the treatment. She had been advised that this would probably happen, but was given the impression that it would grow back. She was not re...

Send us Fan Mail Why your mindset is so important Belinda Hillman says she is very aware of what it is like to feel 'less than', describing herself as a bit of a lost teen who was living in a bedsit at the age of just 16. The hairdressing industry helped her to turn her life around, going from a council estate to working on a cruise ship and travelling the world. She then went on to own...

Send us Fan Mail Why consistent habits and the right advice are paramount to regaining healthy hair. Karis is 35 and lives in Kent. She began experiencing issues with her hair three years ago, when she had noticeable shedding which led to visible thinning. She describes her life at the time as very stressful and difficult, a relationship breaking down and facing many challenges led to her not taki...

Send us Fan Mail Integrating wigs & hair systems into your Salon business ~ could it work for you? Aileen Maher is in Kildare, Ireland. She is a hairdresser who has had salons for over 25 years. She became an educator, working for brands such as Joico & Alfaparf. After a client got cancer & needed help, she began to take an interest in hair loss & hair systems. She now helps client...

Send us Fan Mail How to look after your hair & scalp in winter Jill Lee, a hairstylist of 25 years, qualified as a trichologist with USTI over a year ago. Trichologists are not very commonly known in America, and she loves being able to help her clients on a deeper level. Jill tells all on how winter can have an impact on the hair  & scalp - what does it need? We discuss how you might want...

Send us Fan Mail The future of Afro hair & textured hair education Jacqui Mcintosh is the European director of education for Avlon Europe and a specialist in texture management. She is an educator, mentor, coach & trichologist. When training, she made it her aim to focus on every aspect of hairdressing to gain a huge amount of knowledge, and has kept learning & growing throughout her c...

Send us Fan Mail David Barreto began to notice is hair thinning at the age of just 20, and by the time he was 22, this had began to be quite noticeable. He tried various treatments, but did not see any markable improvement. This led him to look into genetic hair loss, where he found that there has been a lot of research done that hadn't been put into use in commercial products. He wanted to b...

Send us Fan Mail Time for another season break!  I really hope you enjoyed all the guests for season 6. We will be back in a few weeks with tons more great guests! Support the show Connect with Hair therapy: Facebook Instagram Twitter Clubhouse- @Hair. Therapy Hair Therapy Website Donate towards the podcast Start your own podcast Hair & Scalp Salon Specialist Course ~ Book now to become an exp...

Send us Fan Mail How colitis related hair loss led to a career in wigs   Hediye Garcia has a background in hair, and was on the path to studying to be an educator when she began to experience hair loss. She was simultaneously suffering from Alopecia Areata and Telogen Effluvium, which she originally put down to stress, but further investigation showed deficiencies in folic acid and iron. Hediye wa...

Send us Fan Mail How can blood tests be used in hair loss diagnosis? Tolu Blooms, the fine hair coach is a trichologist and has a salon in  Lagos, Nigeria, where she takes a holistic approach to hair. She explains how 'protective' hairstyles that may be popular can be detrimental to hair health and shares her philosophy that hairstyles should never be painful! Tolu invited a Trichologist...

Send us Fan Mail Would you employ an ex offender? ~ How hairdressing changes lives Diane, a Hairdresser & Lecturer, works in HMP SEND in Guildford. She delivers the Hairdressing NVQ levels 1-3 in partnership with Milton Keynes College.  After training to become an educator so that she could give something back to the industry, she now has an extremely rewarding job role where she can literally...

Send us Fan Mail Building a strategy to thrive in your business ~ not just survive  Maddi Cook is 34, and after being a hairdresser for 12 years, and after suffering from sciatica, having back surgery gave her an opportunity to change the focus of her career to helping others in the industry with her brand Boss your Salon. She shares her knowledge on how we can protect ourselves for the future, an...

Send us Fan Mail Making the move to study Trichology ~ a route to career advancement Helen Miller is 46, and has been in the hairdressing industry for 30 years. For the last 7 years she has been a mobile hairdresser. After taking a course with the Cancer haircare charity and learning how to take care of clients with cancer, this sparked her interest to gain more knowledge in order to better help h...

Send us Fan Mail Can menopause cause hair loss? Tina Edwin, is married 51 year old Mum of two, lives in Kent. She is a marketing manager for Capital Space, with 9 Business Centres across Kent, Essex, Croydon & Milton Keynes. She shares her story of how after symptoms of perimenopause began at age 44, she began to experience problems with her hair. She first noticed a small bald spot on her cro...

Send us Fan Mail Scalp Micropigmentation on long hair ~ When you want to add density Nadia Dodds is a permanent make up artist who, even though she describes herself as having a good head of hair, since having children and getting more white hairs, her front hairline has thinned out, which makes it appear like she is receding. Since her boyfriend trained in scalp micropigmentation, he suggested to...

Send us Fan Mail Salon Suites ~ A new way of working Celebrity Stylist John Gillespie, who has over 38 years in the industry and has styled stars including Beyonce & Kylie Minogue, describes his career as a fantastic journey. He has had roles in education, presenting shows for as many as 5,000 people, TV work, been involved with building  products and brands and even created a new and innovati...