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Send us Fan Mail How your relationship with your hair affects your relationship with yourself Hannah Bradley, the Curly Confidante, is a hair coach who helps people not only manage their hair, but to explore their relationship with their hair, and describes how this can have an impact on your whole relationship with yourself. Having been  bullied in primary school, Hannah has experienced having lo...

Send us Fan Mail How to take a more creative path in your hairdressing career Ashleigh Hodges is the Vice President for the Fellowship of British Hairdressing. Coming from multiple generations of hairdressers, she began with the Fellowship as a clubstar member, then a member of the FAME team, and began to work with Errol Douglas a lot. She has experienced many different aspects of the industry thr...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding ingredients in Hair products ~ What should you look for? Dr Gaby Longsworth is a mum, wife, Ph. D. Scientist, Certified Hair Practitioner, Trichologist, a biotech/pharmaceutical patent attorney, and owner of Absolutely Everything Curly. She has a Ph. D. in human genetics and molecular biology at The Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in molecular biology from the Fl...

Send us Fan Mail The importance of eyebrows ~ when alopecia affects your facial hair   Jason Berndt was a fighter pilot in the military until recently, when he sete up 'My Two Brows'. He believes that the stress of the military training and studying an engineering degree have contributed to his alopecia. His first experience of hair loss was alopecia areata patches at around 8 years old....

Send us Fan Mail Curl Daddy ~ Helping men embrace their natural hair texture Edwin Borquez is the founder of Curl Daddy products. His Caribbean heritage has given him very curly hair and a great look which led to a career in modelling. This was a confusing time, as some people would tell him to  tame his curls to help blend in to get more work, and some would advise him to embrace his textured hai...

Send us Fan Mail How can salons work to support trans clients  Mac McGregor is 57, and is a trans activist and educator Growing up, he had zero exposure to the LGBTQ+ community, but from a very early age found that he didn't identify as a girl. They got into martial arts, which allowed him to have an outlet to be more masculine and also to see more of the world. Due to the regulations of the...

Send us Fan Mail How to market sensitive services such as hair loss treatments Michael Reynolds became a business consultant after years in the hairdressing industry. He has experience being self- employed, running his own business and dealing with clients going through cancer treatment. He likes to promote marketing and branding in a personal, friendly way, avoiding hard sales tactics. Michael de...

Send us Fan Mail Using JAK inhibitors to treat alopecia areata Tommy Hall began experiencing hair loss in November 2021, and within four weeks, he has lost around 70% of hair over his entire body. He has no idea what had caused his hair loss, and found that there was no cover from the NHS to help him with treatment. He went to the dermatologist and was given a diagnosis of alopecia areata, which w...

Send us Fan Mail Building resilience ~ Why professional development should be more than just physical skill building Hayley Jepson has a hairdressing background of over 30 years. She was a very busy colourist, often triple booked with clients! She then studied counselling, and now focuses on supporting hairdressers with their mental heath & wellbeing. 'The Resilient Hairdresser' was...

Send us Fan Mail Does alopecia affect beard growth? ~ How to promote a healthy beard  Tudor Tanase,  known as The Hairloss Dude, began to take an interest in hair loss when he wanted to improve his beard growth at 18. He started to use minoxidil, but found that he experienced negative side effects. As he began to develop the signs of male pattern hair loss, he began to apply the solution to his sc...

Send us Fan Mail Your vibe attracts your tribe ~ How to create the best outcome for 2023 Jennifer Louise is the Salon Marketing coach. She believes that the way you start your day is up to you- how do you talk to yourself? Are you grateful for what you have? We discuss how attitude affects your progress, and how we can get the best from our clients and business in 2023. Jennifer left school at 14,...

Send us Fan Mail Season four is over! Time for a quick break! We will be back very soon with more great guests and real life stories.  I hope you are enjoying the podcast so far! 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail What makes hair curly? How to effectively manage it. Caroline Yates is a clinical Trichologist. Having curly hair herself, we delve into the origins of this hair type, what makes hair curly and how best to manage it. Have you shied away from dealing with curly hair? Or are you a parent with no idea how to deal with your child's curls? We talk about her experiences with hairdr...

Send us Fan Mail Should all hair salons cater for Afro Textured hair? Karen Roberts lives in Bromley, UK. She is the owner of Mintwave Radio and the host of 'A coffee with Karen' podcast. She is mixed race, with Afro Textured hair. She was adopted by two white parents, and lived in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, where there was very little diversity, and they didn't really know how to han...

Send us Fan Mail Alopecia Universalis at 17 ~ Why it's important to find connections Frank Cornine, 38, has been living with alopecia since he was 17 and in High School, when within 6 months he experienced a total loss of hair from his whole body! He describes his visit to the dermatologist to get help as quite cold and not very compassionate, saying his initial patches of hair loss may get b...

Send us Fan Mail What is the cold cap and how is it used during Chemotherapy? Julia Smith was shocked when she was diagnosed with Paget's disease, a form of breast cancer, despite her having no lumps on her breasts. She had surgery to remove one of her nipples, which she thought would be the end of her treatment, but then found she had to have chemotherapy as her cancer was hormone receptive....

Send us Fan Mail Is your business sustainable? How you can recycle 95% of your salon waste! JC Aucamp has spent 25 years in the hairdressing industry. He was shocked to realise that the local council made no provisions to recycle any of the Salon's hairdressing waste. He began to measure how much waste the business was producing and decided to develop his own solution. JC is now the founder o...

Send us Fan Mail  How to handle those difficult conversations around wigs and hair loss. Ann Fox and Joanne Atkinson both join me for this touching discussion around their incredible work with the My New Hair charity. Ann's Mum died of lung cancer when she was 18, and this spurred her on to work in nursing. Similarly Joanne has spent 35 years in cancer care and has a PHD in end of life care a...

Send us Fan Mail Medically induced hair loss ~ How some small, achievable steps can make a big impact. Lesley Hoad shares her real-life story on her hair loss following her cancer diagnosis and treatment. As a hairdresser and an educator, she felt more pressure when her hair began to fall out, as if she 'should' have all the answers. She describes not feeling like herself as she began to...

Send us Fan Mail How many everyday medications could have an effect your hair Araz Nelson from combed education has been a hairstylist for over two decades, starting her career when she was just 15. She has carried out months of research on the effects of different medications on the hair, the side effects that can be experienced, and how this can produce unstable - sometimes terrifying - results...

Send us Fan Mail Zoe Lyons, Bald ambition ~ Living with alopecia in the public eye. Zoe Lyons first experienced alopecia areata at age 10. She would find patches and it would come and go, flaring up at times over a period of 20 years. Two years ago, she went through a very stressful time, full of upheaval, plus the stress of the pandemic, and her hair loss grew worse. She describes this as a physi...

Send us Fan Mail Non- invasive options for hair loss explained. Thinning hair can be an issue for many, affecting confidence and preventing people from enjoying their lives. Brian Dodge explains some of the more superficial, non- surgical options for those who want low commitment, non- medical alternatives. We discuss: Hair fibres Derma-rollering PRP Brian began to lose his hair at just 21, the ra...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding Afro textured hair ~ what you should know Shirley McDonald has been a trichologist for over 30 years. She has a background in education, is a clinical Tutor and board member at the London Institute of Trichology, she is on the dermatology council, runs the Hair & Scalp Clinic and is an Internationally recognised trichologist. She shares her wealth of knowledge to...

Send us Fan Mail Hair in Recovery ~ haircare after cancer treatment Lauren Gilmore started her career as a hairdresser, and after having a client diagnosed with cancer, she began to look into learning more about how to support and cater to clients facing medical hair loss. She realised that she needed to build on the knowledge and tools she had in order to work with people recovering from cancer a...

Send us Fan Mail How to create multiple streams of income and protect your future Angelica Prather is an income strategist and coach. 'You are the CEO of your life' She gained a degree in cosmetology after college and has been a hairdresser for 20 years. She believes that everyone should ideally have three streams of income, and that you should not just be limited to being behind the cha...