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Send us Fan Mail Removing the stigma around female hair loss ~ How Alopecia areata led to becoming a wellbeing & mindfulness advocate. Chloe Sheehan lives with Alopecia. Her condition fluctuates and can improve or worsen at any time. After her diagnosis, she recognised that her job was causing her stress, and she had a complete career change. This led to her seeking out mindfulness techniques...

Send us Fan Mail Why business education is just as important as being a great hairdresser Antony Whitaker has been hairdressing since 1978. He has trained with the best and owned three successful salons and had his own training schools. He now puts his wealth of knowledge and experience to good use as a salon business coach after finding that stylists on his hairdressing courses were just as keen...

Send us Fan Mail What is electrolysis and how does it work? Deborah Jones comes from a council estate background, is dyslexic and left school with no real qualifications. As a single parent, after juggling several role at once, she wanted to become a positive role mode in her sons' lives, and set up her own electrolysis clinic and training academy. Due to her example, both her children have a...

Send us Fan Mail How Hairdressers can better support clients with hair loss Louise Howard-Long set up her own salon at 24, and thought that she was an understanding hairdresser, who could help support her clients through problems such as hair loss. That is, until she experienced hair loss herself! She describes her experience with two simultaneous alopecia conditions as one that affected her wellb...

Send us Fan Mail Dealing with cancer and hair loss ~ My New Hair W/ Trevor Sorbie Trevor Sorbie MBE joins me this week to talk about the My New Hair charity, working with clients who may be experiencing hair loss due to cancer treatments such as chemotherapy. He has worked with L'Oreal for the last 15 years, their longest running seminar, teaching over 1,000 hairdressers how to cut and fit wi...

Send us Fan Mail When Candace Christina turned 42 years old, after a mild case of COVID, she began to notice bald spots one month later. She also started to shed hair rapidly, and was finding it all over the house! She then began to lose more and more hair, and was then diagnosed with alopecia universalis. She says that losing her hair was very traumatic, and the beginning of a huge journey for he...

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Send us Fan Mail Hair transplants and scalp micropigmentation ~ how they can be used together Caitlin James has a background as a beauty therapist. She expanded into medical beauty options and started to work alongside a hair transplant surgeon as a transplant assistant. She first became aware of Scalp micropigmentation  at a conference in Alaska; it wasn't common in Australia at the time. An...

Send us Fan Mail Buying a wig made simple Jane Kelly has been hairdressing for 44 years. She began her training in a salon with a wig shop, and through this began to fit & style wigs for theatre and panto. Aderans, a global Japanese company, bought Trendco 20 years ago. They have over 800 trade accounts and provide education for these accounts and also the end user and wearer. Jane specialises...

Send us Fan Mail Life after chemotherapy ~ When and how is it safe to colour my hair? Raoul Perfitt shares his knowledge and expertise on what cancer treatment does to the hair, and the best advice for those wanting to return to colouring their hair after their treatment. We discuss how to proceed cautiously and safely when introducing anyone who has had cancer or illness back to colour. We also l...

Send us Fan Mail SMP ~ When a career change leads you to enhance people's lives Will Quaye began doing scalp micropigmentation in 2019, and has completed a foundation course in Trichology. He loves how low maintenance and user friendly the treatment is, combined with seeing how his clients have increased in confidence and are happier. He describes some people who come to see him as desperatel...

Send us Fan Mail Dermatology ~ looking after your hair and scalp Dr Jen Haley began studying medicine with the aim of becoming a paediatrician, but when she started to learn about dermatology she became fascinated by it, and has been a dermatologist for 20 years!  Dermatology in the US covers the hair aswell as the skin. We talk about how hair loss can often be very complicated and can have more t...

Send us Fan Mail Pilomatrixoma ~ why you should get that lump on your scalp checked! Sarah Brooks shares her experience of being told she had skin cancer after developing a tumour on her scalp, which originated from a hair follicle. Sarah first noticed  she had a problem with her scalp when it became so tender that the cold wind was causing her pain and discomfort! She didn't really know wher...

Send us Fan Mail Why hairdressers make great Trichologists Wil Fleeson has been a hairdresser for three decades, and is now on the board of directors for Rainbow rooms international. After attending a hair show, he became aware of Trichocare and felt that learning Trichology would give him the knowledge to meet his clients' problems. He found that as his clients aged alongside himself, their...

Send us Fan Mail When the battle with alopecia becomes too much ~ Dealing with suicide After a 12 year battle with alopecia, and a stressful job in the NHS as a doctor, Alissia couldnt take any more and decided to take her own life. This is the story of her step- brother, who, after losing his unborn child and step sister within one week, decided to do everything possible to prevent anyone else ha...

Send us Fan Mail An insight into a career as a Hair model Kate Palmer is an international hair model, working with brands such as Wella and L'oreal, and modelling for some of the best hairdressers worldwide and creating images for the British Hairdressing Awards. Her first venture into modelling was to enter Miss UK! We look at the stresses and strains on your hair of being a hair model, what...

Send us Fan Mail How hair loss can affect your body image This episode explores how body image can be affected by changes in your hair, and why it's important to seek help from a professional as early as possible. Sarah Grant is an image consultant and NLP practitioner. She has worked with cancer charity look good feel better, to help and support ladies going through treatment. She helps peop...

Send us Fan Mail Telogen Effluvium ~ Why you shouldn't blame yourself for hair loss.  Bente Jakobsen has had a series of devastating events in the last five years, but despite her many ordeals, she says that losing her hair was one of the most devastating experiences of her life. In 2017 she was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. She lost her hai...

Send us Fan Mail Scalp problems ~ How to recognise and treat them Scalp problems can have just as much of an impact on a person's life as hair loss, affecting their confidence and their social life. Kate Holden is a clinical trichologist who offers brand consultancy, working with companies to promote their products. She enjoys the scientific side of haircare and helps people find the best hai...

Send us Fan Mail The best path to a career in wigs, hair & makeup for TV and film Waqqas Sheikh is a hair & makeup  artist & wigmaker for TV and Film.  After 13 years teaching a Hair degree course at a University, he decided to provide his own education and created his own wig making courses online. He talks about how to get into a career in the film and TV industry, and the amazing ex...

Send us Fan Mail PTSD induced hair loss ~ The road to recovery Julie Wilcox-Jones had just moved to South Africa when her house burnt down in a fire storm that wiped out over 700 homes over three days. Her and her family lost everything. She was in shock and afterwards she had panic attacks, and didn't want to go out and socialise. As her life slowly started to return to normal, she noticed t...

Send us Fan Mail Losing hair after cancer treatment ~ finding your 'new normal'. Ania Kasprzak shares her story of her ten month long fight with triple negative breast cancer- one of the most aggressive types! And yet despite this, and her previous heart attack, or maybe because of these, she believes in the power of positive energy and community. She says that following her cancer treat...

Send us Fan Mail How confidently embracing your grey hair could propel you into a life of authenticity and success. Roxanne Gould describes herself as a 'Grey Haired Activist'! Encouraging ladies to embrace their natural hair colour, celebrating diversity, authenticity and uniqueness. Roxanne's modelling career began at just three years old. She has lived in New York and Europe, mod...

Send us Fan Mail Alopecia Areata ~ How reducing stress is important in combating hair loss 'Permission to do nothing' Denise Ferguson specialises in Property Law, mentoring salon businesses, negotiating salon leases and helping to deal with any conflicts or problems in salons. Denise used to work for the NHS, but realised, when she had to raise the rent on a Salon who fitted wigs for can...

Send us Fan Mail Everything you ever need to know about medical hair loss management   Delving deep into all aspects of hairloss. I am joined this week by Dr Ben Benham, a specialist in dermatology and hair restoration. Along with his brother, they developed the website Happyhead, to give easy access for patients to Doctors and prescriptions online. Many women are seeking treatment for hair loss,...