Shampoo for Hair Loss: What It Can and Cannot Do

A shampoo for hair loss cleans the scalp and reduces breakage, but it never reaches the follicle. Here is how to tell hair loss, shedding and breakage apart, which ingredients earn their place, and...

Trichologist Consultation: What Happens and How to Prepare

A trichologist consultation is a long, hair-focused assessment with a scalp specialist. This guide explains what happens in the room, how to prepare, what it typically costs, how to check a trichol...

Chronic Telogen Effluvium: Why Shedding Lasts and What Helps

Chronic telogen effluvium is hair shedding that carries on for months or years without causing baldness. This guide explains how it differs from ordinary shedding and pattern thinning, what the res...

Total Testosterone and Your Hair: What Your Result Really Means

Total testosterone is often the first number people check when their hair thins, but on its own it says little. This guide explains what the test measures, how SHBG and the free androgen index chan...

Traction Alopecia: Causes, Signs and How to Prevent It

Traction alopecia is hair loss caused by sustained pulling on the follicle rather than by hormones or ageing, so it shows at the hairline, temples and behind the ears first. Here is how to recognis...

Donor Hair Quality: 7 Signs That Shape a Hair Transplant

Donor hair quality sets the limit on what any hair transplant can achieve. This guide explains the seven signs that matter, from density and hair thickness to scalp looseness, who is a good candida...

Hair Shedding After Stopping the Pill: Why It Happens and How Long

Hair shedding after stopping the pill is usually a temporary reset of the hair cycle. This guide explains why it happens, the typical timeline from first shed to recovery, how to care for your hair...

Adrenal Hormones and Hair: DHEA, Cortisol and What to Check

Adrenal hormones and hair are linked through DHEA, which the body turns into androgens, and cortisol, the stress hormone. This guide explains how they affect shedding, thinning and facial hair, whe...

Endocrine Alopecia: How Hormones Affect Hair and What to Check

Endocrine alopecia is hair loss linked to a hormone problem such as a thyroid condition, PMOS, the menopause or the months after childbirth. This guide explains the patterns, what a GP is likely to...

Terminal Hair Density: What It Is and How to Measure It

Terminal hair density is the number of mature hairs in each square centimetre of scalp, and it is what decides how much scalp shows through. Here is what counts as normal, how to measure your own a...