Scalp Inflammation: Causes, Relief and Prevention

Scalp inflammation shows up as redness, itch, burning or flaking, and almost every cause looks the same from the outside. Here is how to narrow it down: the six usual triggers, a six week eliminati...

Transgender Trichology: Hair Care Through Transition

Transgender trichology is hair and scalp care matched to what hormone therapy actually does to a follicle. This guide separates hair loss from shedding and breakage, sets out what estrogen and test...

How Scalp Absorption Works: What Reaches the Root

Every leave on product makes a quiet promise that something gets in. This guide explains how scalp absorption works, why the skin barrier blocks most of what you apply, why hair follicles matter as...

Nutrients That Support Hair Strength: What Actually Helps

The nutrients that support hair strength are mostly ordinary ones: protein, calories, iron, zinc, vitamin D and the B vitamins. This guide covers which are worth checking, why a blood test should c...

Scalp Build-Up: How to Spot It and Clear It

Scalp build-up is a film of product, dry shampoo, sebum and hard water minerals sitting on the skin of your head. This guide covers the finger test that separates it from dandruff, the six habits t...

Hair Care During Gender Affirming Care: A Practical Guide

Hair care during gender affirming care has to keep up with a scalp and a hair fibre that are both changing. This guide covers wash frequency, texture change, growing hair out without breakage, tell...

Testosterone Hair Loss: What the Hormone Really Does

Testosterone hair loss is driven by inherited follicle sensitivity to DHT rather than by how much testosterone you have. This guide separates hair loss from shedding and breakage, explains what a b...

Telogen Effluvium: How Long It Lasts and What Helps

Telogen effluvium is a sudden diffuse shed that arrives about three months after an illness, a birth, a crash diet or severe stress. This guide sets out the real timeline, how to tell shedding from...

Hair Care for Genetic Thinning: What Helps and What Cannot

Hair care for genetic thinning will not act on the hormone behind pattern hair loss, and no shampoo sold in a UK shop does. Here is what a cosmetic routine genuinely delivers, how to tell thinning ...

How to Eat for Your Hair When Your Appetite Has Gone

When you can only eat a little, the problem is volume rather than willpower. The density swaps that change what fits in the space you have, how to reach a protein target on a poor appetite, the fou...