HRT and Hair Loss: What You Need to Know

If menopause is thinning your hair, the HRT question is a natural one, and the honest answer is: hormone replacement therapy often helps menopausal hair because it restores the oestrogen that keeps...

Hair Loss in Children: The 6 Causes and What to Do About Each

Hair loss in children can have various causes, from fungal infections to psychological conditions. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are essential for effective management. Trichologists of...

What Is Trichotillomania? Understanding the Hair Pulling Disorder

Trichotillomania is a recognised mental health condition in which a person feels a repeated, hard-to-resist urge to pull out their own hair, from the scalp, eyebrows, lashes or body. It is not a ha...

Pattern Hair Loss: The Stages in Men and Women, and What Helps

Pattern hair loss, androgenetic alopecia, to give it its clinical name, is the most common form of hair loss on earth: over 85% of men see it before 50, and around 20% of younger women plus 65% of ...

Why You Should Switch to Sulphate-Free Shampoo

Here is the fair version of the sulphate story: sulphates are not poison, they are simply strong detergents, and strong is exactly what most hair does not need. The same cleaning agents used in was...

What Causes Hair Damage? Signs, Culprits and How to Repair It

All hair damage is ultimately one event: the cuticle, the strand's protective outer armour of overlapping scales, gets worn away, and the vulnerable cortex inside starts losing moisture and breakin...

How to Prevent Split Ends: Causes, Fixes and Daily Habits

One thing to know before anything else: once a hair splits, nothing genuinely repairs it, the only fix is to cut the split off and stop the next one forming. Products can temporarily glue a split s...

Why Argan Oil Is the Secret to Healthy Hair

Argan oil earned its "liquid gold" nickname the honest way: centuries of use in Morocco, and a nutrient profile hair genuinely responds to, roughly 80% fatty acids that seal in moisture, plus vitam...

How to Keep Your Scalp Healthy for Longer, Stronger Hair

Every hair on your head grows out of skin, and that is the whole argument for scalp care: a comfortable, hydrated scalp is the soil your hair grows from, and dry, irritated soil grows weaker crops....

Biotin for Hair Growth: What It Does and How to Use It

Biotin is the most famous hair nutrient for a simple reason: it sits inside the enzymes that build keratin, the protein your hair is made of, and it officially contributes to the maintenance of nor...