The lovely Chelcey Salinger IAT is a certified trichologist and hair loss specialist at the Australian Trichology Centre in Sydney and Adelaide. As well as that she's the executive director for the International Association of Trichologists - phew!
Chelcey specialises in hair loss, baldness, alopecia areata, hair breakage, hair damage, psoriasis and other scalp problems.
Chelcey's involved in trichologist education, tutoring students around the world and supervising the clinical training of students in Australia and New Zealand. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Movement and Health and a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.
With her long list of credentials, Chelcey is an in-demand speaker globally so we’re delighted she joined us for this episode and so generously shared her expertise.
In this episode, we talk about:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 About Chelcey
04:17 What is a trichologist?
05:10 What causes hormonal thinning/hair loss?
06:40 Lifestyle matters
10:20 Autoimmune conditions and the female epidemic of Female Fibrosing Alopecia
12:10 The importance of vitamin D
16:14 Key nutrients for healthy hair
17:18 The hair growth cycle
18:14 How the hair changes with peri:menopause, age and/or nutrient deficiencies
21:19 Caring for your hair
24:12 Working from the inside out
25:10 Adverse effects of some hormonal therapies and beneficial treatments
27:52. Why do we go grey?
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Australian Trichology Centre here
International Association of Trichologists here
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