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Doctors’ Notes: Hair Loss

Hair we go again! Chris and Xand are back with a bonus episode, as they continue their conversation with Dr Christos Tziotzios, Consultant Dermatologist and Senior Lecturer at Kings College London. They learn about a particular type of hair loss which predominantly affects women, investigate the hair growth cycle, and discuss the psychological impact of losing your hair. Plus, what connects the Black Death hundreds of years ago with modern-day hair loss?

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Why does our hair fall out?

In today’s episode, the Doctors explore hair loss. Chris and Xand, who’ve both battled the receding tide of hair loss (and the accompanying existential dread), are getting to the follicle of the matter. They’ll be digging into what causes it, how different types of hair loss affect men and women, and asking if there’s anything we can do about it. Cures for baldness are almost as old as medicine itself, but what does the evidence actually say about those treatments constantly being marketed to us? Chris and Xand get the bald truth from Dr Christos Tziotzios, Consultant Dermatologist and Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, who has recently pioneered treatments for some auto-immune forms of alopecia as well as investigating the psychological impact of hair loss in both men and women.

Episode 4: Research into Palmoplantar Pustulosis Treatments

With your host Madeline Kroah-Hartman

In this episode, Madeline Kroah-Hartman speaks with Dr David Gleeson, NIHR Doctoral Training Fellow at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, where they discuss David’s journey into research on pustular psoriasis.

The JAKPPPOT trial is now open for recruitment. Please email gstt.JAKPPPOT@nhs.net for further information on how to get involved.

Episode 3: Human Cell Atlas – Mapping skin health at the single-cell level

With your host Madeline Kroah-Hartman

In this episode, Madeline Kroah-Hartman speaks with Dr Magnus Lynch and Dr Clarisse Ganier about recent advances in understanding skin health at the single-cell level, including the work of the Human Cell Atlas.

Episode 2: Artificial Intelligence in Skin Health

With your host Madeline Kroah-Hartman

In this episode, Madeline Kroah-Hartman speaks with Dr Alexandra Paolino and Dr Shern-Ping Choy about recent research on artificial intelligence in skin health.

Episode 1: Welcome to mySkin

With your host Madeline Kroah-Hartman

In this episode, Madeline speaks with Professor Catherine Smith and Dr Satveer Mahil, chief investigators of the mySkin study. In the inaugural podcast, they discuss the creation of the mySkin study, and why is it of interest to the psoriasis community.