Trichologist
vs. dermatologist.
Two respected roles, two different scopes of practice. Understanding the difference is how you get the right kind of help — and often, both.
What an investigative assessment actually is.
At The Hair Loss Detective™, we provide comprehensive non-medical investigative trichology assessments. Based on your history, scalp examination, digital imaging and investigative findings, Dr. Leola may identify hair loss patterns that appear consistent with conditions such as CCCA, androgenetic alopecia, traction alopecia, telogen effluvium, frontal fibrosing alopecia and other forms of hair loss. These findings are investigative observations — not medical diagnoses — and may help guide your personalized Hair Recovery Blueprint™ or indicate when further medical evaluation is appropriate.
- — CCCA (central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia)
- — Androgenetic alopecia
- — Traction alopecia
- — Telogen effluvium
- — Frontal fibrosing alopecia
- — Other recognized forms of hair loss
Pattern recognition is an investigative observation about how hair and scalp present. It is not a medical diagnosis; diagnosis and prescriptions sit outside our scope.
Non-medical investigation
Medical diagnosis & care
Why may this hair loss be happening, and what patterns appear in your hair and scalp?
Is there a medical condition of the skin, hair or nails, and what is the medical diagnosis?
Certified trichologist with a PhD — a non-medical hair and scalp specialist.
A licensed physician (MD/DO) with specialty medical training.
Investigative observations — patterns that appear consistent with known forms of hair loss.
A medical diagnosis, made through licensed clinical evaluation.
History, scalp examination, digital imaging, lifestyle and wellness investigation.
Medical examination, biopsy, laboratory orders, prescriptions and procedures.
Education plus a personalized, non-medical Hair Recovery Blueprint™.
Medical treatment: prescriptions, procedures and ongoing medical management.
Different lane. We investigate, educate, and build recovery strategies; we refer out when medical diagnosis or prescriptions are needed.
Where diagnosis, prescriptions and medical procedures live — one lane among many they cover.
Two lanes. One goal: your hair.
- Evidence-based investigation of potential contributing factors
- Pattern recognition shared in plain English, as observations
- A personalized, non-medical Hair Recovery Blueprint™
- Findings written plainly enough to share with anyone you choose
Trichologist Dr. Leola Anifowoshe, PhD is a certified trichologist, not a physician. Our work is non-medical hair and scalp wellness: investigating why hair loss may be occurring, recognizing patterns consistent with known forms of hair loss, educating you clearly, and building evidence-based, non-medical recovery strategies. Hair and scalp is not a sideline here — it is the whole specialty.
Schedule an InvestigationThe Hair Loss Detective™ provides comprehensive non-medical investigative trichology assessments focused on hair and scalp wellness. Based on your history, scalp examination, digital imaging and investigative findings, Trichologist Dr. Leola Anifowoshe may identify hair loss patterns that appear consistent with known forms of hair loss. These are investigative observations — not medical diagnoses. They guide your personalized Hair Recovery Blueprint™. Trichologist Dr. Leola Anifowoshe, PhD is a certified trichologist, not a physician; medical diagnosis and prescriptions sit outside our scope. Individual results vary.
Your hair loss has a reason.
Let's find it.
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