Rosario Greco
Rosario Greco Styles Ltd. Port Perry ON, Canada "It was amazing to be interviewed by our local community publication. When Scott asked me to talk about hair loss for a feature article, it resulted in a huge change for our hair loss business, increasing our clientele base tremendously. Training to become a certified trichology technician through Capilia, along with attending multiple IAT and American Hair Loss Council conferences brought me to the next level as a professional hair loss specialist."
Science Catches Up To Sci-Fi
By Scott Mercer, Focus on Scugog, Port Perry, Ontario, Canada Ah, yes, I remember my first gray hair.
“I don’t care what color it turns,” I told a friend at the time. “So long as it stays in my head.” Funny thing about hair: Its absence has no effect on a person’s mental or physical functioning, nor does its loss create inconveniences like those associated with declining hearing (“Pardon…?”) or sight (“I swear my arms used to be longer!”). Instead, hair loss is an emotional issue, whether its cause is the predictable outcome of chemotherapy or the result of medical conditions or genetics.
As a certified trichologist – the name for the science of hair and scalp – Rosario Greco understands both these diverse causes as well as the strong emotions, which accompany them. Rosario was already an experienced stylist operating his own Port Perry salon when he began the study of trichology several years ago. “I’d dabbled in hair loss prevention and restoration,” he said. “So I had an interest in trichology. When I saw that there was nowhere in our area where those services were offered, I set out to learn more.” Formal education, he soon discovered, would not be available nearby. “I had to go to the U.S. to study. It’s that specialized.”
Rosario likens his hair loss education to that of a doctor.
“I’ve studied for seven years, and still have formal learning to do. It’s both an art and a skill,” he said. A trichologist, he says, works hand in hand with the client’s dermatologist. “I analyze the scalp and hair, while the dermatologist will look at the internal causes.” Among the many potential causes of hair loss, some are well known, others not. “You probably wouldn’t think of it as an obvious factor, but stress is a big-ticket cause of hair loss. Daily stress, yes, as well as a specific trauma in someone’s life. Or a person’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 THE LINK MAGAZINE
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