Trichology reads the scalp
Whether follicular openings are preserved, how many hairs come from each one, miniaturization, inflammation and breakage pattern. This decides what is still possible and where to work.
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Whole-Body Trichology, Led by Dr. Nina Ross
This practice was founded on one finding: most hair loss has internal root causes. So trichology and functional medicine sit under one roof in Sandy Springs, where your scalp is read at 200x and the systems behind it are looked at in the same visit.
Sandy Springs, GA · Serving all of Metro Atlanta
The founding insight
Most hair loss has internal root causes.
Client after client arrived having already tried oils, serums, supplements and styling changes. The pattern underneath kept repeating. When thyroid function, iron status, hormones, medications or a period of real stress are driving the loss, work done only on the strand runs out of room.
So the practice was built the other way around, and that is still the whole method. It's why the report exists, why images come from the same positions each visit, and why the internal picture is part of the first appointment instead of something suggested later.
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Read the scalp properly
At 200x, on screen, while you watch.
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Look at the systems
Thyroid, iron, hormones, medications and stress, in the same visit.
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Treat what was found
A plan that matches the cause, with every part of that care in-house.
Founder and Clinical Director
Dr. Nina Ross, ND
- Doctor of Naturopathy (ND)
- Double Board Certified Trichologist
- PhD in Functional Drugless Medicine
- Master Cosmetologist
- Founder and Clinical Director
Dr. Nina Ross chose naturopathic and functional medicine because it lets her treat the whole person, not just the strand. Naturopathic care looks at how the body's systems talk to each other (thyroid, iron, hormones, stress, sleep), and functional medicine asks why those systems are off before reaching for a fix. That's exactly the lens hair loss needs, because most shedding starts inside.
Her naturopathic training is central to the method itself. She builds every protocol and sets the clinical standards the team follows, so the care is the same whoever you sit down with. Even when your scalp evaluation is performed by a certified trichologist on her team, she's the one who shaped what they're looking for and how they respond to it.
Her focus areas are trichology and functional medicine, with particular depth in CCCA and traction alopecia, two of the conditions most often misread on textured hair.
10 yearsof specialized care
2,500+clients seen
In-housefrom the read through treatment. We never refer out.
Who you sit with
The certified trichology team
Your evaluation and your hands-on treatments are performed by certified trichologists: formal training in hair and scalp science, reading the strand, interpreting the follicle and scalp under magnification, and recognizing the patterns that separate one condition from another.
One-on-one, 30 minutes
Time and explanation. Questions answered in plain language.
Your scalp on screen
The trichologist talks through what is visible as it appears.
Findings in writing
Written down for you, not described once and forgotten.
One standard
The team follows the protocols Dr. Nina Ross sets, whoever you see.
Individual team member names, photos and bios are not published here yet. We would rather leave this honest than list people we have not confirmed.
The method
Two kinds of care, one visit
A plan that matches the cause, and a way to check whether it is working using your own baseline instead of a memory.
Functional medicine reads the body
Thyroid, iron, vitamin D, hormones, medications, and recent illness or stress. This decides whether the scalp work has the internal support to hold.
The whole-body program →The clinic
Inside the Nina Ross Functional Medicine building
We're just off GA-400 near the Perimeter, with free parking at the building. The hair clinic sits inside the Nina Ross Functional Medicine building, which is why the whole-body side happens in the same visit.
Walking in is quiet and private. You're taken to a treatment room, and the screen you'll watch your scalp on is right there. Sessions run one-on-one.
Nina Ross Atlanta8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290Sandy Springs, GA 30350
(678) 561-4522
Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Serving all of Metro Atlanta. Clients come to us from Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Roswell, Marietta, Decatur and Alpharetta.
Co-Founder
Jamaal Lassiter
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Jamaal leads service excellence and operations, which covers how the practice runs day to day: scheduling, the standard of care you receive from your first call through your report, and keeping the experience consistent for every client who walks in.
Built for textured hair
You shouldn't have to explain your hair.
Many of our clients have already sat through appointments where the first ten minutes went into explaining what a relaxer is, how locs are installed, or how often a sew-in gets taken down. That time is gone, and the read is often worse for it.
Textured hair is read here every day. Coils, locs, braids and relaxed hair each behave differently under magnification, and the team knows normal texture from damage before the conversation starts. Questions about tension, timing and product come without commentary on your choices.
Protective styles welcomeCome as you areNo judgment
One visit. Real answers.
The $99 Hair & Body Discovery
No prepOne visitYour time, your pickNo judgmentServing all of Metro Atlanta
- One-on-one scalp health session with a certified trichologist
- 200x magnification read of your scalp, on screen, while you watch
- A full-body biofeedback scan
- Your Hair & Body Discovery Report, delivered the next day
Our promiseYou'll leave actually seeing what's happening, your scalp at 200x, the systems behind it, with your report the next day. If you don't, the $99 is on us.
Fully HSA/FSA eligible. 0% financing for qualified applicants.
About the practice
What guides Dr. Nina Ross’s approach?
Dr. Nina Ross, ND, is a naturopathic doctor and a Double Board Certified Trichologist. Her whole-person approach connects what is visible on the scalp with the systems that support healthy hair.
Who performs my evaluation?
A certified trichologist, one-on-one, for 30 minutes. Dr. Nina Ross designs and oversees the protocols the team follows as Clinical Director, so the standard is the same whoever you see.
Where is the clinic?
8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290, Sandy Springs, GA 30350, inside the Nina Ross Functional Medicine building, just off GA-400 near the Perimeter. Free parking at the building. Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Serving all of Metro Atlanta.
Do you work with textured hair?
Every day. Coils, locs, braids and relaxed hair each behave differently under magnification, and the team knows the difference between normal texture and damage. Protective styles welcome.
Will I be sent somewhere else for the whole-body side?
No. Trichology and functional medicine sit under one roof, so the scalp read and the look at the systems behind it happen in the same visit. Everything stays in-house. We never refer out.
The best way to know us is to sit with us.
One small step: book the $99 Hair & Body Discovery, meet a certified trichologist for 30 minutes, see your own scalp at 200x, and read your report the next day.
Pick a time that fits your week.