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Certified trichologists · Sandy Springs
We read your strand, your follicle and the systems behind both, so treatment finally matches the cause. You watch it at 200x, in one visit.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Nina Ross, NDServing all of Metro Atlanta
A trichologist is a hair and scalp specialist. Instead of a quick look, we read three things under magnification: the strand, the follicle and scalp it grows from, and the body systems behind both, like thyroid, iron and hormones. That read shows what the mirror can't, and it decides which treatment is worth doing.
What we read
Thickness, breakage and cuticle health. Is it thinning, or just snapping?
At 200x: are the openings still there, how many hairs grow from each, and is there inflammation around them?
Thyroid, iron, vitamin D, hormones, medications and stress. Hair shows what your body did months ago.
When to see one
Heavy shedding that keeps going past a few months is worth reading, because something is usually still driving it.
A wider part or a thinner crown often shows at 200x as miniaturization long before it is obvious in the mirror.
Edges and hairline loss can be tension, scarring or a hormonal pattern. Each one needs different care.
If you have been treating without knowing what you were treating, a read tells you what the products were up against.
Trichologist vs. dermatologist
Dermatology and trichology have different scopes. Our focused hair and scalp visit adds a 200x read and a whole-body view in one place.
A broad medical scope
Need a biopsy or a prescription? A dermatologist is the right call, and many of our clients see one too.
What you get with a trichologist
Chosen to match the findings from your visit.
And versus salon trichology?
A good stylist is worth having. Our setting is clinical: 200x imaging, written protocols and a report the next day, with the whole-body side handled in-house. We never refer out. The whole-body side of your care →
Proof before promises
Real clients. Real hair. No wigs, no fibers, no extensions.
Shared with written consent. Results not typical. Individual results will vary.
What we see that others miss
Six things you can't see in the mirror. Each one changes the plan.
If they are, hair can return. If they're gone, it's scarring. Both look like smooth skin to the eye.
Healthy openings grow two or three. Dropping to one is early loss, long before your part looks wider.
Thick and thin hairs mixed together. It points to a different cause than even thinning.
Redness or scale around the opening. If it's there, we calm the scalp before we stimulate growth.
Tapered or snapped flat? One is a growth problem, the other is breakage.
Same positions every visit, so progress is measured against your own baseline.
What happens
The visit is built so you see it for yourself and keep the record.
30 minutes one-on-one about your history, health and what changed.
At 200x, on screen, explained as you watch.
A full-body biofeedback scan.
Your images and findings, in writing. Yours to keep.
One visit. Real answers.
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.
Treatments
Nothing is picked before the read, and nothing is ruled out by insurance. All in-house.
A structured in-house program that treats the scalp and the systems behind it.
Growth signals placed into the scalp to wake follicles that are still viable.
Concentrated botanical growth factors, with no blood draw.
Concentrated growth signals delivered to follicles that have gone quiet.
Controlled micro-channels that improve delivery of topicals into the scalp.
Targeted actives delivered into the scalp where the follicle sits.
Low level light used to calm scalp inflammation and support the growth phase.
Targeted nutrient support when your labs show what the follicle is missing.
Conditions
Starts at the crown and spreads outward, quietly.
Tension-driven loss at the edges and part lines. Often reversible early.
Four hormones do most of the work. When they move, your hair reports it.
Sudden diffuse shedding, usually about three months after a trigger.
Smooth, round patches that appear quickly. The follicle usually survives.
Start here if you are feeling bumps and do not know what they are.
Our philosophy
Thinning and shedding are rarely just a scalp problem. Thyroid, iron, hormones and stress show up in the follicle first.
So every plan starts with the scalp and the systems behind it, in the same visit. Whatever your hair type or history, you are never judged.
Whole-body approachRoot cause firstNo judgment
Who is behind this
She built the whole-body method and sets every protocol. Certified trichologists perform your visit and treatments.
10 yearsof specialized care
2,500+clients seen
In-housefrom the read through the plan. We never refer out.
Questions, answered
A trichologist is a specialist in hair and scalp science. The work is reading: the strand itself, the follicle and the scalp it sits in under magnification, and the patterns that point back to what is driving a change. At this practice that read is done at 200x on screen while you watch, and it is paired with a look at the internal picture in the same visit.
A dermatologist is a physician covering skin, hair and nails across a wide range of conditions, including prescriptions and procedures. A trichologist focuses only on hair and scalp, and the whole appointment goes into reading them at 200x alongside the systems behind them. Because we work outside insurance, treatment is chosen for what works rather than what is covered. Many of our clients see both.
A certified trichologist performs your evaluation and any hands-on treatment. Dr. Nina Ross, ND, Double Board Certified Trichologist, sets the protocols as Clinical Director. Everything is handled in-house.
The $99 Hair & Body Discovery: 30 minutes one-on-one with a certified trichologist, a 200x magnification read of your scalp on screen while you watch, and your Hair & Body Discovery Report the next day.
8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290, Sandy Springs, GA 30350, inside the Nina Ross Functional Medicine building, just off GA-400 near the Perimeter with free parking. Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Serving all of Metro Atlanta.
No. Come as you are. The trichologist parts and reads between what is installed. If your style fully covers your scalp, mention it when you book.
30 minutes. Your scalp at 200x. Your report the next day.
Nina Ross Atlanta8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290