Episode Details

Most people treat hair, scalp, and skin as three separate problems, each with its own shelf of products. But all three are built from keratin and run on the same growth signals, so thinning hair can say as much about how you're aging as a new wrinkle.

We dive deeper into this in the Biohacking Beauty Podcast with Dr. Amy Spizuoco. We also chat about what's really behind Ozempic hair loss, which hair loss treatments hold up in the evidence, and the popular hair supplement she calls the biggest waste of money.

Dr. Amy Spizuoco, DO, FAOCD, FAAD, is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist and the founder of True Dermatology in New York City. She is a Clinical Instructor of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, past president of the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, and serves on the editorial boards of Practical Dermatology and Dermatology Times. She is also co-founder and co-chair of the DermVIP Summit, a dermatology conference dedicated to hair loss and scalp conditions.

What’s Discussed:

(01:25) Why hair, scalp, and skin are more connected than three product shelves suggest.

(04:14) How collagen 17 links thinning hair and thinning skin.

(07:17) Why the future of collagen is protecting what you have, not just rebuilding it.

(10:09) What gray hair and cell senescence reveal about aging in the rest of the body.

(15:26) When to start scalp care, and the scalp symptoms that need attention right away.

(20:33) How the hair growth cycle shortens as you age.

(29:31) What's really behind Ozempic hair loss, and what to put in place before starting a GLP-1.

(37:17) PRP, red light caps, and exosomes: which hair loss treatments actually hold up.

(45:46) The truth behind retinoid "thinning" and finasteride side effects.

(49:54) The hairline changes that mean you should see a dermatologist now.

(53:16) The hair supplement Dr. Amy calls the biggest waste of money.

Listen to this episode of Biohacking Beauty before you spend another dollar on biotin, scalp serums, or rosemary oil.

Resources Mentioned:

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