HairstyleCamp Expert Panel

HairstyleCamp’s guides are reviewed by licensed professionals across everything we publish: hair color and chemical services, cutting and styling, hair care and products, hair growth, hair loss, and scalp health.

These are the five members of our Expert Panel: a double board-certified dermatologist, a certified trichologist, and three senior salon professionals. When a panelist reviews an article, their name and credential appear on that article, linked back to their profile.

Sanober Pezad Doctor, MD

Double Board-Certified Dermatologist

Double Board-CertifiedMD · MBBS · DNB30+ Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Double board-certified dermatologist who also holds MBBS and DNB degrees
• Certification in anti-aging medicine through A4M
• Medical school gold medalist
• More than 30 peer-reviewed publications
• Founder of AGEnesis, a holistic aging blueprint, and Baby SkinWise, a skincare education guide for parents

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Celestine Muthoni Gitau

Certified Trichologist

Certified TrichologistInternational Association of Trichologists

• Certified trichologist (IAT) with a registered nursing background (KRCHN)
• Trichology tutor and head of the anatomy and physiology department at the Institute of Trichologists, UK
• Chief trichologist at Hairhub Trichology Centre, Kenya
• Co-authored published research on lichen planopilaris in Afro-textured hair
• Advice featured by the New York Post and CNN

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Andrea Torre

Licensed Cosmetologist & Colorist

Licensed since 1988Nearly four decades behind the chairSmilow Cancer Hospital, Yale New Haven HealthLicensed Cosmetologist & Colorist

• Licensed cosmetologist and colorist, first licensed in Connecticut in 1988 and later in Florida
• Nearly four decades behind the chair
• Has run her own studio, Andrea Torre Designs / Hair Replacement Concepts, since 2001
• Cosmetic oncology specialist and cranial prosthetic fitter at Yale New Haven Health's Smilow Cancer Hospital, where she facilitates the Beyond Beauty program
• Certified hair replacement specialist who has taught the trade as well as practiced it
• Her work at Smilow was profiled by Bridgeport Hospital's Healthy & Wise

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Kirsty Lucey

Master Stylist and Salon Manager

Aveda Pure Colour Master20+ Years in the IndustryL’Oréal Colour Trophy UK Grand Finalist

• Award-winning master stylist and the salon manager at The White Room in St Peter Port, Guernsey
• More than two decades in the industry
• Aveda Certified Pure Colour Master (2022), the top qualification on that path
• Trained with Goldwell, Wella, Clynol, L'Oréal, Redken, Moroccanoil, and GHD
• Clynol Colour Awards finalist; won her L'Oréal Colour Trophy regional heat on the way to the UK Grand Final

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Emma Baxendale

Senior Stylist

NVQ Level 3Vidal Sassoon CuttingAveda + Redken Color

• Senior stylist at The White Room in St Peter Port, Guernsey
• Qualified to NVQ Level 3 with Vidal Sassoon cutting training
• Color education through Aveda and Redken
• Training in weft and tape-in extensions and GHD styling
• Blondes are her home ground: balayage, babylights, foilyage, shade selection, and toning

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