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HairstyleCamp Expert Panel

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Last updated · August 27, 2026

When an article calls for specialist review, HairstyleCamp assigns the review to an appropriate member of our Expert Panel or a qualified contributing reviewer. The article identifies that reviewer by name and relevant professional credential.

Panel membership does not mean that a professional reviewed every HairstyleCamp guide. Review is page-specific: look for a visible Reviewed by or Also reviewed by credit, and learn exactly how our article review process works. The panel is one part of a wider team: meet the editors, writers, and creators behind HairstyleCamp on our About page.

Current Expert Panel

Portrait of Sanober Pezad Doctor

Sanober Pezad Doctor, MD

Double Board-Certified Dermatologist

  • Double Board-Certified
  • MD · MBBS · DNB
  • 30+ Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • A4M Anti-Aging Certified

Dr. Sanober Pezad Doctor is the panel’s medical anchor: a double board-certified dermatologist holding MD, MBBS, and DNB degrees, with a certification in anti-aging medicine through A4M, a medical school gold medal, and more than 30 peer-reviewed publications to her name.

She is the founder of AGEnesis, a holistic aging blueprint, and Baby SkinWise, a skincare education guide for parents.

On HairstyleCamp she reviews the guides where a hair question needs a medical eye: hair loss and shedding, changes to the hairline or part, scalp irritation, and reactions to hair products, keeping the language plain and marking the point where a dermatologist should take over.

Portrait of Celestine Muthoni Gitau

Celestine Muthoni Gitau

Certified Trichologist

  • IAT Certified Trichologist
  • Institute of Trichologists Tutor, UK
  • Published Trichology Researcher
  • Featured by CNN & the New York Post

Celestine Muthoni Gitau is a certified trichologist with the International Association of Trichologists and a registered nursing background.

She teaches the discipline as a trichology tutor and head of the anatomy and physiology department at the Institute of Trichologists in the UK, serves as chief trichologist at Hairhub Trichology Centre in Kenya, and co-authored published research on lichen planopilaris in Afro-textured hair; her advice has been featured by the New York Post and CNN.

For HairstyleCamp she reviews hair growth, hair loss, scalp health, and textured-hair science, and she also writes full articles, backed by de-identified clinical photography from her own practice.

Portrait of Andrea Torre

Andrea Torre

Licensed Cosmetologist & Colorist

  • Licensed Cosmetologist Since 1988
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale New Haven Health
  • Certified Hair Replacement Specialist

Andrea Torre has spent nearly four decades behind the chair, first licensed in Connecticut in 1988 and later in Florida, and has run her own studio, Andrea Torre Designs / Hair Replacement Concepts, since 2001.

At Yale New Haven Health’s Smilow Cancer Hospital she works as a cosmetic oncology specialist and cranial prosthetic fitter, facilitating the Beyond Beauty program, and as a certified hair replacement specialist she has taught the trade as well as practiced it.

On HairstyleCamp she reviews the highest-risk chemical guidance: bleach and developer, toner, corrective and box-dye color, dye removal, gray coverage, perms, and keratin services, with one rule in mind: understand what the chemistry does before it touches a head.

Portrait of Kirsty Lucey

Kirsty Lucey

Master Stylist and Salon Manager

  • Aveda Certified Pure Colour Master
  • L’Oréal Colour Trophy UK Grand Finalist
  • 20+ Years in the Industry

Kirsty Lucey is an award-winning master stylist and the salon manager at The White Room in St Peter Port, Guernsey, with more than two decades in the industry.

She completed the Aveda Certified Pure Colour Master course in 2022, the top qualification on that path, trained with Goldwell, Wella, Clynol, L’Oréal, Redken, Moroccanoil, and GHD, and won her L’Oréal Colour Trophy regional heat on the way to the UK Grand Final.

Her HairstyleCamp lane covers salon color, custom blending, hair care products, styling tools, and trend curation.

Portrait of Emma Baxendale

Emma Baxendale

Senior Stylist

  • NVQ Level 3
  • Vidal Sassoon Cutting Training
  • Aveda + Redken Color Education

Emma Baxendale is a UK-trained 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, and training in weft and tape-in extensions and GHD styling.

Blondes are her home ground: balayage, babylights, foilyage, shade selection, and toning.

She reviews cutting, styling, and blonding guides for HairstyleCamp, writes full features of her own, and has supplied original salon photography and client case material for her work.

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