Now we might hear from Chris Rock tonight
when he goes back on tour in Boston,
Smith slapped Rock after a comment
about Smith's wife Ballhead.
Now Jada Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia.
It has been reported.
Rock said he did not know that
she had that condition and that's
exactly what we want to discuss
this morning with Linda Emerson.
Good morning, Linda,
thank you for joining us.
Good morning to Sharon.
Thank you so much for having me.
Absolutely Linda.
You're a trichologist OK.
And for anyone who's ears perked up like.
What does that mean?
And it's the you advise.
People dealing with hair loss
and scalp conditions explain what
the definition of alopecia is.
Absolutely. Alopecia is the medical term
for hair loss from any cause from any cause.
There are over 100 different categories
and that could include internal factors,
external factors, medications.
There are so many contributing factors,
so it is a case by case basis.
Speaking of it being case by case,
who does alopecia typically impact?
It impacts men, women and children.
There are some conditions that
are across the board that affect
all cultures and then there are
certain categories that are more
specific to certain cultures.
Where I see an increase in more
specific forms of alopecia.
Is there a particular culture or group
of people that you want to mention
where you say you see a specific form?
Well, I see as far as.
African Americans we do see
a lot of traction, alopecia,
a lot of cicatricial alopecia
and then there are other
cultures such as the Caucasians,
they love, hair color.
I see a lot of chemical over
processing and hair breakage
and just damaged here.
Jada Smith has been public about her
alopecia journey with medical test,
steroid injection injections etc.
Could there be in your expertise any other
contributing causes to alopecia in general?
Yes, there could be nutritional deficiencies.
I have seen where vitamins
and mineral deficiencies,
even amino acid deficiencies,
have and have a major impact on her growth.
So I'm just wondering if she was tested
for her nutritional deficiencies.
You offer several types
of her science analysis.
What does that mean and
how could someone benefit
from something like that?
Absolutely, we offer a polarized
microscope with that microscope.
It's a compound microscope that has
a polarizing light so I can tell a
person how healthy or unhealthy their
hair is actually growing the water.
Nutritional absorption if they have any
hair shaft defects or structural damage
then we use a trackless cope with that one.
We're actually showing the consumer
on the computer, monitor their areas
of concern as far as their scalp.
If there is any discoloration.
If there are patchy alopecia.
Will their hair actually regrow?
We're able to tell them about that.
Then we have a third type of microscope.
This is our epigenetic hair strand analysis.
That one is a much more comprehensive
test and report from the hair bulb.
So the hair bulb holds a lot of
data from the person's entire body.
So within 15 minutes we can give
a person a 37 page report.
This report is very,
very helpful for them to know where they are,
and deficiencies that they have and
measures that they need to take in
order to improve upon those decisions
and quickly. Here, Linda, where can
folks find information about you?
Elaine's hair and Scalp Clinic,
2304 W Pioneer Parkway,
suite #6, Pantego Texas
760138172658854 and our website
is hair and scalp essentials.com.
I think that's where they can find
the most of that information.
Linda Emerson. Thank you so much
for joining us this morning.
Truly appreciate you enlightening
us about the alopecia and the
effects of it. Thank you.
Thank you so much.