I’m Harry, a hospital doctor with a research background and personal experience of hair loss. Here is why I created Hairline Helpline.
I am a hospital doctor with a background in clinical research and medical education. I am also someone who has lived with androgenetic alopecia. My interest in hair loss began with trying to understand what was happening to my own hair, and it has become an area I want to build my career around.
The science matters to me, but so does the part that is harder to measure. I know what it is like to spend too much time thinking about lighting, concealment and whether a change in your appearance is changing how other people see you. That experience shapes the questions I try to answer here.
I studied medicine and completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Research at the University of Plymouth in England. After graduating, I worked in London for two years before moving to Australia to continue my postgraduate clinical work.
Alongside clinical practice, I have presented at international conferences, contributed to peer-reviewed research and led teaching initiatives. Reading a paper carefully and explaining what it means are related skills, but they are not the same task. A useful explanation needs to make sense without pretending the evidence is more certain than it is.
When I first looked for help with hair loss, I found it difficult to separate useful information from confident marketing and alarming personal stories. Hairline Helpline and my Dr Harry Hair videos are my attempt to make that process clearer.
I draw on the medical literature and on questions that mattered to me personally. I try to keep those sources distinct: something that helped me is not automatically the best choice for you, and a plausible explanation is not the same as proof that a treatment works.
I also want to talk about identity, relationships and the effort of managing hair loss. Understanding a medicine is useful. So is being able to stop organising your whole day around your hair.
My longer-term ambition is to specialise in hair restoration and become a hair transplant surgeon. That is an ambition, not a qualification I currently claim. I do not perform hair transplantation or offer individual prescriptions through Hairline Helpline.
This website is for education. I hope it helps you understand your options and have a more useful conversation with a qualified clinician who can assess your circumstances. My aim is to make the information clearer while leaving the decision where it belongs: with you and the professional responsible for your care.