March 30, 2025 • 32 mins
Prepare to transform your understanding of hair care as trichologist Mimi reveals the fascinating medical science behind healthy hair and scalp. With over 31 years of experience and a holistic health background, Mimi shares insights that connect your hair condition to everything from emotional states to nutritional choices.
"Your hair and scalp tells a story before the doctor can see it in the blood," Mimi explains, highlighting how hair problems often signal deeper health issues. Drawing from her experience serving six generations of women through her specialized trichology clinic, she explores the hidden connections between common problems like hair loss and surprising culprits including medication side effects, processed sugar consumption, and inadequate hydration.
Unlike conventional stylists, Mimi approaches hair care as a comprehensive health service. Her clinic provides individualized analysis and customized formulations for each client's specific needs. "My motto is not the same old thing works every time for everyone," she emphasizes, explaining why mass-produced hair products frequently disappoint. Through vivid comparisons, she illustrates how many commercial products merely coat hair rather than penetrating and strengthening it.
The conversation explores practical wisdom about protective styling, the dangers of product buildup, and why hydration matters so much for hair health. Mimi also shares compassionate advice for those experiencing hair loss due to medical treatments, stress, or aging. Her newly launched hair digest compiles this knowledge into an accessible resource that helps women understand the root causes of their hair concerns.
Whether you're struggling with unexplained hair issues or simply want to optimize your hair's health, this episode provides science-backed insights that go far beyond typical styling advice. Visit SSHairCare.com to learn more about Mimi's trichology services, her customized product line, and her comprehensive hair digest that serves as a blueprint to understanding your unique hair and scalp needs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone and welcome to the Follow Brand
Podcast.
This is your host, grantMcGaugh, and I'm live at the
LeVon Innovation Center, and Ilove this location because I
have an opportunity to interactwith my guests in ways that I
don't do normally, and we'regoing to have a conversation
with Mimi.
Mimi is going to talk to usabout she has a new.
(00:22):
She calls it a digest a digest,and it has a lot of components
to it.
It's going to help people withtheir hair care and some other
things you may not be aware of,and this is important and I want
to get this message out.
So, first of all, we need mimito introduce herself well, I'm
(00:44):
mimi.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I go go by Mimi.
My name, my government name was.
What I say is Merlandi Elaine.
I've been in the industry forover 31 years.
I started off when I was veryyoung.
I was an assistant at a salon.
She retired and I took over.
So in taking over, it's alwaysbeen a pride for me to elevate
and basically perfect everythingthat I was taught by her.
(01:07):
So and it brings us to wherewe're at today, where I've had
years of examining and seeingdifferent things on women's hair
and scalp and I've built my ownsort of say quote unquote
statistics, because I have overwell, now six generations of
women that I've assisted in hairand scalp treatments.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Now we got to unpack a lot of that.
You know she's got a lot ofwork in there, because you're
not what you call your everydayhairdresser.
You don't just it's not aneveryday salon.
You got to unpack to us whatmakes you different.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, what makes us different is that we're a
trichology clinic, so your visitwith us is not 30 minutes, 40
minutes.
Everything is analyzed,everything is carefully looked
into.
We need to personalize yourshampoos, we need to personalize
your treatments, and all ofthis comes into the part where
(02:02):
you come into our room.
By the way, I have a clinic.
It's a trichology clinic.
So every client that comes tovisit us, we they're in their
separate rooms and inside thisroom, um, we go in, we analyze
their hair, we analyze theirscalp and, with that being said,
we take that information aswell.
I have um think of it as adoctor's office.
(02:23):
I'm a doctor and I have medicalassistant, so they go in and
they do their analyzation.
You know, the analysts on theclient's hair and scalp come
back to me with information.
If something is odd, I go inand I examine it myself.
This helps us prepare theclient's treatments, their
shampoos, their oils, anythingthat they need at that time,
(02:45):
because what a lot of peopledon't realize is that your hair
and scalp changes even with youremotions.
So, with that being said, ifyou come into a, when you go
into a regular salon, and thestylist isn't aware of that,
they'll use the same old thingevery time and you have
arguments of women saying I'vebeen going there but it hasn't
(03:08):
been working lately.
This is because you're changingand with that change, your
stylists need to have knowledgeof what's going on so that way
they can customize whatever itis that they're using catering
to you.
So my motto is not the same oldthing works every time for
everyone.
I'm taking that to heart.
I just learned something I hopethe audience just learned so
(03:30):
your scalp, your skin conditionchanges with age, over time.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Right, and you also said something that I'm very
curious about.
You said you're a doctor.
Yes, I'm a holistic healthpractitioner.
You said you're a doctor.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yes, I'm a holistic health practitioner, so I
specialize in trichology, so myniche is the study of hair and
scalp.
So not only that, I'm alicensed cosmetologist.
So that's just cherry on topwhen it comes to cosmetology.
That's cherry on top Because ifI can't figure out the root
cause of a problem of a client'shair and scalp, I can style it
(04:05):
every way I want.
It'll still present that issueat the end.
So my goal is not only to stylethe person's hair in the
trichology line of it, but mygoal is also to study the
client's hair and scalp to makesure that whatever it is that
we're putting on this hair, onyour scalp, it's not affecting
it even further for the sake ofsake.
(04:26):
On wanting a style, that'simportant.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
That's so important the personalization, the
customization, the care that youput into it.
Now you've got a new digest.
I do Because I know you've gotclients out there.
They're like, hey, we've beenhearing about this new thing
that Mimi's coming out here.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Talk to us about that a little bit um, what I did was
I compiled a lot of informationthat people have been googling,
trying to google and figure out.
You know what's going on here,what's going on there.
So, when it comes to the hairand scalp, I've compiled a whole
lot of information into thisone digest that you can read up
on.
(05:05):
It covers stress, it covershormonal changes, it covers
certain medications that you maybe on.
It covers certain medicalconditions that you may be going
through.
Anything that will affect yourhair and scalp even your
nutritions, your vitamins,things of that nature needs to
be taken into account, intoseriousness, because, at the end
(05:26):
of the day, you may be goingthrough an autoimmune situation
that you're not aware of butyou're not familiar with the
symptoms.
But my digest covers thosesymptoms.
So now you know, just to giveyou a little bit, now you know
you need to stay away fromvitamin A, because vitamin A
will increase that autoimmuneand when that autoimmune
increases even further, you loseeven more hair.
(05:47):
So we have to be aware of thesymptoms, we have to be aware of
what's triggering the symptom,and my digest covers all of that
.
So when I have clients who comeinto my exam rooms, I call them
and they're asking me and I'mtelling them.
They're like, oh my God, Inever knew that.
I say you know what?
I'm going to put together someinformation so that way you guys
(06:10):
can have it and you guys canreflect back on.
That way, when things change,like, let's say, you're going
through God forbid a death of aparent that affects your hair as
well, and now you can go to thestress section and you can see
the symptoms.
You can see, okay, what is myhair doing?
Okay, it's doing this because Iwent through this stress.
My scalp is feeling like thisbecause I had this emotion.
(06:34):
So now, because I have thatemotion and I know it's
stressful, I need to stay awayfrom this type of food because
that will only cause even moredamage.
So my digest covers all of that.
Your digest is what everybodyneeds to read.
That's the reader's digestright there.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
You know, as I'm listening because I'm starting
to put some of the dots togetherYou're saying not only your
nutrition will affect your hairand scalp, that your emotional
state, the stress that you'regoing through, and then also, if
you're in any kind of diseasestate that you may or may not be
aware of, and you get oncertain medications high blood
(07:14):
pressure, diabetes, these typeof things and you wonder like,
wow, my hair is falling out.
You wake up in the morning, yougot hair in your pillow.
You're not sure exactly what,so talk.
You wake up in the morning, yougot hair in your pillow.
Yeah, you're not sure exactlywhat.
So talk to us about what inyour world.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Your primary clients.
What is your ideal client thatyou work with?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
My ideal client is more so retirement women,
business professional women,women that are on medication.
I deal with a lot of women likethat, Women who have gone
through traction, alopecia,which means certain styles that
they've done has really took atoll on their hair and scalp.
I deal with a lot of women likethat, Mainly because they have
(07:59):
my words, not theirs.
They have come, they come to apoint in life where their hair
is important to them and theyneed to go somewhere.
They they know the stylist is,know what they do, they're doing
and they trust them.
So, um, with that being said, Ialways get the.
You know I'm, I feel you, Mimi,I feel you.
I always get that from them andyou know I love it.
(08:23):
You know, because, honestly, Ilove what I do and my goal in
life to everyone who surroundsme is to become knowledgeable of
what's going on around you oreven inside of you.
So, whatever it is that I have,whatever it is that I know I
share.
I share because one thing Idon't want is someone to fall in
a hole, and I knew the hole wasthere and I didn't give you
(08:44):
advice on how to deviate aroundit.
That's a pet peeve for me.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Let's talk.
I want to say something becauseI've heard it in the news
lately.
I see it a lot on YouTube,instagram, things like that Is
it okay to have my natural hair?
Is it okay to put in somesynthetic hair where there's a
weave in it?
Is there a time where maybethat's good for a certain period
(09:11):
of time?
But then you need to take thatout or talk to us about those
different things.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I definitely can talk to you about that.
First and foremost, when itcomes to these protective
stylings with the fibers and theweaves, you have to consider
what's going on inside your body, because your scalp naturally
produces a yeast Okay, itproduces a natural yeast and
(09:36):
this natural yeast, if it is notwashed out regularly, it builds
up.
And when it builds up like that, it causes a lot of hair
shedding.
And when your hair startsshedding in some sort, you don't
only get the shedding for that.
But let's say you're goingthrough a stressful situation.
Or let's say they just put youon medication.
Or let's say you're goingthrough an autoimmune, like
(09:59):
spontaneously, while this styleis in your hair, it's causing
even more damage stages.
Or even when you're onmedication.
I always tell my clients stayaway from any pulling styles,
any braiding, anything of thatnature, because right now you
(10:19):
need to stick to treatmentstimulation.
Okay, you need to stick tocleansing products, things like
that, because if you don't,you'll only increase that
natural yeast, it'll just buildup and become more.
And not only that whatever sideeffects from the medication,
which is always inflammation,will cause you to want to be
(10:42):
looking for processed sugarcandy.
And whenever you get to thatpoint where you want that
processed sugar, you build evenmore of that yeast and it just
you could see it seeping out thefollicle and when it's doing
that, it's closing up and yourhair's falling out and you lose
it forever.
So, it's a process to it, whichall of it is covered in my
(11:04):
digest.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Now we need to read up on that.
Nobody wants to say now youknow why your hair is falling
out.
And then it's so many things,facets, right, things that we
have to think about just alittle bit.
You know about everything thatwe're doing on a daily basis,
right, the vitamins and theintake, the nutrition, and then
what we're doing to our hair andthe environment.
(11:26):
Like here in South Floridawe've got a lot of sun, a lot of
outdoor activities Certainareas of the country.
Maybe you're not.
You know, especially during thewinter, you're not outside as
much.
You're covering your hair withhats, wigs, things of that
nature.
Help us with everyday hair carefor the women that you normally
serve.
What would you tell them?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Well, when it comes to the everyday hair care, one
thing is to brush and comb asoften as you can, and always
utilize, um, a hair product anda scalp product that doesn't
coat, because you don't wantanything to coat.
You want products thatpenetrate, and when it coats is
when you can feel it filmy andsticky.
(12:08):
Therefore, it's just giving youmanageability at that point and
it's not really doing anythingfor your hair.
And when you finally come tosomeone like me and I see it
when I strip it it's not asstrong as you thought it was.
It's as if you have someone whoweighs 95 pounds and they're in
Boston on them to stay warm andwhen they walk in front of you
(12:31):
they look like they're 200pounds, but when they take all
that coat off, they're really 95.
So that's the same thing whenit comes to hair products.
You don't want it to just keepcoating your hair.
You need to have something thatpenetrates.
Hence why I developed my ownhair care product line, because
I was tired of using brands thatjust coat and this came out
(12:54):
within five years, like five or10 years of me being in the
industry.
I was tired of it and I justdeveloped my own.
As I go, I did my own.
As I go, I did my own.
And then during the pandemic, Iwas formulating, because I
formulate for my clientsaccording to their situation.
So I was formulating a productfor my client in Africa.
She's in Africa and my husbandwas like, what are you doing?
(13:18):
And I'm like I'm makingproducts for my client in Africa
, he said, why don't you justbottle it and sell it?
But it never hit me because I'mjust doing what I love.
You know what I mean.
And it just makes sense for meto do what I need to do for my
client at that moment.
It just makes sense for me todo what I need to do for my
client at that moment.
I wasn't thinking about sellingand putting it in the market.
(13:38):
I didn't want that.
Anyways, with the way that Ihave it now, it would never go
on the market because wecustomize as we go, we don't
just mass produce, we don't massproduce.
So at this point, when youorder, you fill out a form.
With that form we customizeyour product and it's sent to
you fresh.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Wow.
So you're getting reallyspecial hair care.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
I love the fact and your business is called SS Hair.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
SS Hair Care.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
SSHairCarecom.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
So people can go there.
Now when I went to your website, I seen a lot there.
It's not like you know.
I used to go to a barber.
I can do my own.
I won't talk about my hair alot.
It looks glorious.
I'll take that.
I'll take that.
But you go to your site andyou've got a lot there.
(14:33):
You've got courses there.
You've got courses there.
You've got information there.
Talk to us about what theexperience of working with you
is like.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Oh my God, my girls love it.
They come in.
I've hired licensed stylists.
I've hired kids from school.
They love it because they learn.
Some of them say I learned moreworking with you than I did at
school and I say, well, love itbecause they learn.
Some of them say I learned moreworking with you than I did at
school and I say, well, that'sthe point.
Hence my passion to open my SSHair Care Advanced Training
(15:02):
Academy, which is fullyaccredited, by the way.
So any course that you takewithin SS Hair Care, it's fully
accredited.
We also have a trichology coursewhere licensed cosmetology can
learn the feel of trichology andbecome better with their client
and servicing them in theirhair and scalp care as well.
So we have that, so all theknowledge that I've gained
(15:23):
throughout the 31 years andeverything it's packed into this
trichology course for thelicensed cosmetologist or anyone
else who would want to studytrichology, and they love it.
When they come into work, theylearn a lot and they're
awe-stricken because they neverknew this would do this.
(15:44):
Or, if they put this shampoo,they have to know how to shampoo
the hair.
There's women who are onmedication.
It causes their hair to becomeweak.
They got to know how to shampoothat hair.
You know.
So they learn a lot.
It's not just they're like Mimi, it's not just shampoo.
We got to know.
So when they come in to workwith me, every employee that is
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hired within my company goesthrough a course.
You learn the basics ofshampooing and roller setting
and blow drying, and you youlearn it in a way where you're
studying the person's hair andscalp so that way you can know
how to apply the shampoo, howlong you would leave that
shampoo, how to customize thatshampoo, where to put this
(16:27):
roller, how can it affect thehair?
Because there's certain areasin the head that's inflamed.
Where would you put this rollerso it doesn't cause even more
breakage?
So it's things like this thatyou learn in my academy.
If you ever decide to take acourse, but when you're employed
by me, you have to take thefoundation, foundational course
that's required I want to askyou this yes, because you said
(16:49):
something earlier in ourinterview process.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Sometimes people are going through a disease state.
Let's say you had cancer andyou're on chemo, right, and
you're losing your hair.
How do you advise clients thatthis is an experience they're
going through, it's somethingdifferent, it's something new,
and then you know, over time thehair does begin to grow back.
Talk to us about that kind ofexperience.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Well, going through chemotherapy, it is what it is
Like.
I told my clients it is what itis Right now.
We need to give yourself somegrace and know that this is a
process.
Okay, they've invented wigs forsituations like this.
We're going to focus on thehealth and when we're done with
all the chemo and the doctorgives clearance, we'll go into
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the follicle stimulating so wecan start stimulating the
follicle again, so that way youcan start pushing up the hair.
So I always tell my clientsjust breathe.
It is what it is and we justneed to be grateful for life at
this point.
The hair part, I got it.
Once we get the clearance, Igot it.
This is what I tell them We'llbe good.
But I've had clients, like Itold you I'm on six generations
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now I've had clients who've beenthrough chemo.
I've had clients who've beenthrough radiation and they tell
me, like Mimi, you know, and myfront desk, always when the
clients come in, they're alwayschecking in because we need to
know if you've had anyanesthesia, we need to know if
there's any change in yourmedication, because right when
you go into the room we need tostart formulating your shampoo,
(18:20):
we need to start formulatingyour mask and we need to start
formulating your aftercare, yourafter service products as well,
so that way we can style yourhair effectively, so that way it
can sustain and hold strengthfor the next two weeks, till we
see you again.
So things like this is very,very it's very important and I
want to let every chemo therapywoman know out there is.
(18:43):
It's part of the process, it iswhat it is.
Some women don't lose theirhair, some women do, but we just
need to be grateful for life atthis point, 100% give yourself
some grace and then grateful forlife, at this point, a hundred
percent.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Give yourself some grace, yeah, and, and then look
for specialists.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Definitely, you have to, you have to you know you.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
you, you're a subject matter expert in this area.
I'm learning so much.
Yeah, I never, like my mother,has gone to the same hairstylist
since I've been on this planet.
Now, that's her friday, twoo'clock, I believe, don't even
that's booked, yeah, you know.
But she has trusted her over alot and if I look back at that,
(19:24):
I'm like you know, her hair hasalways been very consistent and,
to your point earlier, likesaid you, you're used to a
certain someone that knows youyeah that really understands and
then understands the differentperiods of life that you're in
over time, because I see peopleall the time like, once they,
once they choose a stylist, theykind of stay, they stay there.
(19:46):
What I'm getting from you isthat.
But you can help people on somany levels, not just the basic
everyday hair styling, but the,the skin, this scalp, the all
the dermatology.
Just talk to us some more, alittle bit more about your
special, how you.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Your shop is so special and there are very few
like you, I think you know, inthe country yeah, um, like I
said, we designed it in a way,when I saw that in the field,
when I started early on in thefield, and I saw that these
women love their hair, they'reconsistent with this, like your
(20:24):
mom, like they're consistent.
And I always tell my client, Ialways tell my employees, I'm
like they come here because theytrust that we will give them
100 percent, because they trustthat we will give them 100%, and
because of that I said we needto make this more than just a
(20:45):
salon.
They need to trust us as muchas they trust their doctors.
So this is where my trichologyclinic came into play.
So the setting was alreadythere.
I have the rooms.
Everyone has their individualrooms and now, with my
background in, you know holistichealth partitioning and you
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know giving clients certainfoods.
You know to take vitamins, youknow to check in with their
nutrition.
Nutrition is to see if that'sokay with them.
You know things of that nature.
When I start building ittogether like that, I'm like
okay, we need to do somethingand my employees need to be as
serious as I am.
So that way, when my clientscome in here, they come in here
(21:28):
with their eyes closed, likethey come to their doctor's
office.
Like he got my blood, he knowsmy readings.
So that's how we are.
We even do hair analysis testsbecause there's some point where
a woman would reach it's stillnot doing what it needs to do
when it comes to the hair andscalp.
At this point we need to conducta hair analysis test.
(21:50):
Based on my years of experience,I've boiled it down to a
elimination process and usuallyby the second or third
elimination process we figuredout what it is and then we
continue on.
But by the fourth I don't playaround with it I'm like we need
to do a hair analysis test.
I don't want to know yourdoctor's blood work, because the
(22:11):
blood work it doesn't give meyears of what's going on.
The blood work just give mewhat's going on now.
So the hair analysis test willgive me like six, seven months
back, you know, because whateverhappened then is still
affecting what's going on now.
So with that hair analysis testwe test arsenic, lead,
magnesium, copper levels, zinc,things of that nature, and all
(22:35):
of that is it's it's thorough.
To me it's thorough.
So when the client comes in fortheir consultation, I take it
step by step and usually I putthem on a three-month plan and
if that three-month plan I don'tsee the results that I'm
looking for, then I'm like, okay, we need to do a hair analysis
test.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
I gotta ask this question, yes, because it's on
my mind.
I got to go there.
Yes, is there a difference?
And I know, physically, lookingat a black woman's hair as
opposed to other races' hair isa physical difference.
You can see that.
But is there differences in howyou have to take care of their?
(23:16):
Do the different thing, likeyou're doing a hair analysis
that you see in black women, areyou predominantly, are your
clients?
You know, women of color?
Are they different?
Are they all over?
But what do you see indifferences in hair types?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Honestly, when it comes to the hair types, it's
the physical, the curly, thestraight, the thick, the thin.
You know.
There's the physical, the curly, the straight, um the thick,
the thin.
You know.
There's the caucasian women,there's the chinese women.
I've serviced them all, umafrican-american.
You know, I serviced them all.
But when it comes down to theinsides, they're all doing the
same thing.
(23:51):
They're all doing the samething yeah, hair is, hair is
hair.
Hair is hair, blood is blood,skin is skin.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Hair is hair.
We are hearing this from theexperts.
Right, Hair is hair.
Before we wrap up, because thishas been very informative, I
tell you it's been veryinformative.
We told the audience hey, firstof all, I encourage them to go
to your site.
Yeah, Get information aboutwhat's going on.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
The digest is very especially for the women who are
like I don't know what's goingon.
I've been using XYZ.
They told me that this was good.
The doctor took a piece of myscalp.
You know this, that.
And the third Before you gospend another penny, go get the
Digest, Read it, Familiarizeyourself.
(24:41):
I even have like a four-questionquiz after each reading, just
so you can check your knowledge.
You know you don't have to passit.
Of course, if you get it wrong,God forbid, it's not that hard.
But if you get it wrong, it'lltell you what the right answer
is.
But I want my women to beknowledgeable of what's going on
on the inside.
I want you to be aware of thesymptoms.
I want you to be aware of whatcertain foods can do and right
(25:14):
when you see the symptoms, andto stay away from certain foods
that will increase the symptoms,because then it'll increase the
problem.
So get the digest, read it,make it you it.
Make it like your blueprint toyour hair and scalp.
That way you're not stuck onbuying this product, this
product.
You know what's going on withyour body and now you'll be able
to be like I really don't needthis on my hair, I need this in
(25:34):
my body, so that way, when I usethis on my hair, it's effective
.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
This is important because my daughter she has wavy
, curly hair.
Of course, being her dad and asingle parent, I'm clueless.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
I go in there and I see some hair product and I go
here you go, she's going trialand error, so I could have just
referred her to you yeah, and Iwould have told her no, let's
stop, let's clear all this offyour hair.
Let me see what's going on withyour strands, because when they
(26:12):
come to me even if it's not aconsultation, like I tell you I
love what I do To me.
Even if it's not a consultation, like I tell you, I love what I
do.
I'll pull them in my exam roomand I'll take out my scope.
I call it my scope.
I'll take out my scope and I'lllook at their hair, I'll look
at their scalp.
And I'll know if okay, you'vebeen eating too much sugar.
(26:32):
You need to calm down on thesugar, because it don't matter
what you use, the sugar isoverpowering the texture of the
hair.
Sugar, because it don't matterwhat you use, the sugar is
overpowering the texture of thehair and it's affecting the
health of the scalp.
And a lot of women who are alsoon medication just to give you
a little a thing here a lot ofwomen who are on medication
don't realize even if you're not, even if you're going through
hormonal changes they don'trealize that, um, these
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processed sugars are affectingyour immune system because it's
going into your bone marrow andwhen it does, it weakens your
immune system and when it does,you get a lot of breakage, which
is what a lot of women gothrough, you know.
So, on top of that, you'redealing with that, and then
you're dealing with themedication issue, then you're
dealing with the hormone changesissue.
So sometimes you just got totweak something little bit yeah
(27:18):
in order for you to get aneffective result on the outside,
you just sugar, sugar.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Just how much sugar are we consuming in our diet?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
daily.
It's a mess and this is why, um, even in my um digest, it
introduces women to a fasting.
You know, because I always tellmy women I don't know if people
are believers or not, but weall know the story of when
Christ fasted 40 days and 40nights and I always tell people,
you know, there's asignificance behind this.
(27:52):
I don't think it's more sospiritual, which it was, but I
think it's more so physical,because the creator knew what he
was creating and he knew whatwas going to come.
So there's a lot of power infasting.
It allows your body toregenerate, your cells, to just
clean itself up from all theseprocessed foods and things of
that nature.
So I always tell my women don'tkill yourself.
(28:16):
Do your fast At the end of yourfast, eat your protein and
whatever it is that's in yourbody that don't belong.
The fast will get rid of it andyou'll slowly see, you'll stop
craving these things.
That's contributing to thedisease that's already forming
in your body.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Yes, yeah, yes, we've got to get a hold of that.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
The excess sugar, excess salt that is already
prevalent, especially in theAmerican diet.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
Yes, diet.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
And then we're not offsetting this.
One thing I noticed and I'llsay this one last thing before
we get out of here is that yougot to drink a lot of water.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
You do Right.
You do Right and people don'tunderstand.
Half your body weight in ouncesis what you need.
Yeah, you need that.
Anything under that, yourbody's not getting enough.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Got to get enough water.
I know in South Florida we geta lot of.
I drink a lot of it because ofthe hydration, yeah, but I've
been in other parts of thecountry and they're drinking
more teas coffees cocoa, justsodas, other stuff other than
just water?
Definitely yeah, Just water.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Simple water.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Yeah, simple water.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Alkaline water is even the best.
It helps with inflammation, sosimple like lemon in your water
is enough, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
That helps with inflammation, again triggered by
sugar, stress lack of sleep.
So I tell people you know yougo through that daily stress
lack of sleep.
So just make it alkaline waterand just be safe.
You know, lemon in water,that's it I tell you, we've gone
full circle here.
We have.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
I want to make sure the audience gets this Like
we're not just talking hair here.
Hair is the byproduct yes, itis, but all these other things
behind it and what you're doingon a daily basis, weekly,
monthly, is contributing to yourbeautiful appearance.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
It is, it does, it does.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
So, before we keep going, how do they get in touch
with you?
Because I know you got morethan just this website.
They can come and see you.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Yes, you guys can come to my location.
The address is 9959 PinesBoulevard.
It's on Pembroke Pines, florida, and the zip code is 33024.
We are open Tuesday toSaturdays.
Our office number is754-888-9485.
And give us a call.
Sometimes, through a simpleconversation, a simple hello
(30:40):
situation, I can just give you aquick.
You know, okay, let's do this,but, forgive me, my clinic stays
busy.
So I try my best to do everyone, but it's best if you come see
us.
It's really best if you comesee us, because at the end of
the day, everything starts atthe hair.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
The hair and the scalp tells a story before the
doctor can see it in the blood.
That is so different becauseyou're getting this medical
attention as well as just youknow, hair care.
Yeah, it's just a full, fullvacuum of everything it is you?
Know for you, for it is that'show come?
Speaker 2 (31:17):
being a licensed cosmetologist?
I tell people it's cherry ontop.
But being a board-certifiedholistic practitioner and a
trichologist, it's what I needin order to fulfill the
anointing that I have, if thatmakes sense.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
No, it makes perfect sense.
And one thing I always ask myguests, especially at the end of
the show, and it's impromptu,but I, like you, I got.
You got to let my audience knowthis and your audience as well.
How did you feel about thisinterview?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
I love that.
I think I got everything.
I think what I wanted to shareand make people aware of we got
it out there.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
That's what it's about, right.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Yeah, we got it out there, and that's that.
That's what it's about, right?
Yeah, we got it out there, andthat's exactly what it's about
All in one sitting.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Well, okay, this has been wonderful.
I want to encourage your entireaudience obviously, to tune in
to all the episodes of FollowBrand.
They can go get so muchinformation.
That's at the number five.
That is star.
S-t-a-r, b-d-m that's for B,for brand, d, for development
and for masterscom.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I want to thank you again, mimi so much for being on
the Follow Brand Podcast.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
You're most welcome, beautiful.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
All right.
Hello everyone and welcome to the Follow Brand
Podcast.
This is your host, grantMcGaugh, and I'm live at the
LeVon Innovation Center, and Ilove this location because I
have an opportunity to interactwith my guests in ways that I
don't do normally, and we'regoing to have a conversation
with Mimi.
Mimi is going to talk to usabout she has a new.
(00:22):
She calls it a digest a digest,and it has a lot of components
to it.
It's going to help people withtheir hair care and some other
things you may not be aware of,and this is important and I want
to get this message out.
So, first of all, we need mimito introduce herself well, I'm
(00:44):
mimi.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I go go by Mimi.
My name, my government name was.
What I say is Merlandi Elaine.
I've been in the industry forover 31 years.
I started off when I was veryyoung.
I was an assistant at a salon.
She retired and I took over.
So in taking over, it's alwaysbeen a pride for me to elevate
and basically perfect everythingthat I was taught by her.
(01:07):
So and it brings us to wherewe're at today, where I've had
years of examining and seeingdifferent things on women's hair
and scalp and I've built my ownsort of say quote unquote
statistics, because I have overwell, now six generations of
women that I've assisted in hairand scalp treatments.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Now we got to unpack a lot of that.
You know she's got a lot ofwork in there, because you're
not what you call your everydayhairdresser.
You don't just it's not aneveryday salon.
You got to unpack to us whatmakes you different.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, what makes us different is that we're a
trichology clinic, so your visitwith us is not 30 minutes, 40
minutes.
Everything is analyzed,everything is carefully looked
into.
We need to personalize yourshampoos, we need to personalize
your treatments, and all ofthis comes into the part where
(02:02):
you come into our room.
By the way, I have a clinic.
It's a trichology clinic.
So every client that comes tovisit us, we they're in their
separate rooms and inside thisroom, um, we go in, we analyze
their hair, we analyze theirscalp and, with that being said,
we take that information aswell.
I have um think of it as adoctor's office.
(02:23):
I'm a doctor and I have medicalassistant, so they go in and
they do their analyzation.
You know, the analysts on theclient's hair and scalp come
back to me with information.
If something is odd, I go inand I examine it myself.
This helps us prepare theclient's treatments, their
shampoos, their oils, anythingthat they need at that time,
(02:45):
because what a lot of peopledon't realize is that your hair
and scalp changes even with youremotions.
So, with that being said, ifyou come into a, when you go
into a regular salon, and thestylist isn't aware of that,
they'll use the same old thingevery time and you have
arguments of women saying I'vebeen going there but it hasn't
(03:08):
been working lately.
This is because you're changingand with that change, your
stylists need to have knowledgeof what's going on so that way
they can customize whatever itis that they're using catering
to you.
So my motto is not the same oldthing works every time for
everyone.
I'm taking that to heart.
I just learned something I hopethe audience just learned so
(03:30):
your scalp, your skin conditionchanges with age, over time.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Right, and you also said something that I'm very
curious about.
You said you're a doctor.
Yes, I'm a holistic healthpractitioner.
You said you're a doctor.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yes, I'm a holistic health practitioner, so I
specialize in trichology, so myniche is the study of hair and
scalp.
So not only that, I'm alicensed cosmetologist.
So that's just cherry on topwhen it comes to cosmetology.
That's cherry on top Because ifI can't figure out the root
cause of a problem of a client'shair and scalp, I can style it
(04:05):
every way I want.
It'll still present that issueat the end.
So my goal is not only to stylethe person's hair in the
trichology line of it, but mygoal is also to study the
client's hair and scalp to makesure that whatever it is that
we're putting on this hair, onyour scalp, it's not affecting
it even further for the sake ofsake.
(04:26):
On wanting a style, that'simportant.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
That's so important the personalization, the
customization, the care that youput into it.
Now you've got a new digest.
I do Because I know you've gotclients out there.
They're like, hey, we've beenhearing about this new thing
that Mimi's coming out here.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Talk to us about that a little bit um, what I did was
I compiled a lot of informationthat people have been googling,
trying to google and figure out.
You know what's going on here,what's going on there.
So, when it comes to the hairand scalp, I've compiled a whole
lot of information into thisone digest that you can read up
on.
(05:05):
It covers stress, it covershormonal changes, it covers
certain medications that you maybe on.
It covers certain medicalconditions that you may be going
through.
Anything that will affect yourhair and scalp even your
nutritions, your vitamins,things of that nature needs to
be taken into account, intoseriousness, because, at the end
(05:26):
of the day, you may be goingthrough an autoimmune situation
that you're not aware of butyou're not familiar with the
symptoms.
But my digest covers thosesymptoms.
So now you know, just to giveyou a little bit, now you know
you need to stay away fromvitamin A, because vitamin A
will increase that autoimmuneand when that autoimmune
increases even further, you loseeven more hair.
(05:47):
So we have to be aware of thesymptoms, we have to be aware of
what's triggering the symptom,and my digest covers all of that
.
So when I have clients who comeinto my exam rooms, I call them
and they're asking me and I'mtelling them.
They're like, oh my God, Inever knew that.
I say you know what?
I'm going to put together someinformation so that way you guys
(06:10):
can have it and you guys canreflect back on.
That way, when things change,like, let's say, you're going
through God forbid a death of aparent that affects your hair as
well, and now you can go to thestress section and you can see
the symptoms.
You can see, okay, what is myhair doing?
Okay, it's doing this because Iwent through this stress.
My scalp is feeling like thisbecause I had this emotion.
(06:34):
So now, because I have thatemotion and I know it's
stressful, I need to stay awayfrom this type of food because
that will only cause even moredamage.
So my digest covers all of that.
Your digest is what everybodyneeds to read.
That's the reader's digestright there.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
You know, as I'm listening because I'm starting
to put some of the dots togetherYou're saying not only your
nutrition will affect your hairand scalp, that your emotional
state, the stress that you'regoing through, and then also, if
you're in any kind of diseasestate that you may or may not be
aware of, and you get oncertain medications high blood
(07:14):
pressure, diabetes, these typeof things and you wonder like,
wow, my hair is falling out.
You wake up in the morning, yougot hair in your pillow.
You're not sure exactly what,so talk.
You wake up in the morning, yougot hair in your pillow.
Yeah, you're not sure exactlywhat.
So talk to us about what inyour world.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Your primary clients.
What is your ideal client thatyou work with?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
My ideal client is more so retirement women,
business professional women,women that are on medication.
I deal with a lot of women likethat, Women who have gone
through traction, alopecia,which means certain styles that
they've done has really took atoll on their hair and scalp.
I deal with a lot of women likethat, Mainly because they have
(07:59):
my words, not theirs.
They have come, they come to apoint in life where their hair
is important to them and theyneed to go somewhere.
They they know the stylist is,know what they do, they're doing
and they trust them.
So, um, with that being said, Ialways get the.
You know I'm, I feel you, Mimi,I feel you.
I always get that from them andyou know I love it.
(08:23):
You know, because, honestly, Ilove what I do and my goal in
life to everyone who surroundsme is to become knowledgeable of
what's going on around you oreven inside of you.
So, whatever it is that I have,whatever it is that I know I
share.
I share because one thing Idon't want is someone to fall in
a hole, and I knew the hole wasthere and I didn't give you
(08:44):
advice on how to deviate aroundit.
That's a pet peeve for me.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Let's talk.
I want to say something becauseI've heard it in the news
lately.
I see it a lot on YouTube,instagram, things like that Is
it okay to have my natural hair?
Is it okay to put in somesynthetic hair where there's a
weave in it?
Is there a time where maybethat's good for a certain period
(09:11):
of time?
But then you need to take thatout or talk to us about those
different things.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I definitely can talk to you about that.
First and foremost, when itcomes to these protective
stylings with the fibers and theweaves, you have to consider
what's going on inside your body, because your scalp naturally
produces a yeast Okay, itproduces a natural yeast and
(09:36):
this natural yeast, if it is notwashed out regularly, it builds
up.
And when it builds up like that, it causes a lot of hair
shedding.
And when your hair startsshedding in some sort, you don't
only get the shedding for that.
But let's say you're goingthrough a stressful situation.
Or let's say they just put youon medication.
Or let's say you're goingthrough an autoimmune, like
(09:59):
spontaneously, while this styleis in your hair, it's causing
even more damage stages.
Or even when you're onmedication.
I always tell my clients stayaway from any pulling styles,
any braiding, anything of thatnature, because right now you
(10:19):
need to stick to treatmentstimulation.
Okay, you need to stick tocleansing products, things like
that, because if you don't,you'll only increase that
natural yeast, it'll just buildup and become more.
And not only that whatever sideeffects from the medication,
which is always inflammation,will cause you to want to be
(10:42):
looking for processed sugarcandy.
And whenever you get to thatpoint where you want that
processed sugar, you build evenmore of that yeast and it just
you could see it seeping out thefollicle and when it's doing
that, it's closing up and yourhair's falling out and you lose
it forever.
So, it's a process to it, whichall of it is covered in my
(11:04):
digest.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Now we need to read up on that.
Nobody wants to say now youknow why your hair is falling
out.
And then it's so many things,facets, right, things that we
have to think about just alittle bit.
You know about everything thatwe're doing on a daily basis,
right, the vitamins and theintake, the nutrition, and then
what we're doing to our hair andthe environment.
(11:26):
Like here in South Floridawe've got a lot of sun, a lot of
outdoor activities Certainareas of the country.
Maybe you're not.
You know, especially during thewinter, you're not outside as
much.
You're covering your hair withhats, wigs, things of that
nature.
Help us with everyday hair carefor the women that you normally
serve.
What would you tell them?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Well, when it comes to the everyday hair care, one
thing is to brush and comb asoften as you can, and always
utilize, um, a hair product anda scalp product that doesn't
coat, because you don't wantanything to coat.
You want products thatpenetrate, and when it coats is
when you can feel it filmy andsticky.
(12:08):
Therefore, it's just giving youmanageability at that point and
it's not really doing anythingfor your hair.
And when you finally come tosomeone like me and I see it
when I strip it it's not asstrong as you thought it was.
It's as if you have someone whoweighs 95 pounds and they're in
Boston on them to stay warm andwhen they walk in front of you
(12:31):
they look like they're 200pounds, but when they take all
that coat off, they're really 95.
So that's the same thing whenit comes to hair products.
You don't want it to just keepcoating your hair.
You need to have something thatpenetrates.
Hence why I developed my ownhair care product line, because
I was tired of using brands thatjust coat and this came out
(12:54):
within five years, like five or10 years of me being in the
industry.
I was tired of it and I justdeveloped my own.
As I go, I did my own.
As I go, I did my own.
And then during the pandemic, Iwas formulating, because I
formulate for my clientsaccording to their situation.
So I was formulating a productfor my client in Africa.
She's in Africa and my husbandwas like, what are you doing?
(13:18):
And I'm like I'm makingproducts for my client in Africa
, he said, why don't you justbottle it and sell it?
But it never hit me because I'mjust doing what I love.
You know what I mean.
And it just makes sense for meto do what I need to do for my
client at that moment.
It just makes sense for me todo what I need to do for my
client at that moment.
I wasn't thinking about sellingand putting it in the market.
(13:38):
I didn't want that.
Anyways, with the way that Ihave it now, it would never go
on the market because wecustomize as we go, we don't
just mass produce, we don't massproduce.
So at this point, when youorder, you fill out a form.
With that form we customizeyour product and it's sent to
you fresh.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Wow.
So you're getting reallyspecial hair care.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
I love the fact and your business is called SS Hair.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
SS Hair Care.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
SSHairCarecom.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
So people can go there.
Now when I went to your website, I seen a lot there.
It's not like you know.
I used to go to a barber.
I can do my own.
I won't talk about my hair alot.
It looks glorious.
I'll take that.
I'll take that.
But you go to your site andyou've got a lot there.
(14:33):
You've got courses there.
You've got courses there.
You've got information there.
Talk to us about what theexperience of working with you
is like.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Oh my God, my girls love it.
They come in.
I've hired licensed stylists.
I've hired kids from school.
They love it because they learn.
Some of them say I learned moreworking with you than I did at
school and I say, well, love itbecause they learn.
Some of them say I learned moreworking with you than I did at
school and I say, well, that'sthe point.
Hence my passion to open my SSHair Care Advanced Training
(15:02):
Academy, which is fullyaccredited, by the way.
So any course that you takewithin SS Hair Care, it's fully
accredited.
We also have a trichology coursewhere licensed cosmetology can
learn the feel of trichology andbecome better with their client
and servicing them in theirhair and scalp care as well.
So we have that, so all theknowledge that I've gained
(15:23):
throughout the 31 years andeverything it's packed into this
trichology course for thelicensed cosmetologist or anyone
else who would want to studytrichology, and they love it.
When they come into work, theylearn a lot and they're
awe-stricken because they neverknew this would do this.
(15:44):
Or, if they put this shampoo,they have to know how to shampoo
the hair.
There's women who are onmedication.
It causes their hair to becomeweak.
They got to know how to shampoothat hair.
You know.
So they learn a lot.
It's not just they're like Mimi, it's not just shampoo.
We got to know.
So when they come in to workwith me, every employee that is
(16:05):
hired within my company goesthrough a course.
You learn the basics ofshampooing and roller setting
and blow drying, and you youlearn it in a way where you're
studying the person's hair andscalp so that way you can know
how to apply the shampoo, howlong you would leave that
shampoo, how to customize thatshampoo, where to put this
(16:27):
roller, how can it affect thehair?
Because there's certain areasin the head that's inflamed.
Where would you put this rollerso it doesn't cause even more
breakage?
So it's things like this thatyou learn in my academy.
If you ever decide to take acourse, but when you're employed
by me, you have to take thefoundation, foundational course
that's required I want to askyou this yes, because you said
(16:49):
something earlier in ourinterview process.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Sometimes people are going through a disease state.
Let's say you had cancer andyou're on chemo, right, and
you're losing your hair.
How do you advise clients thatthis is an experience they're
going through, it's somethingdifferent, it's something new,
and then you know, over time thehair does begin to grow back.
Talk to us about that kind ofexperience.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Well, going through chemotherapy, it is what it is
Like.
I told my clients it is what itis Right now.
We need to give yourself somegrace and know that this is a
process.
Okay, they've invented wigs forsituations like this.
We're going to focus on thehealth and when we're done with
all the chemo and the doctorgives clearance, we'll go into
(17:34):
the follicle stimulating so wecan start stimulating the
follicle again, so that way youcan start pushing up the hair.
So I always tell my clientsjust breathe.
It is what it is and we justneed to be grateful for life at
this point.
The hair part, I got it.
Once we get the clearance, Igot it.
This is what I tell them We'llbe good.
But I've had clients, like Itold you I'm on six generations
(17:57):
now I've had clients who've beenthrough chemo.
I've had clients who've beenthrough radiation and they tell
me, like Mimi, you know, and myfront desk, always when the
clients come in, they're alwayschecking in because we need to
know if you've had anyanesthesia, we need to know if
there's any change in yourmedication, because right when
you go into the room we need tostart formulating your shampoo,
(18:20):
we need to start formulatingyour mask and we need to start
formulating your aftercare, yourafter service products as well,
so that way we can style yourhair effectively, so that way it
can sustain and hold strengthfor the next two weeks, till we
see you again.
So things like this is very,very it's very important and I
want to let every chemo therapywoman know out there is.
(18:43):
It's part of the process, it iswhat it is.
Some women don't lose theirhair, some women do, but we just
need to be grateful for life atthis point, 100% give yourself
some grace and then grateful forlife, at this point, a hundred
percent.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Give yourself some grace, yeah, and, and then look
for specialists.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Definitely, you have to, you have to you know you.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
you, you're a subject matter expert in this area.
I'm learning so much.
Yeah, I never, like my mother,has gone to the same hairstylist
since I've been on this planet.
Now, that's her friday, twoo'clock, I believe, don't even
that's booked, yeah, you know.
But she has trusted her over alot and if I look back at that,
(19:24):
I'm like you know, her hair hasalways been very consistent and,
to your point earlier, likesaid you, you're used to a
certain someone that knows youyeah that really understands and
then understands the differentperiods of life that you're in
over time, because I see peopleall the time like, once they,
once they choose a stylist, theykind of stay, they stay there.
(19:46):
What I'm getting from you isthat.
But you can help people on somany levels, not just the basic
everyday hair styling, but the,the skin, this scalp, the all
the dermatology.
Just talk to us some more, alittle bit more about your
special, how you.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Your shop is so special and there are very few
like you, I think you know, inthe country yeah, um, like I
said, we designed it in a way,when I saw that in the field,
when I started early on in thefield, and I saw that these
women love their hair, they'reconsistent with this, like your
(20:24):
mom, like they're consistent.
And I always tell my client, Ialways tell my employees, I'm
like they come here because theytrust that we will give them
100 percent, because they trustthat we will give them 100%, and
because of that I said we needto make this more than just a
(20:45):
salon.
They need to trust us as muchas they trust their doctors.
So this is where my trichologyclinic came into play.
So the setting was alreadythere.
I have the rooms.
Everyone has their individualrooms and now, with my
background in, you know holistichealth partitioning and you
(21:06):
know giving clients certainfoods.
You know to take vitamins, youknow to check in with their
nutrition.
Nutrition is to see if that'sokay with them.
You know things of that nature.
When I start building ittogether like that, I'm like
okay, we need to do somethingand my employees need to be as
serious as I am.
So that way, when my clientscome in here, they come in here
(21:28):
with their eyes closed, likethey come to their doctor's
office.
Like he got my blood, he knowsmy readings.
So that's how we are.
We even do hair analysis testsbecause there's some point where
a woman would reach it's stillnot doing what it needs to do
when it comes to the hair andscalp.
At this point we need to conducta hair analysis test.
(21:50):
Based on my years of experience,I've boiled it down to a
elimination process and usuallyby the second or third
elimination process we figuredout what it is and then we
continue on.
But by the fourth I don't playaround with it I'm like we need
to do a hair analysis test.
I don't want to know yourdoctor's blood work, because the
(22:11):
blood work it doesn't give meyears of what's going on.
The blood work just give mewhat's going on now.
So the hair analysis test willgive me like six, seven months
back, you know, because whateverhappened then is still
affecting what's going on now.
So with that hair analysis testwe test arsenic, lead,
magnesium, copper levels, zinc,things of that nature, and all
(22:35):
of that is it's it's thorough.
To me it's thorough.
So when the client comes in fortheir consultation, I take it
step by step and usually I putthem on a three-month plan and
if that three-month plan I don'tsee the results that I'm
looking for, then I'm like, okay, we need to do a hair analysis
test.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
I gotta ask this question, yes, because it's on
my mind.
I got to go there.
Yes, is there a difference?
And I know, physically, lookingat a black woman's hair as
opposed to other races' hair isa physical difference.
You can see that.
But is there differences in howyou have to take care of their?
(23:16):
Do the different thing, likeyou're doing a hair analysis
that you see in black women, areyou predominantly, are your
clients?
You know, women of color?
Are they different?
Are they all over?
But what do you see indifferences in hair types?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Honestly, when it comes to the hair types, it's
the physical, the curly, thestraight, the thick, the thin.
You know.
There's the physical, the curly, the straight, um the thick,
the thin.
You know.
There's the caucasian women,there's the chinese women.
I've serviced them all, umafrican-american.
You know, I serviced them all.
But when it comes down to theinsides, they're all doing the
same thing.
(23:51):
They're all doing the samething yeah, hair is, hair is
hair.
Hair is hair, blood is blood,skin is skin.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Hair is hair.
We are hearing this from theexperts.
Right, Hair is hair.
Before we wrap up, because thishas been very informative, I
tell you it's been veryinformative.
We told the audience hey, firstof all, I encourage them to go
to your site.
Yeah, Get information aboutwhat's going on.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
The digest is very especially for the women who are
like I don't know what's goingon.
I've been using XYZ.
They told me that this was good.
The doctor took a piece of myscalp.
You know this, that.
And the third Before you gospend another penny, go get the
Digest, Read it, Familiarizeyourself.
(24:41):
I even have like a four-questionquiz after each reading, just
so you can check your knowledge.
You know you don't have to passit.
Of course, if you get it wrong,God forbid, it's not that hard.
But if you get it wrong, it'lltell you what the right answer
is.
But I want my women to beknowledgeable of what's going on
on the inside.
I want you to be aware of thesymptoms.
I want you to be aware of whatcertain foods can do and right
(25:14):
when you see the symptoms, andto stay away from certain foods
that will increase the symptoms,because then it'll increase the
problem.
So get the digest, read it,make it you it.
Make it like your blueprint toyour hair and scalp.
That way you're not stuck onbuying this product, this
product.
You know what's going on withyour body and now you'll be able
to be like I really don't needthis on my hair, I need this in
(25:34):
my body, so that way, when I usethis on my hair, it's effective
.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
This is important because my daughter she has wavy
, curly hair.
Of course, being her dad and asingle parent, I'm clueless.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
I go in there and I see some hair product and I go
here you go, she's going trialand error, so I could have just
referred her to you yeah, and Iwould have told her no, let's
stop, let's clear all this offyour hair.
Let me see what's going on withyour strands, because when they
(26:12):
come to me even if it's not aconsultation, like I tell you I
love what I do To me.
Even if it's not a consultation, like I tell you, I love what I
do.
I'll pull them in my exam roomand I'll take out my scope.
I call it my scope.
I'll take out my scope and I'lllook at their hair, I'll look
at their scalp.
And I'll know if okay, you'vebeen eating too much sugar.
(26:32):
You need to calm down on thesugar, because it don't matter
what you use, the sugar isoverpowering the texture of the
hair.
Sugar, because it don't matterwhat you use, the sugar is
overpowering the texture of thehair and it's affecting the
health of the scalp.
And a lot of women who are alsoon medication just to give you
a little a thing here a lot ofwomen who are on medication
don't realize even if you're not, even if you're going through
hormonal changes they don'trealize that, um, these
(26:55):
processed sugars are affectingyour immune system because it's
going into your bone marrow andwhen it does, it weakens your
immune system and when it does,you get a lot of breakage, which
is what a lot of women gothrough, you know.
So, on top of that, you'redealing with that, and then
you're dealing with themedication issue, then you're
dealing with the hormone changesissue.
So sometimes you just got totweak something little bit yeah
(27:18):
in order for you to get aneffective result on the outside,
you just sugar, sugar.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Just how much sugar are we consuming in our diet?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
daily.
It's a mess and this is why, um, even in my um digest, it
introduces women to a fasting.
You know, because I always tellmy women I don't know if people
are believers or not, but weall know the story of when
Christ fasted 40 days and 40nights and I always tell people,
you know, there's asignificance behind this.
(27:52):
I don't think it's more sospiritual, which it was, but I
think it's more so physical,because the creator knew what he
was creating and he knew whatwas going to come.
So there's a lot of power infasting.
It allows your body toregenerate, your cells, to just
clean itself up from all theseprocessed foods and things of
that nature.
So I always tell my women don'tkill yourself.
(28:16):
Do your fast At the end of yourfast, eat your protein and
whatever it is that's in yourbody that don't belong.
The fast will get rid of it andyou'll slowly see, you'll stop
craving these things.
That's contributing to thedisease that's already forming
in your body.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Yes, yeah, yes, we've got to get a hold of that.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
The excess sugar, excess salt that is already
prevalent, especially in theAmerican diet.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
Yes, diet.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
And then we're not offsetting this.
One thing I noticed and I'llsay this one last thing before
we get out of here is that yougot to drink a lot of water.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
You do Right.
You do Right and people don'tunderstand.
Half your body weight in ouncesis what you need.
Yeah, you need that.
Anything under that, yourbody's not getting enough.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Got to get enough water.
I know in South Florida we geta lot of.
I drink a lot of it because ofthe hydration, yeah, but I've
been in other parts of thecountry and they're drinking
more teas coffees cocoa, justsodas, other stuff other than
just water?
Definitely yeah, Just water.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Simple water.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Yeah, simple water.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Alkaline water is even the best.
It helps with inflammation, sosimple like lemon in your water
is enough, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
That helps with inflammation, again triggered by
sugar, stress lack of sleep.
So I tell people you know yougo through that daily stress
lack of sleep.
So just make it alkaline waterand just be safe.
You know, lemon in water,that's it I tell you, we've gone
full circle here.
We have.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
I want to make sure the audience gets this Like
we're not just talking hair here.
Hair is the byproduct yes, itis, but all these other things
behind it and what you're doingon a daily basis, weekly,
monthly, is contributing to yourbeautiful appearance.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
It is, it does, it does.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
So, before we keep going, how do they get in touch
with you?
Because I know you got morethan just this website.
They can come and see you.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Yes, you guys can come to my location.
The address is 9959 PinesBoulevard.
It's on Pembroke Pines, florida, and the zip code is 33024.
We are open Tuesday toSaturdays.
Our office number is754-888-9485.
And give us a call.
Sometimes, through a simpleconversation, a simple hello
(30:40):
situation, I can just give you aquick.
You know, okay, let's do this,but, forgive me, my clinic stays
busy.
So I try my best to do everyone, but it's best if you come see
us.
It's really best if you comesee us, because at the end of
the day, everything starts atthe hair.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
The hair and the scalp tells a story before the
doctor can see it in the blood.
That is so different becauseyou're getting this medical
attention as well as just youknow, hair care.
Yeah, it's just a full, fullvacuum of everything it is you?
Know for you, for it is that'show come?
Speaker 2 (31:17):
being a licensed cosmetologist?
I tell people it's cherry ontop.
But being a board-certifiedholistic practitioner and a
trichologist, it's what I needin order to fulfill the
anointing that I have, if thatmakes sense.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
No, it makes perfect sense.
And one thing I always ask myguests, especially at the end of
the show, and it's impromptu,but I, like you, I got.
You got to let my audience knowthis and your audience as well.
How did you feel about thisinterview?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
I love that.
I think I got everything.
I think what I wanted to shareand make people aware of we got
it out there.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
That's what it's about, right.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Yeah, we got it out there, and that's that.
That's what it's about, right?
Yeah, we got it out there, andthat's exactly what it's about
All in one sitting.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Well, okay, this has been wonderful.
I want to encourage your entireaudience obviously, to tune in
to all the episodes of FollowBrand.
They can go get so muchinformation.
That's at the number five.
That is star.
S-t-a-r, b-d-m that's for B,for brand, d, for development
and for masterscom.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I want to thank you again, mimi so much for being on
the Follow Brand Podcast.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
You're most welcome, beautiful.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
All right.
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