If you have worked with a functional medicine practitioner, done the testing and still aren’t seeing regrowth, this episode explains what might be missing.
Inside this episode:
Johanna answers a question a new client asked her the day before recording: what is the difference between working with Alopecia Angel and working with a functional medicine practitioner? She starts with what the title actually means. Functional medicine is a certificate that health coaches, chiropractors, general doctors and specialists in completely unrelated fields can all earn, so the designation on its own says nothing about whether someone understands alopecia.
Her central point is that good testing is only half the work. Johanna describes clients in Canada, the US and Europe who came to her after working with functional medicine practitioners: the testing was thorough, but the protocol built from it never resolved what was driving their hair loss, and they ended up on a merry-go-round of repeat tests every few months. Reading results and turning them into a protocol that works, she argues, takes specific experience with hair loss.
She also explains how her own practice is set up: a team of functional medicine practitioners she interviewed and hired herself, access to testing for clients whose local doctors won’t order it, and fast replies when clients have questions. Along the way she uses a Ferrari mechanic to explain why specialization matters, and shares why, after seeing doctors in several countries during her own alopecia and fertility journeys, she stopped deferring to titles.
What you will learn:
• What a functional medicine certificate is, who can earn it, and why it doesn’t mean someone specializes in hair loss
• Why a practitioner’s focus matters more than the letters after their name
• Why gold-standard testing can still lead nowhere if the protocol built from it is wrong
• How to tell whether your current practitioner’s protocol is actually working for you
• The warning signs of a merry-go-round of repeat testing with no change in your hair
• Why Johanna works with a vetted team rather than as a one-person practice
• The questions to ask before you commit: are they focused on alopecia, on your type of hair loss, and can they show results?
Who this episode is for:
Anyone with alopecia areata, scarring alopecia, androgenetic alopecia or long-running shedding who is deciding who to work with, or who is already seeing a functional medicine doctor, naturopath or health coach and isn’t seeing progress. It is also for people living abroad or in rural areas who struggle to get testing ordered through their local healthcare system.
About the show:
On Awaken to Hair Growth, Johanna Dahlman shares what she learned reversing her own alopecia areata and what more than ten years of working with clients in over 68 countries has taught her. Each week brings root-cause education, client stories and practical guidance for anyone dealing with hair loss.
If you have done the testing and are still waiting for results, the Hair N’ Heal Program is where Johanna and her team look at what has been missed.
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HELP IS WITHIN YOUR REACH!
Alopecia Angel is dedicated to those seeking a holistic, natural, and safe approach to healing Alopecia from the inside out! The main force behind Alopecia Angel is a deep desire to help individuals achieve what I achieved with a natural treatment option, a well-rounded approach to health, wellness, and reversing Alopecia naturally without antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, cortisone shots to the head, or embarrassing creams.
After seeing results with my multi-tiered natural Alopecia treatment, targeting mind, body, nutrition, environment, and other elements, I decided I wanted to share my findings and let others know that a natural, safe, and holistic method does in fact exist to regrow hair from alopecia.
