About the magazine
History, culture and the science of hair
The History of Hair is the editorial companion to @the_history_of_hair on Instagram.
Editorial standards
Stories are written by our editors as accessible introductions. Source citations are being added and are not yet shown on every story; dates marked "c." are approximate. Science notes carry their review status — none has yet been reviewed by a named qualified professional. Corrections are welcome.
We measure readership anonymously and without cookies — which pages are read, for how long, and how readers arrive — so we can make the magazine better. We never record names, emails or IP addresses for this.
Image credits
Photographs on this site are AI-generated period-style and contemporary interpretations made for The History of Hair. They are not archival photographs, and where a story concerns a named person the image is an anonymous style interpretation, not a portrait of them. Product photography in partner features is the partner's own official image. We do not publish before-and-after pictures; brand-published case galleries are linked at their source.
Our partners
This magazine is connected to its education and product partners: Trichology.com, Trichologist Academy (home of the Pre-Trichology Foundations Certificate) and Advanced Trichology, a hair-care brand. Features marked "From Trichology.com" or "From Advanced Trichology" summarise those organisations' own published material; outcomes they report are theirs and individual results vary. Partner links carry referral tags so we can see which pages readers come from. Course-interest details you share are stored privately and kept separate from the newsletter.