BREAKTHROUGH IN ALOPECIA
HERE are the facts about ALOPECIA:
Alopecia areata, commonly referred to as just alopecia, is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own hair follicles, causing hair to fall out, often in clumps.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimates that alopecia areata affects 15 in 10,000 people in the UK. The NICE calculation gives a figure around 100,000 people in the UK currently affected by alopecia. AND in the US approximately 6.8 million people.
Kendall Marcus, M.D., director of the Division of Dermatology and Dentistry in the FDA’s Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research STATES: ‘Access to safe and effective treatment options is crucial for the significant number of Americans affected by severe alopecia, today’s approval will help fulfil a significant unmet need for patients with severe alopecia areata.’
BEFORE THIS – there weren’t many options for people with the condition: They often relied on steroid injections or unproven creams in an attempt to reverse the condition.
ADDITIONALLY – People in the US suffering with alopecia have often taken other drugs that may help, such as JAK inhibitors ruxolitinib or tofacitinib, but they are not approved by the FDA for alopecia. That means they can only be prescribed off-label, which insurers often don’t cover and can cost patients as much as $5,000 a month. WHAT.
This is so good to hear that the FDA has approved such a GAME CHANGER.
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CREATIVE HEAD WINNERS
We know we’re a little late – but out of respect for the Queen and those struggling with the news we thought we would hold off…
It was all about CREATIVE HEAD on Monday, and we have to share with you the incredible WINNERS! And a special shout out to KIT clients Danielle Garner for winning Entrepreneur + The One to Watch ! And Wildflower for winning Best Client Experience. And Grace Dalgleish for winning Colour Expert.
AWARD FOR INNOVATION: Peter Johnson for ITZI Turbans and Towels
BEST CLIENT EXPERIENCE: Wildflower, Dublin
BEST LOCAL SALON: BE Ironbridge, Telford
BEST NEW SALON: Nashwhite, Warwick
BEST SALON TEAM: Billi Currie, London
BUSINESS THINKER: Mark Woolley, Electric
COLOUR EXPERT: Grace Dalgleish, London
CREATIVE TALENT: Marlon Hawkins, Brooks & Brooks, London
EDUCATION EXPERT:Lee Stafford Education Foundation, London
HAIR TREND: Rick Roberts, Rick Roberts, Beverley
INDEPENDENT STYLIST: Anna Cofone, London
MEN’S HAIR SPECIALIST: Jody Taylor, Essex
SUSTAINABILITY HERO: Keith Mellen and Anne Veck, Anne Veck Oxford, Oxford.
TEXTURE EXPERT: Lisa Farrall, WIG London, London
SESSION STYLIST: Bjorn Krischker
HAIR ICON: Eugene Souleiman
IT LIST:
EDITORIAL STYLIST: Lauren Bell, London
THE ENTREPRENEUR: Danielle Garner, Wildflower, Dublin
THE RISING STAR: Georgia Freeman, Q Cut Hair & Beauty, Surrey
THE SALON STYLIST: Ryan Steedman, Adam Reed London, London
THE VISIONARY: Quentin Taillepied, Stag, Edinburgh
THE ONE TO WATCH: Danielle Garner, Wildflower, Dublin
At Kit we are already excited about the next awards season!
CREATIVE HEAD FINALISTS
Here are the FINALISTS Creative Head 2022! The one’s in bold are some of our special KIT clients *wink wink*
EDUCATION EXPERT
Allilon Education, London
Humankind Hair, London
Lee Stafford Education Foundation, London
Sophia Hilton and Not Another Academy, London
Westrow House Academy, Leeds
AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Maddi Cook for The Inner Circle
Errol Douglas MBE for Errol Douglas Club
Peter Johnson for ITZI Turbans and Towels
Danielle Kennedy for Collectively Accountable
Nashwhite for The Heist House
BEST CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Gatsby & Miller, Amersham
Matthew Curtis Hair, Stratford-upon-Avon
Radio London, London
Wildflower, Dublin
YOKE The Salon, Plymouth
BEST LOCAL SALON
BE Ironbridge, Telford
Gatsby & Miller, Amersham
Nashwhite, Warwick
Wildflower, Dublin
YOKE The Salon, Plymouth
BEST NEW SALON
Boone & Last, London
Koop Studio, London
Nashwhite, Warwick
SHAG!, London
The Rubicon London, London
BEST SALON TEAM
Billi Currie, London
Goldsworthy’s, Swindon
TINT, Leeds
Wildflower, Dublin
YOKE The Salon, Plymouth
BUSINESS THINKER
Katy Grimshaw, Spectrum One, Rossendale
Joe Hemmings, Bloggs Salons, Bristol
Colin McAndrew, Medusa, Edinburgh and Musselburgh
Nuala Morey, Nuala Morey, Bristol
Mark Woolley, Electric
COLOUR EXPERT
Jordanna Cobella, Cobella, London
Daniel Couch, Russell Eaton, Leeds
Grace Dalgleish, London
James Earnshaw, Manchester
Veronica Wysocka, Josh Wood, London
CREATIVE TALENT
Grace Dalgleish, Billi Currie, London
Daniele De Angelis, TONI&GUY Shoreditch, London
Marlon Hawkins, Brooks & Brooks, London
Richard Phillipart, The Boutique Atelier, Ellesmere Port
Cos Sakkas, TONI&GUY, London
HAIR TREND
James Earnshaw, Manchester
James Parr, Nashwhite, Warwick
Rick Roberts, Rick Roberts, Beverley
Caroline Sanderson, Ego Hair Design, Inverness
Tracey Devine-Smith, French & Ivi, Belper
INDEPENDENT STYLIST
Luke Benson, Hertfordshire
Laura Chadwick, Cambridgeshire
Anna Cofone, London
Lisa Farrall, London
Chris Foster, Hertfordshire
MEN’S HAIR SPECIALIST
Pete Cranfield, Merseyside
Charlie Cullen, Kent
Chris Foster, Hertfordshire
George Smith, TONI&GUY, Salisbury
Jody Taylor, Essex
SUSTAINABILITY HERO
Lisa Phillips, Ora Hair, Banstead
Stephen Buller and Anita Rice, Buller And Rice, London
Anil Salhan, BLACC + BLOND, Birmingham
Kaye Sotomi, Chop Chop London, London
Anne Veck and Keith Mellen, Anne Veck Oxford, Oxford
TEXTURE EXPERT
Anna Cofone, London
Errol Douglas MBE, Errol Douglas, London
Lisa Farrall, WIG London, London
Chris Foster, Hertfordshire
Tariq Howes, Avenue Male Grooming, Cardiff
SESSION STYLIST
Cyndia Harvey
Luke Hersheson
Bjorn Krischker
Charlotte Mensah
Anthony Turner
HAIR ICON
Sally Brooks
Errol Douglas MBE
Robert Eaton
Gary Gill
Sophia Hilton
Zoë Irwin
Guido Palau
Adam Reed
Angelo Seminara
Eugene Souleiman
SO EXCITED. Good luck everyone.