As an internationally-recognized hair loss expert, Dr. Strachan loves to share her expertise with professional in other industries. Check out her interview and video in one of the hair styling industries leading publications– Modern Salon!
Androgentic alopecia, or male/female pattern hair loss, is the most common cause of hair loss. Its cause is usually genetic, but it can also occur as a result of hormonal problems. Although many regard the problem as merely cosmetic, onset of this type of hair loss before age 36 years old is associated with an..Read More »
The world has changed tremendously since I started my journey to become a board-certified dermatologist. It shouldn’t be a surprise. The journey was long: 1. College (Harvard) – four years2. Medical school (Yale) – four years3. Internal medicine internship (spending every 3rd night in the hospital- University of California, San Francisco) – one year4. Dermatology..Read More »
Credentials matter– especially in healthcare. Do you know whether your doctor is a physician? Check out Dr. Strachan’s interview on the popular podcast, The Culture Soup, with L. Michelle Smith https://www.spreaker.com/user/10917884/ep-28-hacking-social-medias-blurred-line
Increased understanding of the aging process and advances in technology allows for more innovative and effective medical and cosmetic treatments. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the potential to divide and renew themselves, develop into different types of cells as well as the ability to induce the growth of new cells and tissue. In..Read More »
These days we hear a lot about health care cost, but what about the ways going to the right doctor can save, or even make, YOU money? Although much information is easily available on the internet, we sometimes forget that training and experience are also part of the equation of what makes that information meaningful..Read More »
As an internationally-recognized expert in hair loss, Dr. Strachan is aware of the importance professionals bringing to the attention of the media problems she is seeing in her office every day to the attention of the media. Here is a piece Dr. Strachan pitched to NY1 about the quiet epidemic of a type of hair..Read More »
As many of my patients with hair loss already know, I have been a fan of the Phyto 7 and 9 for many years now. Until recently I wasn’t aware of the other work the Phyto brand has been developing around scalp care. Check out my guest blog on their website. https://laphytotheque.com/home/drdinastrancha
I am reposting my very first blog post that somehow has disappeared from the archives. My daughter is almost 11 years old now–and she knows the difference between being a dermatologist and just saying one is one. It seems this post is still relevant today. Enjoy! #tbt “I’m a dermatologist!” shouts my..Read More »
For #tbt, and in honor of New York Fashion Week 2016, I remember my one modeling gig in a national magazine—Rolling Stone Feb 1991. In the fall of my first year of medical school the school president announced that Rolling Stone magazine was looking for models—so I submitted my picture. I had fancied myself a..Read More »
