Background
The International Hair Authority was founded in 2017 to provide men and women with a better way to find and evaluate hair loss solutions.
News you Can Trust - In 2017, The International Hair Authority acquired the rights to The National Hair Journal, a professional publication that for over 20 years has been recognized as the voice of the hair management industry. Virtually every hair-management professional in the US consulted The National Hair Journal, as did the manufacturers and wholesalers who support them.
Now The International Hair Authority is making that same valuable information available to the public.
Professionals You Can Trust - Following the news, tracking the latest research and knowing about new products is not enough, if you don’t know how to find the qualified professionals who deliver them. That’s why The Authority has launched The Authority Directory. It is the most comprehensive, unbiased and user-friendly directory on the Internet. Visitors may use the Directory with confidence knowing that is serves no special interests and is not affiliated with any commercial undertaking.
Almost 10 years ago, Howard Margolin’s wife, who had worked with him as a technician, became seriously ill as a result of years of exposure to the toxic chemicals in the adhesive products she had been using on a daily basis. Rather than running away from the problem, Howard decided to confront it head on and vowed to research and create new, safe products that would spare others from needless risk.
Today, as President of Professional Hair Labs, Mr. Margolin is making a name for himself in the industry for pioneering nontoxic bonding agents that are effective, affordable and safe to use. If his name sounds familiar, it may be due to Howard’s days as a singer in the group “The Demensions,” which recorded from 1960-1968 on Coral Records and, in 1997, was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Hair Replacement innovator and entrepreneur, Amin Sheybani, is an expert in the international nonsurgical hair replacement arena. Amin’s professional expertise has made him a popular guest on TV talk shows, trade shows, hair loss conventions, workshops and seminars.
Founder of VIVANDI and Vivandi Trichology Center in Dubai, Amin has now relocated to California where he maintains close contact with clients in the fashion, business, entertainment and artistic communities. Amin heads the Authority Store where he introduces visitors to new and innovative hair care products.
Advisory Board
TThe International Hair Authority is privileged to have a board of advisors with extensive experience in every hair care and hair management discipline. Many of the names you will immediately recognize; others are academics, researchers and consultants who drive the hair care industry behind the scenes. All of them are committed to sharing their experience and wisdom so we can better answer your questions. You could not be in better hands.
The legendary founder of Hair Club, the largest hair replacement franchise in America needs no introduction. Although Sy sold Hair Club in 2000, he still wants to help men and women find the solution that’s best for them. In a recent interview, Sy shared, “…after becoming a client myself, I liked what it did for me personally. It improved my self-esteem and helped my social life. Hair Club was based on my own experiences.”
David H. Kingsley, PhD, is President of the World Trichology Society, the only N. American-based trichological society.
Larry Oskin is president of Marketing Solutions, Inc., a full-service marketing, advertising, graphic design and PR agency specializing in the professional beauty industry. Larry consults with salons, spas, hair restoration centers, beauty stores, medical spas, distributors, manufacturers and associations and is a much sought-after guest speaker and educator.
Jimmy Toscano, also known as “The General” has been in the hair replacement industry for over 40 years - 28 years of which he’s worn hair, so needless to say, he knows his stuff. He is the owner of Toscano Hair Consultants in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania where he conducts his business with his wife and son. He travels the world teaching seminars on hair replacement and bonding techniques and is also a hair system designer.
Michael is owner of Continental Hair, one of Canada’s top hair replacement studios and a hair designer and distributor. He travels frequently to the hair production centers in Asia and Europe and has helped bring several new products to North America.
Nazy is a European-trained stylist with two decades of experience as a top stylist in Europe and the United States, Nazy Curtis serves clients with and without hair across Orange County and Los Angeles. Nazy’s dream was to open a center to support individuals experiencing hair loss for any reason.
This became a reality in 2008 with the opening of Newport Hair Loss Center, a location that is attached to her renowned salon, d’ Orsay [door-say] the Art of Hair just outside Fashion Island. By positioning the business side by side, her hair loss clients a and regular clients can be serviced together in the salon without and regular clients can be serviced together in the salon without anyone knowing the difference
Meet the ‘News’ Editor
Chris has been a leading figure in the hair replacement and restoration industry for 20 years. His early marketing and advertising experience was with Unilever and ColgatePalmolive, working in London, Paris and New York. It was while he was working on Madison Avenue that Chris met Sy Sperling and created the marketing materials that helped build Hair Club for Men.
He later launched The National Hair Journal to share information and insights with other business owners to help them enjoy the same business success and maintain market momentum. The Journal quickly became a leading source of education and marketing support. In 2017, The Journal made its content available to The International Hair Authority, a new organization that wished to extend hair loss information to the public. Chris was asked to manage this expansion.
For several years, Chris also hosted ‘The National Hair Hour,’ a live radio show broadcast out of Los Angeles and New York. Although the show was a major success and broadcast in prime time every Saturday night, requests to syndicate and provide national coverage were beyond the company’s human resources and The Hair Hour was reluctantly discontinued after three years.
Publishing The International Hair Authority is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind-the-scenes, Chris continues to play a key role as consultant, negotiator… and occasional industry policeman. Chris has a degree in Business Administration and a post-graduate degree in International Politics and French Culture from the Sorbonne in Paris. He is fluent in English and French and embarrasses his friends in German. He now lives in Southern California, where the proximity of several wineries helps make his week-ends pass pleasantly.
