I’m Lorraine Elizabeth Stanakova — a hair loss specialist and mentor, but also a woman who has lived through the kind of loss that changes you forever. I’m not just helping women through hair loss… I’ve walked that journey myself.

I am a breast cancer survivor. I lost my hair. I lost my breasts through a double mastectomy. I’ve survived two missed miscarriages that broke me in ways I never thought I could come back from. And through it all, I learned one truth that shapes everything I do today:
when a woman loses her hair, it is never “just hair.”

It affects how you see yourself. How you walk into a room. How you show up in the world. It touches your confidence, your femininity, your identity — and unless someone has lived it, they can never fully understand what that feels like.

But I do. And that’s why I am here.

My role isn’t simply to restore hair. It’s to hold space for the woman behind the hair loss — the fear, the grief, the frustration, the exhaustion, the desire to feel like yourself again. I mentor my clients through this journey because I know exactly what it takes to rebuild from the inside out.

With nearly 30 years in the hair industry and years of experience as an educator and assessor in Bristol, the Southwest, and Oxford Thames Valley academies, I bring both technical expertise and emotional understanding. My studio isn’t just a salon — it’s a safe place where women can breathe, be seen, and start healing.

Whether you’re experiencing hair loss from cancer, alopecia, hormonal changes, postpartum shedding, trauma, or medical treatments — I’m here to walk with you. To restore not only your hair, but the confidence and softness you deserve to feel every single day.

You’re not alone in this. I’ve been there.
And I am here to help you rise again — beautifully, confidently, and unapologetically you.