Better Hair Begins With Better Water Ft. Culligan & Bridgette Hill
Skincare Anarchy
Ekta et al.
4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Skin Anarchy, Dr. Ekta Yadav is joined by renowned trichologist Bridgette Hill to uncover why scalp health is the true foundation of haircare. From inflammation and hormonal shifts to misdiagnosed flaking and product overload, Bridgette breaks down the science behind follicular wellness—and why healthy hair starts long before it reaches the surface.
A key part of that conversation? Water quality. Bridgette explains how hard water, filled with minerals like calcium and chlorine, can disrupt the scalp’s microbiome and block the absorption of even the best products. That’s where Culligan comes in. Their advanced water softening systems help remove those hidden barriers so your scalp—and your hair—can actually benefit from your routine.
Bridgette also shares her personal journey from editorial colorist to scalp care expert, revealing the turning points that led her to focus on what's happening beneath the strands. She unpacks the difference between dandruff and dry scalp, the growing importance of scalp serums, and how collaboration between dermatologists, trichologists, and hairstylists could shift the entire haircare industry.
Whether you’re struggling with hair loss, irritation, or simply want better results from your routine, this episode challenges traditional thinking—and shows how the future of haircare starts at the root, with science, intention, and cleaner water.
CHAPTERS:
(0:00) Introduction to Scalp Health
(1:01) Bridget's Background in Trichology
(3:12) Defining Scalp Health and the Importance of the Scalp
(5:43) The Impact of Hair Manipulation and the Role of Scalp Health
(6:59) The Pandemic's Influence on Hair Health Awareness
(9:01) Factors Impacting Scalp Health: Genetics, Illness, and Environment
(11:01) Hard Water and Its Effect on Scalp and Hair
(13:56) The Role of Ingredients and Product Formulation in Scalp Health
(25:01) Collaborative Approach to Scalp and Hair Care: The Role of Trichologists, Dermatologists, and Hair Care Professionals
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy. Today's a really special episode because we're going to be talking about everything related to scalp health and just the journey that we all take with our hair health, especially right now with, you know, how many things are kind of blossoming, I feel like, you know, whether |
| 0:21.2 | it's product or education or everyone seems to be buzzing about wanting to understand the hair |
| 0:26.8 | and the health around the scalp and the hair better. So with that said, I'd love to introduce |
| 0:31.8 | you guys to our guest today who was truly an expert in the area. She is a renowned trichologist. |
| 0:38.6 | Bridget Hill. Welcome, Bridget. I'm so excited to host you. |
| 0:40.9 | Thank you. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:42.6 | So I'm really excited, Bridget, to dive into your background. |
| 0:45.6 | You have quite an impressive career. |
| 0:47.8 | I'd love to learn more about what got you into tricology, |
| 0:51.7 | and if you could share that with us and walk us down memory lane. Yeah, absolutely. So |
| 0:55.7 | in my career beginning as an editorial colorist, I dealt with a lot of models who had to transition |
| 1:02.3 | between different just hair colors for different brands or different projects they were on. And, |
| 1:07.3 | you know, 20 years ago, just the science of color technology was nothing where it is now. |
| 1:12.6 | So a lot of the chemicals were really harsh. |
| 1:14.5 | You weren't really incorporating oil-based aspects into developers and peroxides, the way that technology has expanded over the years. |
| 1:22.8 | So maintaining the quality of the hair fiber was something really important for me. |
| 1:27.4 | And so in my process of making a lot of transitions from just an aesthetic standpoint with color, again, protecting hair fibers in different ways. |
| 1:36.3 | So that started my understanding with just hair fiber is a total different conversation than what's happening at the Scout. |
| 1:43.3 | The Scout situation became more obvious to me in doing |
| 1:46.4 | high process colors for sure with high lift bleach just seeing some of the results of the discomfort |
| 1:52.6 | that clients would experience redness flakiness and clients sometimes really being allergic to those |
| 1:59.0 | ingredients and not really understanding or having |
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