Dr Claudia Musiał
Dr Claudia Musiał holds a PhD in medical and health sciences (discipline: medical sciences). She is a cosmetologist specialising in bioaesthetic cosmetology, a trichologist, and a scientist working in experimental oncology and molecular biology. She graduated from the First Doctoral School of the Medical University of Gdańsk, where she completed her doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Chemistry. Her doctoral research examined the biological role of 17β-estradiol metabolites in regulating cell death and survival mechanisms in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, using two- and three-dimensional cell models.
She was named Person of the Year 2023 at the Art of Beauty Prestige Awards for innovative scientific research and for advancing trichology in Poland, and has been a university lecturer for many years. She coordinates the scientific side of clinical and observational studies and co-created the formulas of Carein trichological dermo-supplements. She has authored international scientific publications indexed in the Philadelphia List (JCR) in molecular biology, medical chemistry, experimental oncology, cosmetology and trichology, as well as many popular-science articles on cosmetology, longevity and trichology in leading beauty magazines and women's press. She speaks at scientific and popular-science conferences, trains professionals in trichology and cosmetology, and is a media expert. She reviews for the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology (Wiley), the Polish Journal of Cosmetology and Aesthetic Cosmetology and Medicine. She is a member of the International Trichoscopy Society and the Polish Society of Longevity Medicine, a supporting member of PTMEiAA, and a member of Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society. She volunteers with the Piękniejsze Życie Foundation and the Rak n' Roll Foundation, where she is involved in the SuperHairo programme, among others.
She is the author of the bestselling Trychologia Kosmetologiczna i Lekarska (Cosmetological and Medical Trichology, PZWL, 2022), Rola Komórek Macierzystych we Współczesnej Medycynie Estetycznej i Kosmetologii (The Role of Stem Cells in Modern Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetology, PZWL, 2023), Kosmetologia i Trychologia Gerontologiczna. Ujęcie Holistyczne (Gerontological Cosmetology and Trichology: A Holistic Approach, PZWL, 2024) and Mikrobiom w kosmetologii, trychologii i dermatologii (The Microbiome in Cosmetology, Trichology and Dermatology, PZWL, 2025). She also wrote the first English-language books in cosmetology and trichology in the history of PZWL Medical Publishing: The Role of Stem Cells in Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetology (2024) and Cosmetological and Medical Trichology (2025). For a general audience, she has published Jak odzyskać włosy. Co naprawdę działa? Fakty, a nie mity (How to Get Your Hair Back: What Really Works? Facts, Not Myths, Pascal, 2026) and Wiecznie młoda skóra. Nauka w służbie piękna (Forever Young Skin: Science in the Service of Beauty, Buchmann, 2026), combining solid scientific knowledge with practical advice for a wide readership.