Dr Matthew Harries received his medical degree from the University of Leeds, UK (1998). In 2001, he gained membership in the Royal College of Physicians of London, and in January 2003 took a post as a Specialist Registrar in Dermatology in Manchester. During training he took time out of programme to study the hair immune system in primary cicatricial alopecias, working as a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and a visiting Research Fellow in Experimental Dermatology at the University of Lubeck, Germany. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Manchester in 2011. He now works as a Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal Foundation Trust in Manchester and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. He has a special interest in hair loss disorders, in particular the scarring alopecias, receiving specialist referrals from around the region.