Female Hair Restoration and Challenges

ISHRS 2025 CME Webinar

Female Hair Restoration and Challenges

Recorded on Saturday, May 17, 2025
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Registration Fees Per Webinar

Moderators

Moderator: Robin Unger, MD, FISHRS | USA
Co-Moderator: Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS | Guatemala

Program Description

Female hair loss presents a complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenge requiring multidisciplinary collaboration. This CME-accredited webinar brings together leading experts in dermatology, endocrinology, surgery, and psychiatry to address key topics in female hair restoration. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of diagnostic strategies, surgical approaches tailored to women, hormonal therapies, psychosocial support, and techniques such as long-hair FUE and eyebrow restoration. Special emphasis is placed on underrepresented patient populations, such as women of color with scarring alopecia.

Professional Practice Gap

Despite increasing demand, many clinicians lack training specific to the diagnosis and management of female-pattern hair loss, which differs significantly from male-pattern baldness. Additionally, surgical techniques such as eyebrow restoration and long-hair transplantation in women are underutilized due to limited education. Psychosocial aspects, including the emotional toll of hair loss on women, are often overlooked in routine practice. Scarring alopecia in women of color remains underdiagnosed and poorly understood.

Educational Need

There is a demonstrated need for:

• Increased awareness and diagnostic skills for various types of female hair loss.
• Gender-specific surgical and medical treatment planning.
• Knowledge of endocrine evaluation and hormonal therapy options.
• Emphasis on ethnic diversity and scarring alopecia patterns in women of color.
• Addressing the psychological impact of hair loss and counseling techniques.
• Technical familiarity with long-hair transplantation and eyebrow restoration in women.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this webinar, attendees should be able to:

• Differentiate among the most common causes of female hair loss and outline a diagnostic approach.
• Adapt surgical planning and transplant techniques to better suit female anatomy and aesthetic goals.
• Explain the role of hormonal evaluation and management in treating female patients with alopecia.
• Recognize scarring alopecia presentations in women of color and develop an appropriate treatment plan.
• Integrate psychological assessment and counseling as part of holistic hair loss treatment.
• Describe the procedural steps and indications for eyebrow and long-hair FUE in women.

Target Audience and Prerequisites

This webinar is taught at the physician level. It is open to all levels and geared toward advanced hair restoration surgeons.

References

1. Olsen EA. Female pattern hair loss. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2001;45(3 Suppl):S70-80.
2. Vujovic A, Del Marmol V. Hair loss in women. Clinics in Dermatology. 2004;22(1):131-8.
3. Jafferany M, et al. Psychological effects of hair loss in women: a review. Int J Trichol. 2011;3(1):4–6.
4. Tosti A, Torres F. Scarring alopecia: diagnosis and management. Clin Dermatol. 2005;23(4):356–367.
5. Sood M, et al. Endocrine evaluation of female hair loss: a clinical approach. Endocr Pract. 2014;20(3):251–259.
6. Unger R. Hair transplantation in women. In: Unger & Shapiro. Hair Transplantation. Marcel Dekker; 2011.

CME Information

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit Statement

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery designates this Other Activity (blended synchronous and enduring) for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To receive CME credit and a CME certificate, participants must participate in the activity, complete the evaluation survey and the CME Claim Form by January 12, 2026.

Format

Internet/online, via computer or mobile device. 

Official Language

The official language of the webinar is English. Simultaneous interpretation is not provided for this webinar.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the ISHRS must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners/ speakers/authors/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

• Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
• Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.  ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
• Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ISHRS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Disclosures of Relevant Financial Relationships of Planners, Faculty, and Others

The following individuals have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:

Planners

• Marco Barusco, MD, FISHRS – Planner
• Victoria Ceh, MPA – Planner & Manager
• Aditya K. Gupta, MD, PhD, FISHRS – Planner
• Robert S. Haber, MD, FISHRS – Planner
• Rana Irfan, MBBS, FISHRS – Planner
• Marissa LaDue, MPH – Planner & Manager
• Hafiz Waqar Maqsood, MBBS – Planner
• Maira Merlotto, MD, MsC – Planner
• Ratchathorn Panchaprateep, MD, PhD, FISHRS – Planner
• Farhaad Riyaz, MD – Planner
• Nicole E. Rogers, MD, FISHRS – Planner
• Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS – Planner, Faculty & Moderator
• Miriam Scheel, MD – Planner
• Melanie Stancampiano – Planner & Manager
• Robin Unger, MD, FISHRS – Planner, Faculty & Moderator

Faculty

• Mohammad Jafferany, MD
• Alessandra Juliano Canales, MD
• Kotchamol Manonukul, MD
• Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS
• Minisha Sood, MD
• Marc S. Dauer, MD
• Robin Unger, MD, FISHRS
• Zinaria Williams, MD

The following individuals have relevant financial relationships:

Planners

None

Faculty

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Commercial Support

None

Off-Label Or Other Non-FDA Approved, Investigational Use

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Disclaimer

The webinar content has been made available by the ISHRS for educational purposes only. The content is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily the best, method or procedure appropriate for the medical situations discussed, but rather is intended to present views, statements, and opinions that may be of interest to others. The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the ISHRS. The ISHRS assumes no responsibility or liability in connection with your use or misuse of the webinar content or any materials or techniques described in the content, and it makes no warranty or representation as to the validity or sufficiency of any information provided.

Questions: Learners may contact the ISHRS Headquarters with questions about this CME activity at phone +1-800-444-2737 or +1-630-262-5399, or fax +1-630-262-1520, or email: gro.srhsiobfsctd-2a91d6@ofni