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MEDICAL BOARDS, MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION AND MEDICAL COMPETENCE: MEDICINE’S SELF-REGULATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

Last reviewed on July 2, 2025 MEDICAL BOARDS, MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION AND MEDICAL COMPETENCE: MEDICINE’S SELF-REGULATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Hair restoration surgery is a medical and surgical subspecialty that has matured over the decades since its introduction in the 1960s and is practiced by physicians who have training and experience also in a primary specialty including dermatology, plastic surgery and …

what hair loss means to me and my image of myself

To say that every person is a unique individual is somewhat trite, but it is a trite saying that is also true. We inherit genes from our parents that shape our physical selves and we live in social and cultural environments that influence the way we think and act. Yet, no matter how similar (or different) we may be in …

hair loss in women assessing the loss and developing a treatment plan

I’m losing more hair than usual when I comb, brush and shampoo. Am I Going to Lose All of My Hair? What Can I Do to Stop Losing Hair? Early signs of hair loss are difficult to interpret in women. In men, the most likely cause of hair loss is androgenetic alopecia, also called male-pattern hair loss (Click on About …

GENEVA, IL – September 8, 2008 Operation Restore is the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) pro-bono program, designed to match prospective hair restoration patients suffering from hair loss as a result of an accident, trauma or disease with physicians willing to help people who lack the resources to obtain treatment on their own. Since its inception in 2004, …

Monday, September 8, 2008 GENEVA, IL. – September 8, 2008. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) – the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration – is hopeful that a new collaboration with the Hair Foundation will raise additional funds to cover the expenses of free hair restoration surgery it offers patients through the ISHRS’s …

pro bono program goes to great lengths to give hair loss patients their hair, self esteem back

Monday, September 8, 2008 North Carolina woman who suffered hair loss after a traumatic injury is one of a dozen patients who have received free hair restoration surgery GENEVA, IL. – September 8, 2008. Not long ago, common everyday activities like riding a bike, swimming or going to a hair salon were out of the question for 34-year-old Vonetta Chisholm …

hair restoration medications a summary at a glance

You notice that you are beginning to lose hair and you want to halt or reverse hair loss if you can. One of your options is a medical approach to hair restoration—using one of the medications that are offered with a claim to stop loss of hair and stimulate hair regrowth. But which one? Choosing a hair restoration medication can …

ishrs hosts 16th annual scientific meeting in montreal, september 3 7, 2008

World’s Leading Hair Restoration Physicians Gather to Present Latest Research, Scientific Advances in Diagnosing and Treating Hair Loss GENEVA, IL. – August 14, 2008. From promising new research in cell therapy demonstrating how cloned hair in the laboratory can be duplicated to replace lost hair in ongoing human clinical trials to the psychological impact of using longer hair in hair …

transplantation of graying and gray hair

Can gray hair be transplanted? That is a question often asked when a person with graying or gray hair begins to experience hair loss due to androgenetic alopecia, the condition commonly called male- or female-pattern hair loss (Click on About Your Hair Loss). The answer is “Yes, gray hair can be transplanted as safely and successfully as hair of any color.” …

new online survey challenges the public to identify hair transplant patients from series of photos

GENEVA, IL. – December 18, 2006. While most men would be thrilled to get a plasma TV this holiday season, some men would be willing to part with one for something even more valuable – more hair. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) – the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration – participated in …

ethnic and gender considerations in hair transplantation

Vive le difference is a phrase that celebrates the features making us individuals. Features contributing to an individual’s include gender (male-ness or female-ness) and ethnicity (for example, East Asian, South Asian, sub-Saharan African, North African, Mediterranean Caucasian, Nordic Caucasian among many ethnic “types”). Gender and ethnic differences are manifested most prominently in the overall appearance of an individual—the “look” that an …

worrying about hair loss an expert consultation can reframe your questions and provide answers

Sometimes your mirror raises the first question: Is that a spot where I’m beginning to lose hair? Or, it may be your comb and brush or the shower drain: It looks like I’m losing a lot more hair than usual. If you have been losing hair for a while and have visible bald spots, you may wonder how much hair …

combined surgical and medical hair restoration therapy a comprehensive approach

Medical hair restoration therapy and hair transplantation are two different approaches to the correction of hair loss due to androgenetic alopecia. Either medical hair restoration or surgical hair restoration may be the best approach to hair loss for an individual, depending on variable factors such as degree of hair loss, rapidity of hair loss, pattern of hair loss, and response to medical treatment. Some persons may …

comparing apples to apples benchmarks to predict outcome

Comparing Apples with Apples and Oranges with Oranges in Hair Transplantation: What Benchmarks Should a Patient Rely on to Predict Outcome? The purpose of hair transplantation is cosmetic improvement, but this has multiple layers of meaning for different people. One may seek hair transplantation to feel better about one’s self, to have more confidence about one’s appearance to others, to …

anesthesia maximizing patient comfort in surgical hair restoration

An important-and for some prospective patients the most important-question regarding hair restoration surgery is: Will it be painful? Different people have different levels of susceptibility to the unpleasant sensations associated with physical trauma. Those with a low level of susceptibility can tolerate skin injury with a “grin and bear it” attitude. People with higher levels of susceptibility do not tolerate …

hair graft placement the final step in hair transplantation

The final and esthetically important surgical step in hair transplantation is placement of hair grafts into the scalp. A graft is the tissue unit of one or more hair follicles that has been removed from a donor site on the scalp, to be inserted into an area of hair loss. Graft placement is a surgical procedure that the patient cannot …

MEDICAL BOARDS, MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION AND MEDICAL COMPETENCE: MEDICINE’S SELF-REGULATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

WHAT HAIR LOSS MEANS TO ME AND MY IMAGE OF MYSELF

HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN: ASSESSING THE LOSS AND DEVELOPING A TREATMENT PLAN

Backgrounder: Operation Restore Case Studies

ISHRS Announces New Collaboration with the Hair Foundation to Raise Funds for Operation Restore Pro-Bono Program

Pro-Bono Program Goes to Great Lengths to Give Hair Loss Patients Their Hair, Self-Esteem Back

HAIR RESTORATION MEDICATIONS: A SUMMARY AT A GLANCE

ISHRS Hosts 16th Annual Scientific Meeting in Montreal, September 3-7, 2008

TRANSPLANTATION OF GRAYING AND GRAY HAIR

New Online Survey Challenges the Public to Identify Hair Transplant Patients from Series of Photos

ETHNIC AND GENDER CONSIDERATIONS IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION

WORRYING ABOUT HAIR LOSS: AN EXPERT CONSULTATION CAN REFRAME YOUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ANSWERS

COMBINED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL HAIR RESTORATION THERAPY: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH

COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES: BENCHMARKS TO PREDICT OUTCOME

ANESTHESIA: MAXIMIZING PATIENT COMFORT IN SURGICAL HAIR RESTORATION

HAIR GRAFT PLACEMENT: THE FINAL STEP IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION

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