Getting to the Root of Hair Loss in Young People is Key to Treatment
Hair loss experts recommend proper assessment at first signs of hair loss in youngsters GENEVA, IL. – December 7, 2015. While hair loss at any age can be upsetting, it can …
Research Grants Helping Fund Promising New Studies Aimed at Better Understanding, Treating Hair Loss
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery at the Forefront of Hair Restoration Education, Research Geneva, IL – December 2, 2015. For more than 20 years, the International Society of Hair Restoration …
COOLING CAP FOR CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS HELP SAVE HAIR FOLLICLES
Cooling Cap for Chemotherapy Patients Help Save Hair Follicles Hair loss is ranked the most troubling side effect of treatment for women. Most patients undergoing chemotherapy, lose some …
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Announces 2015 Award Recipients
GENEVA, IL (October 22, 2015) The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) recently honored four distinguished persons for their outstanding contributions to the profession of hair restoration surgery. The award …
SURVEY FINDS NON-SCALP HAIR TRANSPLANTS SURGE IN POPULARITY
Hair restoration procedures targeting face, chest, eyelashes increased 95 percent worldwide GENEVA, IL. – September 23, 2015 The latest trend in hair restoration surgery is proving to be anything but a …
Shakira Named Female Celebrity with Best Hair by World’s Leading Hair Experts (ISHRS Annual Meeting Overview)
23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Spotlights Latest Research, Scientific Advances in Treating Hair Loss GENEVA, IL. – August 27, 2015. Colombian-born singer/songwriter Shakira, one …
ISHRS 2015 Practice Census – New Survey Finds Growing Demand for Proven Hair Loss Treatments
Number of hair restoration surgeries increased 76 percent worldwide GENEVA, IL. – August 5, 2015. Results released today of a new member survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) …
Is Your Hair Trying To Tell You Something? Three Warning Signs of Hair Loss That Younger Women Should Not Ignore
Geneva, IL – July 31, 2015. While it’s often said that clothes make the man, it can be argued that good hair makes the woman. A gorgeous, full head of …
FUE INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR USE
Improvements in instrument technology and technique have now made follicular unit extraction (FUE) a procedure competitive with strip harvesting for obtaining donor hair for transplantation. In FUE, a physician removes …
FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION: IT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY, BUT TRANSECTION REMAINS A CONCERN
Follicular unit extraction is one of the techniques for obtaining donor hair for hair transplantation. It is a technique that requires more skill from the physician hair restoration specialist and …
EARLY HAIR LOSS – THE YOUNG PATIENT
Authored by, Masahisa Nagai, MD, FISHRS Physicians do not typically recommend performing hair transplant surgery on anyone younger than 20 years old. They may have patients who notice hair loss …
EVALUATING FEMALE HAIR LOSS PATIENTS
Evaluating female hair loss and female baldness Diagnosing female hair loss is time-consuming, yet extremely rewarding for physicians. It requires a detailed medical history, and an in-depth scalp examination, looking …
New Research Finds Hair Grafting A Promising Therapy For Chronic Leg Ulcers
Geneva, IL – May 27, 2015.While hair transplantation has been used successfully for decades to treat hair loss, a new pilot study conducted by a physician member of the International …
Medications for FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS
Female pattern hair loss cures… Does anything really work for women? posted by Nicole E. Rogers, MD, FISHRS on May 13, 2015 Many in our field would argue it’s not worth even …
USING ROGAINE (MINOXIDIL) AS A HAIR LOSS TREATMENT
Minoxidil results: is Minoxidil a viable hair loss treatment for women? posted by William M. Parsley, MD, FISHRS on April 30, 2015 Minoxidil 2% solution is a treatment for hair loss in …
CALVIZIE FEMMINILE E PREDISPOSIZIONE GENETICA NELLA DONNA
La calvizie femminile può manifestarsi secondo schemi diversi. Se sei una donna con problemi di caduta dei capelli, dovresti rivolgerti a un medico tricologo specialista. Nella maggior parte dei …
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS OF FEMALE AGA
Female AGA: medical and surgical treatments for female androgenetic alopecia posted by Vance W. Elliott, MD, FISHRS on April 16, 2015 Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a common form of hair loss …
HERBAL HAIR LOSS PROGRAM
posted by Rajesh Rajput, MCh, FISHRS on April 6, 2015 Can a herbal treatment for hair loss really work? Best practices in herbal hair growth treatment An herbal program for …
THE RECIPIENT SITE: WHERE THE SCIENCE & ART OF HAIR TRANSPLANT ARE APPLIED
by Bessam K. Farjo, MBChB, FISHRS on March 31, 2015 In the terminology of hair transplantation, the recipient site is where hair is transplanted. It is the area of the scalp where …
EYEBROW & EYELASH HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
Eyebrow hair restoration Surgery and eyelash surgery posted by James A. Harris, MD, FISHRS Eyebrows and eyelashes make an important contribution to facial symmetry and presentation of self to others. A …
ASK THE FELLOWS
Ask your hair restoration doctor: the ISHRS fellows answer your hair restoration and hair loss questions How do you prevent and treat post-operative folliculitis? Paul J. McAndrews, MD, …
HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN AND ITS EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Hair loss in women: psychological consequences and quality of life concerns for women with hair loss Hair loss can have dismaying or even devastating influence on a women’s quality …
MALE- AND FEMALE-PATTERN HAIR LOSS: ARE THEY PREDICTABLE?
Is Male-Pattern Hair Loss in Your Future? If you are an adult male with male-pattern hair loss in your close male relatives, you will probably want to know: You are …
NOT YOUR FATHER’S HAIR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
Modern hair transplant techniques: read all about natural-looking hair transplants It’s time to erase those dated images you have in your head of what hair transplantation looks like. …
WES WELKER
Hair restoration surgery success stories: Wes Welker by Robert T. Leonard, Jr., DO, FISHRS on February 3, 2015 Balding men everywhere got a small victory when NFL Player Wes Welker spoke publicly …
HAIR LOSS DIAGNOSIS AND ANALYSIS
Hair loss diagnosis and hair loss analysis: what to expect at your first hair restoration medical exam You’ve decided it’s time to consider hair restoration. While you’re excited to get …
HAIR LOSS, MIRACLE CURES AND WOMEN
As the percentage of women who suffer hair loss grows, so too will the number of products sold to women for their hair loss. These products, hawked by late night …
ANNIVERSARY BY THE NUMBERS
by Jennifer H. Martinick, MBBS on December 28, 2014 Twenty years of hair restoration by the numbers. Anniversaries are natural times for reflection. In October 2012, we celebrated our …
EYELASH TRANSPLANTATION: WHO, WHY AND HOW
by Jennifer H. Martinick, MBBS on December 1, 2014 Eyelashes have an anatomical function of shielding the eye from injury, from dust and grit. Eyelashes frame the eyes, and together with eyebrows, …
TOP 16 WAYS PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY HAIR LOSS
Hair loss in general affects individuals very differently. The emotional aspects of losing hair can be challenging. eMed Expert recently updated their report on how people are affected in dealing with …