Bessam Farjo, MBChB, FISHRS
Membership Status
FellowABHRS Diplomate
Location
Farjo Hair Institute70 Quay Street
Manchester
M3 3EJ
Phone: 44 3333704004
Fax: 44-161-832-9264
Alternate Clinic
152 Harley Street, London, UK
Education, ISHRS Fellowship Training Programs, & Board Certifications
1. Medical School, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1982-88 (MB, ChB, BAO, LRCP & SI)
2. Fellow, International College of Surgeons (FICS) 2001
3. Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery since 2003
Memberships & Affiliations
Fellow, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (since 1993), Past President 2007-08
Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (since 2003), Past Board Director
Member & Co-Founder, British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (since 1996), Past President
Fellow, Institute of Trichologists (UK), Past Medical Director
Member, European Hair Research Society
Member & Co-Founder, British Hair & Nail Society
Member, Independent Doctors Federation (UK)
Publications
Thyroxine differentially modulates the peripheral clock: lessons from the human hair follicle
Jonathan A Hardman, Iain S Haslam, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo and Ralf Paus
PLoS One. 2015 Mar 30;10(3):e0121878. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121878
Oxidative stress-associated senescence in dermal papilla cells of men with androgenetic
alopecia
Jamie H Upton, Rosalind F Hannen, Adiam W Bahta, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo and Michael P Philpott
J Invest Dermatol. 2015 May;135(5):1244-52. doi: 10.1038/jid.2015.28
The Peripheral Clock Regulates Human Pigmentation
Jonathan A. Hardman, Desmond Tobin, Iain S. Haslam, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo, Yusur Al-Nuaimi, Benedetto
Grimaldi and Ralf Paus
J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Apr;135(4):1053-64. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.442
A Meeting of Two Chronobiological Systems: Circadian Proteins Period1 and BMAL1
Modulate the Human Hair Cycle Clock
Yusur Al-Nuaimi, Jonathan A. Hardman, Tamas Bıro, Iain S. Haslam, Michael P. Philpott, Balazs I. Toth, Nilofer Farjo,
Bessam Farjo, Gerold Baier, Rachel E.B. Watson, Benedetto Grimaldi, Jennifer E. Kloepper and Ralf Paus
J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Mar;134(3):610-9. doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.366
Dense packing: surgical indications and technical considerations.
Bessam Farjo and Nilofer Farjo
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Aug;21(3):431-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2013.06.004. Review.
Timing the hair cycle: BMAL1 knock-out induces anagen prolongation and increases
melanogenesis in the hair follicle
Jonathan A. Hardman, Yusur Al-Nuaimi, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo, Iain S. Haslam and Ralf Paus
In proceeding of: International Investigative Dermatology Meeting 2013, Volume: 133(S1)
The prostamide-related glaucoma therapy, bimatoprost, offers a novel approach for treating
scalp alopecias.
Karzan G Khidhir, David F Woodward, Nilofer P Farjo, Bessam K Farjo, Elaine S Tang, Jenny W Wang, Steven M
Picksley, Valerie A Randall
FASEB J. 2013 Feb;27(2):557-67. doi: 10.1096/fj.12-218156
Thymic peptides differentially modulate human hair follicle growth.
Natalia Meier, Dorothee Langan, Heidegard Hilbig, Enikö Bodó, Nilofer P Farjo, Bessam Farjo, Franz P Armbruster, Ralf
Paus
J Invest Dermatol. 2012 May;132(5):1516-9. doi: 10.1038/jid.2012.2
Lichen planopilaris following hair transplantation and face-lift surgery.
Y Z Chiang, A Tosti, I H Chaudhry, L Lyne, B Farjo, N Farjo, D Cadore de Farias, C E M Griffiths, R Paus, M J Harries
Br J Dermatol. 2012 Mar;166(3):666-370. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10692.x.
Eyebrow reconstruction in dormant keratosis pilaris atrophicans.
B H Miranda, N Farjo, B Farjo
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2011 Dec;64(12):e303-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.06.009
Premature senescence of balding dermal papilla cells in vitro is associated with p16(INK4a)
expression.
Adiam W Bahta, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo, Mike P Philpott
J Invest Dermatol. 2008 May;128(5):1088-94
Core curriculum for hair restoration surgery, recommended by the International Society of
Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).
Carlos J Puig, Edwin S Epstein, Jeffery S Epstein, Bessam K Farjo, Sheldon S Kabaker, Robert T Leonard, E Antonio
Mangubat, Marla Ross, Daniel E Rousso, Richard C Shiell, Dow B Stough, Paul M Straub, Walter P Unger
Dermatol Surg. 2006 Jan;32(1):86-9, discussion 89-90
Hair Transplantation Teaching Module
Bessam Farjo and Nilofer Farjo
Commissioned for Postgraduate Diploma of the University of London for Aesthetic Surgery
November, 2006
Textbook Authorships:
Crown restoration: Indications, Technique and Design
Bessam Farjo
Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians, Springer Japan pending textbook, Edited by Damkerng
Pathomvanich & Kenichiro Imagawa, 2018
Hair Transplantation in Transsexual Patients
Bessam Farjo
Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians, Springer Japan pending textbook, Edited by Damkerng
Pathomvanich & Kenichiro Imagawa, 2018
Hairline Design in West Asians
Bessam Farjo
Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians, Springer Japan pending textbook, Edited by Damkerng
Pathomvanich & Kenichiro Imagawa, 2018
Hair Transplantation
Bessam Farjo, Nilofer Farjo, Greg Williams
Dermatologic Surgery, McGraw-Hill pending textbook, Edited by Jonathan Kantor, 2018
Foreward
Bessam Farjo
Hair Transplant 360 for Physicians Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Edited by Samuel M Lam, ISBN 978-93-5250-038-3, 2015
Bimatoprost for Hair Loss: Initial Studies & Application
Bessam Farjo
Hair Transplant 360 Vol. III, Edited by Samuel M Lam, ISBN 978-93-5152-070-2, 2014
Correcting Facelift & Other Scars
Bessam Farjo
Hair Transplant 360 Vol. III, Edited by Samuel M Lam, ISBN 978-93-5152-070-2, 2014
Follicular Regeneration
Bessam Farjo and Nilofer Farjo
Montagna Tricologia, Tercera Edicion, Vol II, Edited by Francisco Camacho, Antoella Tosti, Valerie Randall, Vera Price,
ISBN 978-84-7885-573-5, 2013
Cloning of Follicles
Bessam Farjo
Calvizie Comuni, Daniele Campo, ISBN 978-88-901272-8-1, 2011
Hair Transplantation in Transgender Patients
Bessam Farjo & Nilofer Farjo
Hair Transplantation, Fifth Edition, Edited by Walter Unger, Ron Shapiro, Robin Unger, Mark Unger, ISBN 978-
161631006-6, 2011
About the Doctor
Dr Bessam Farjo trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and specialised in hair & scalp surgery in Toronto, Canada in 1992. With his wife, Dr Nilofer Farjo, he practises hair restoration full time in Manchester and London (United Kingdom). His current practice mainly offers follicular unit transplantation by both strip and FUE methods up to 5000 grafts per session.
Apart from male and female pattern hair loss, Dr Farjo takes a keen interest in corrective work, eyebrows, transplanting into scars and hairline revision after face-lift procedures. He is heavily involved in hair and hair loss related research with universities and laboratories across the UK as well as other colleagues. His past and present collaborations include Intercytex plc (hair cell cloning), University of London, University of Manchester, University of Bradford, Durham University and Unilever plc. His many years of research work and publications was recognised by the ISHRS in 2012 with the prestigious Platinum Follicle Award jointly with his wife, Nilofer.
He regularly attends (usually as invited guest or faculty) several conferences and workshops every year and keeps in continuous consultation and debate with colleagues around the world. He operates a busy practice in the UK mainly through recommendation, word of mouth, referral from colleagues and other professionals in affiliated fields and the internet.
ISHRS Join Year
1993
ISHRS World Congresses Attended
32
Procedures Performed
- Body hair transplantation
- Brow lifting
- Ethnic hair
- Eyebrows
- Eyelashes
- Facelift hair revision
- Female hair restoration surgery
- Follicular Unit Excision (FUE)
- Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT)
- Medical (non-surgical) management of hair loss for men
- Medical (non-surgical) management of hair loss for women
- Scar revision