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Scarring alopecia (cicatricial alopecia) affects 7% of patients at hair loss specialty clinics. In this video, Jennifer Krejci, MD shares 3 things you need to know about Cicatricial Alopecia. There are more than one kind of alopecia. With the recent release of the first oral medication to treat alopecia areata many patients are confused about what alopecia means and how …
When James A. Harris, MD, FISHRS gets asked by patients what is the best device, here is what he had to say: “It’s not so much the device. That is the instrument we use in the procedure. It’s the surgeon, their experience, their team’s experience. That is what gives you the result.” If you are experiencing hair loss, the first …
In this video, Timothy Carman, MD, FISHRS marries his love of hair transplantation and artwork and shares how science and art meet in performing hair transplant surgery. Dr. Carman has been an ISHRS Fellow and member for over 14 years and practicing hair transplants for 17 years. As a painter and hair transplant surgeon, he combines the two things he …
There are many online advertisements emphasizing the amount of grafts placed in hair transplant surgery. In this video, Dr. Bessam Farjo discusses the relationship of grafts to one another and how they can be placed with the illusion of more density with a lesser number of grafts. If you are considering hair restoration surgery, it is important to find a …
In this video, Dr. Nilofer Farjo, ISHRS Vice President interviewed Dr. Vikram Jayaprakash on the the effect of testosterone injections on hair loss. He is seeing an increase in patients using testosterone around the “andropause” as well as younger men using it as part of their fitness and muscle building regime, and in those patients, he modifies his medication dosing. …
Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) is a procedure that is used to create the illusion of shaved hair, stubble, or greater density in hair-bearing areas that have lost hair or require augmentation. It is becoming more popular around the world, and its value to hair restoration surgeons is demonstrated by the ISHRS including it alongside Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) and Follicular Unit …
Posted by ISHRS on December 17, 2015 Finasteride is approved by the U.S. FDA as a safe and effective treatment of hair loss caused by androgenetic alopecia. That fact has not changed. However, the concern of possible persistent sexual dysfunction side effects from taking finasteride after the drug has been discontinued has received recent attention. The ISHRS Task Force on …
There’s no such thing as a dumb question… Before you make a final commitment for hair restoration surgery, it’s a good idea to ask your hair restoration surgeon a lot of questions so you can have confidence in your decision. If you need a starting point, here are some concerns that go through patients’ minds: 1. How do I …
ISHRS LEGAL UPDATE: DELEGATION OF SURGERY IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION October 2016 The ISHRS shares, from time to time, legal developments on issues potentially affecting members. One such issue is the permissibility of delegating portions of hair restoration procedures to unlicensed personnel. In the United States, a physician’s authority to delegate to unlicensed personnel varies from state to state and depends …
Ask Your Hair restoration Doctor: The ISHRS Fellows answer your hair restoration and hair loss questions Why are more doctors now preferring FUE? David Josephitis, DO, FISHRS There are many different ways in which to address this observation. Over the past decade, there has been a great rise in the number of FUE procedures performed worldwide. In …
A comparison between strip harvesting and FUE hair transplants – Part 3 We conclude our three-part series, “Strip Harvesting versus FUE” in discussing a number of remaining issues between the two procedures. In strip harvesting doctors take strips of hair-bearing tissue from part of the head and place them elsewhere, while with FUE – follicular unit excision, doctors take follicular units …
A comparison between strip harvesting and FUE hair transplants – Part 2 We continue our comparison of the hair restoration surgical procedures of strip harvesting versus FUE. In strip harvesting, doctors take strips of hair-bearing tissue from part of the head, dissect out individual follicular units and place them in the bald or thinning areas of the scalp. FUE – …
A comparison between strip harvesting and FUE hair transplants – Part 1 Years ago, experts started advocating a new way of performing hair transplant surgeries. Instead of the traditional strip harvesting– meaning that doctors would take strips of hair-bearing tissue from part of the head and place them elsewhere, the experts started advocating FUE hair transplants. FUE stands for follicular …
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 more cost from the patient than does strip harvesting (removal of a strip of scalp tissue bearing hundreds of follicular units). It is …
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 and an early age, and who are tempted to do something about it immediately. However, immediate surgery is not recommended for anyone under age 20. First, other …