The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is a global non-profit medical association and the leading authority on hair loss treatment and restoration. With more than 1,000 members throughout 70 countries worldwide, the ISHRS is dedicated to achieving excellence in patient outcomes by promoting the highest standards of medical practice, medical ethics, and research in the medical hair restoration industry.
The ISHRS was founded in 1993 as the first international society to promote continuing quality improvement and education for professionals in the field of medical hair restoration surgery. The society provides continuing medical education to physicians specializing in hair transplant surgery and is committed to delivering the latest information on medical and surgical treatments to consumers suffering from hair loss, most commonly from androgenetic alopecia – male pattern baldness and female pattern hair loss.
ASK THE FELLOWS
Ask your hair restoration doctor: the ISHRS fellows answer your hair restoration and hair loss…
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…
NOT YOUR FATHER’S HAIR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
Modern hair transplant techniques: read all about natural-looking hair transplants It’s time to…
WES WELKER
Hair restoration surgery success stories: Wes Welker by Robert T. Leonard, Jr., DO, FISHRS on February 3,…
HAIR LOSS DIAGNOSIS AND ANALYSIS
Hair loss diagnosis and hair loss analysis: what to expect at your first hair…
ANNIVERSARY BY THE NUMBERS
by Jennifer H. Martinick, MBBS on December 28, 2014 Twenty years of hair restoration by…
VIDEO: INNOVATIONS FOR WOMEN
Dr. Jerry Cooley discusses the many different treatment innovations for women who suffer from hair…
FEMALE HAIR LOSS AND THE HAIR GROWTH CYCLE
Like all biological things, hair has a cycle. For women, it is important to understand…
WOMEN’S HAIR LOSS CAUSES
Most hair loss is due to genetic causes (link) but as women experiment with new…
GABBY DOUGLAS AS HAIR ROLE MODEL
Gabby Douglas as hair role model? We here at the International Society of Hair Restoration…
HAIR TRANSPLANTATION IN WOMEN
Hair loss occurs in women as well as in men, and increasing numbers of women…
HAIRPIECES, HAIR WEAVES AND EXTENSIONS
Some people want “a little extra” to enhance medical or surgical hair restoration…