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.
COMPARISON BETWEEN STRIP HARVESTING & FUE – PART 1
A comparison between strip harvesting and FUE hair transplants – Part 1 Years ago, experts…
LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT) FOR TREATMENT OF PATTERN HAIR LOSS – PART 2
Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Devices Some patients are turning to Low-Level Laser…
LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT) FOR TREATMENT OF PATTERN HAIR LOSS – PART 1
Laser light generated by low-powered cold lasers has recently come into use as a…
FUE INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR USE
Improvements in instrument technology and technique have now made follicular unit extraction (FUE) a procedure…
FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION: IT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY, BUT TRANSECTION REMAINS A CONCERN
Follicular unit extraction is one of the techniques…
EARLY HAIR LOSS – THE YOUNG PATIENT
Authored by, Masahisa Nagai, MD, FISHRS Physicians do not typically recommend performing…
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…
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…