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GENEVA, IL. – December 13, 2011  The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) – the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration – cautions that recent anecdotal reports of persistent sexual dysfunction by some men who have used finasteride 1mg (Propecia) to treat hair loss should not define the safety and effectiveness of this drug.  Propecia …

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  BEFORE AFTER Results as of September 2010, approximately 5 months following hair transplant surgery (performed April 29, 2010)    

GENEVA, IL. – November 14, 2011  For many people with thinning scalp hair, proven medical therapies and hair restoration surgical procedures are widely available and good options to restore hair loss and slow future hair loss.  However, for people like 37-year-old Denise Goolsby of Virginia Beach, Va., who noticed that her eyebrows started thinning in her 20s, knowing where to …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018 GENEVA, IL. – August 16, 2011. Members of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) know good hair when they see it, and they like what they see in Catherine Zeta-Jones and Patrick Dempsey. According to results released today of a new member survey conducted by the ISHRS, …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018   GENEVA, IL. – August 16, 2011. For many people, cosmetic surgery is no longer taboo to discuss and, in fact, procedures often are shared openly in social circles and in the workplace.  The reason?  More options than ever before to nip, tuck, restore, enhance and rejuvenate nearly every …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018 GENEVA, IL. – August 1, 2011. Despite slow economic growth worldwide, the demand for procedures to correct hair loss proved to be stronger than ever, according to statistics released today from a recent member survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) – the world’s leading …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018 GENEVA, IL. – March 2, 2011. The latest technological and scientific advances in treating hair loss will be presented at the 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration.  The meeting will take …

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 GENEVA, IL – November 16, 2010.  For 49-year-old Greg Hedrick of Fredericksburg, Va., a hotel fire in 2005 changed his life in a flash. While performing a routine search and rescue, a flash-over caused the entire room Hedrick was canvassing to burst into flames. Hedrick suffered extensive second and third degree burns over his upper body, and …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018 GENEVA, IL, USA. – September 28, 2010. For those who think they could identify a person who has had a hair transplant, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) has news for you. AAccording to a new online survey conducted by the ISHRS, the majority of people could …

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ISHRS hosts 26th World Congress in Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10-14, 2018 GENEVA, IL, USA. – September 16, 2010. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) announced that when it comes to good hair, celebrities Patrick Dempsey and Penelope Cruz reign supreme. According to results of a new online survey conducted by the ISHRS, 54 percent of respondents thought Patrick …

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GENEVA, IL. – June 22, 2010. For more than 20 years, Angela Roisten noticed that the hair on the sides and top of her scalp began gradually getting thinner and sparse. Roisten, a 34-year-old banker and mother of two from Richmond, Virginia, attributed her noticeable hair loss to years of tightly pulling her hair into braids and weaves – popular …

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BEFORE AFTER lts as of May 26, 2010, approximately 8 months following hair transplant surgery (performed September 24, 2009). Photos courtesy of Edwin Epstein, MD, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

GENEVA, IL. – April 30, 2010. The latest technological breakthroughs in diagnosing, treating and preventing hair loss will be presented at the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration. The meeting will take place October 20-24, 2010, at the Seaport Hotel and World …

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GENEVA, IL. – March 30, 2010. Think you could tell whether the new guy at work or a fellow soccer mom has had a hair transplant? Then the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) invites you to take the “Hair Transplant Challenge.” “Over the years, the introduction of new technologies and refined techniques has dramatically improved the results of …

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GENEVA, IL. – November 20, 2009. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) – the world’s leading medical authority on hair loss and hair restoration – today issued a statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s proposed health care reform bill that would include a 5% tax on elective cosmetic procedures to help offset the massive cost of health …

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