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- Guide to FUE Hair Transplant: Benefits, Process & Recovery
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- Everything You Need to Know About a Beard Transplant
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Posts
Black Market
- Third Annual ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day
- Hair Transplant Repair Day – A Way of Giving Back
- ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day
- ISHRS Legal Update: Hair Restoration Surgery Should Only Be Performed By Qualified Physicians
- ISHRS Launches Fight the FIGHT Public Awareness Campaign to Combat Fraudulent Hair Restoration Practices Worldwide
- HairCon India Pledge
- Stand Proud, Be Loud
- PROTECTING HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY PATIENTS
- Make an Informed Decision
- MEDICAL TOURISM: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
- BEWARE OF UNLICENSED TECHNICIANS PERFORMING HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
Consumer Advocacy
- ISHRS Guidelines for Patients Seeking Hair Restoration Surgery
- ISHRS Legal Update: Hair Restoration Surgery Should Only Be Performed By Qualified Physicians
- PROTECTING HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY PATIENTS
- Why Your Hair Restoration Specialist Should Be a Physician
- HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY RISK FACTORS
- WARNING ABOUT SOCIETIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE ISHRS, Especially Those Permissive of the Unlicensed Practice of Medicine
- CONSUMER ALERT
- BEWARE OF UNLICENSED TECHNICIANS PERFORMING HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- MEDICAL BOARDS, MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION AND MEDICAL COMPETENCE: MEDICINE’S SELF-REGULATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
COVID-19
- Psychological Impact on Hair Loss and Post COVID-19 Hair Loss & Treatment
- Guidelines to Help Patients Find COVID-Protected Facilities
- SECURE-Alopecia: Patient Registry To Record COVID-19 Positive Alopecia Patient Outcomes
- COVID-19 Update, April 9, 2020
- COVID-19 UPDATE, March 27, 2020
- COVID-19 Update: ISHRS Canceled Events
Female Hair Loss
- Treating Androgenetic Alopecia in Women
- Cicatricial Alopecia: 3 Things You Should Know
- Female Hair Loss: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Tips
- Female Pattern Hair Loss – Dr. Sharon Keene Discusses Treatment Options
- ISHRS Probono Program Helps 17 Year Old With Severe Scarring
- Infoltimento Chirurgico Di Ciglia E Sopracciglia
- ALOPECIA IN BLACK WOMEN: ARE MORE BLACK WOMEN SUFFERING HAIR LOSS?
- EVALUATING FEMALE HAIR LOSS PATIENTS
- Medications for FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS
- CALVIZIE FEMMINILE E PREDISPOSIZIONE GENETICA NELLA DONNA
- MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS OF FEMALE AGA
- EYEBROW & EYELASH HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN AND ITS EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE
- MALE- AND FEMALE-PATTERN HAIR LOSS: ARE THEY PREDICTABLE?
- HAIR LOSS, MIRACLE CURES AND WOMEN
- WHY DOES HAIR LOSS AFFECT WOMEN?
- FEMALE HAIR LOSS AND THE HAIR GROWTH CYCLE
- WOMEN’S HAIR LOSS CAUSES
- GABBY DOUGLAS AS HAIR ROLE MODEL
- HAIRPIECES, HAIR WEAVES AND EXTENSIONS
- HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN: ASSESSING THE LOSS AND DEVELOPING A TREATMENT PLAN
Global Council
- Collaboration with the ABCRC, an ISHRS Global Council Member
- 2024 ISHRS Europe Live Surgery Workshop: Milan, A Landmark Event
- Global Council Meeting March 13, 2021
- Arab Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons
- CAHRS Congress
- Recap: Latin American FUE and Live Surgery Workshop in Argentina
- HairCon India Pledge
Hair Transplant
- Shaven and Un-Shaven Hair Transplant Terminology
- Importance of the Recipient Area in Hair Transplantation
- FUE Vs. FUT and Maximizing the Hair Graft Harvest
- Strategies for Maximizing the Donor Area in Hair Transplant Surgery
- Body Hair Transplantation
- Beard and Mustache Transplant
- How to Find the Best Hair Transplant Surgeon
- Is One Hair Transplant Surgery Enough?
- What is the Best FUE Procedure?
- Should the Cost of a Hair Transplant Matter?
- Is FUE Scarless?
- Three Warning Signs When Researching Hair Transplants
- Top 5 Things to Know About Hair Transplantation
- Why FUE Is So Confusing
- Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) Resources
- EXCISION OF BALD SCALP UTILIZING TISSUE EXPANSION OR EXTENSION
- NOTICEABLE HAIR TRANSPLANTS ARE NEVER IN FASHION, SO WHY ARE THEY MAKING A COMEBACK?
- 7 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- SCALP FLAP SURGERY FOR HAIR RESTORATION
- BEARD TRANSPLANTS ON THE RISE
- GREY HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
Hair Treatments
- Low Level Laser Therapy for Hair Loss: Two Leading Hair Restoration Surgeons Explain What It Is and Why It Works
- Connection Between Testosterone, DHT and Hair Loss
- Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss: Efficacy, Dose, and Side Effects
- Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatments for Hair Loss
- Psychological Impact on Hair Loss and Post COVID-19 Hair Loss & Treatment
- COOLING CAP FOR CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS HELP SAVE HAIR FOLLICLES
- USING ROGAINE (MINOXIDIL) AS A HAIR LOSS TREATMENT
- HERBAL HAIR LOSS PROGRAM
- MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR HAIR LOSS TREATMENT
- OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION RISKS
- SCALP REDUCTION SURGERY FOR HAIR RESTORATION
Male Hair Loss
- Cicatricial Alopecia: 3 Things You Should Know
- Dr. James Harris Advice on the Best Devices for Hair Transplantation
- Hair Transplantation: Where Art Meets Medicine
- Artistry in Hair Graft Placement
- Exogenous Testosterone and Hair Loss
- Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP): Semantics, Terminology, and Standards
- UPDATE FROM ISHRS TASK FORCE ON FINASTERIDE ADVERSE EVENT CONTROVERSIES
- Ask Your Hair Restoration Surgeon: Questions to Have Confidence Before Surgery
- ISHRS LEGAL UPDATE: DELEGATION OF SURGERY IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- FUE INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR USE
- FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION: IT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY, BUT TRANSECTION REMAINS A CONCERN
- EARLY HAIR LOSS – THE YOUNG PATIENT
- THE RECIPIENT SITE: WHERE THE SCIENCE & ART OF HAIR TRANSPLANT ARE APPLIED
- EYEBROW & EYELASH HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- ASK THE FELLOWS
- MALE- AND FEMALE-PATTERN HAIR LOSS: ARE THEY PREDICTABLE?
- NOT YOUR FATHER’S HAIR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
- WES WELKER
- HAIR LOSS DIAGNOSIS AND ANALYSIS
- ANNIVERSARY BY THE NUMBERS
- EYELASH TRANSPLANTATION: WHO, WHY AND HOW
- TOP 16 WAYS PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY HAIR LOSS
- YOUR HAIR SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU
- BALDNESS LINKED TO CORONARY HEART DISEASE
- WHY MEN ARE BALDING AT A YOUNGER AGE
- HOW MALE PATTERN BALDNESS AND PROSTATE CANCER ARE POSSIBLY LINKED
- CELEBRITY HAIR LOSS
- HAIR RESTORATION IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS
- BODY HAIR TRANSPLANT
- ALOPECIA NEI RAGAZZI
- HAIR RESTORATION AND THE SCARRED SCALP
- CBC NEWS MENTIONS ISHRS IN BEARD TRANSPLANT STORY
- HAIR LOSS IN YOUNG MEN
- HAIR LOSS MYTHS
- With Medical History, Honesty is the Best Policy
- REASONS TO DELAY YOUR HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY
- ABOUT YOUR NEW HAIRLINE
- HAIR GROOMING & STYLING AFTER HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- AFTER HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- HAIRPIECES, HAIR WEAVES AND EXTENSIONS
- DO-IT-YOURSELF HAIR LOSS TREATMENTS
- HAIR LOSS AND THE HAIR GROWTH CYCLE
- YOUNG MALE HAIR LOSS
- EFFECTIVENESS OF 5% MINOXIDIL IN TREATING MALE-PATTERN HAIR LOSS
- MALE HAIR LOSS & PATTERN BALDNESS IN MEN
- TISSUE ENGINEERING (HAIR FOLLICLE CLONING)
- FOLLICULAR UNIT TRANSPLANTATION & EXTRACTION
- UNRAVELING THE SECRETS OF THE HAIR CYCLE
- HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY BEGINS WITH WHY YOU WANT HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY AND WHAT YOU EXPECT IT TO DO FOR YOU
- TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION POINTS
- OTHER HAIR LOSS CAUSES
- FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION (FUE): MANUAL AND POWERED-DEVICE-ASSISTED
- COMPARISON BETWEEN STRIP HARVESTING AND FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION: A FAIR AND BALANCED VIEW
- PLATELET-RICH PLASMA IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- WHAT HAIR LOSS MEANS TO ME AND MY IMAGE OF MYSELF
- HAIR RESTORATION MEDICATIONS: A SUMMARY AT A GLANCE
- TRANSPLANTATION OF GRAYING AND GRAY HAIR
- ETHNIC AND GENDER CONSIDERATIONS IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- WORRYING ABOUT HAIR LOSS: AN EXPERT CONSULTATION CAN REFRAME YOUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ANSWERS
- COMBINED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL HAIR RESTORATION THERAPY: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
- COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES: BENCHMARKS TO PREDICT OUTCOME
- ANESTHESIA: MAXIMIZING PATIENT COMFORT IN SURGICAL HAIR RESTORATION
- HAIR GRAFT PLACEMENT: THE FINAL STEP IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- HAIR CHARACTERISTICS: A MAJOR CONSIDERATION IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
- SMOKING, DRINKING, MEDICATIONS AND HERBAL PRODUCTS CAN ALL AFFECT THE COURSE OF YOUR HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- HAIR LOSS AND THE APPEARANCE OF AGING
- MALE AND FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS: GENE DRIVEN BUT NOT YOUR GENETIC FATE
- EXPECTATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING IN HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
- UNDERSTANDING SOMEONE ELSE’S HAIR TRANSPLANT
- STRATEGIES FOR COSMETIC IMPROVEMENT WHEN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION MUST BE DELAYED
- HAIR COLOR: WHY DO YOU HAVE BLOND, RED, BROWN OR BLACK HAIR, AND WHY DOES IT TURN GRAY AND WHITE?
- Is It Possible to Do a Hair Transplant on a Scar?
- USING FINASTERIDE (PROPECIA®) AS A HAIR LOSS TREATMENT
- A Guide to Hair Transplantation After Age 50
- HAIR LOSS & HAIR RESTORATION REQUIRE PERSONAL & INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
- USING YOUR HAIR TO CREATE YOUR UNIQUELY INDIVIDUAL HAIR RESTORATION: FROM DONOR SITE TO RECIPIENT SITE AND END RESULT
- THE DONOR SITE: SAVINGS & LOAN OF HAIR FOR TRANSPLANTATION
- FOLLOWUP HAIR RESTORATION PROCEDURES
- YOUR MEDICAL TREATMENT HISTORY: IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOUR HAIR RESTORATION PHYSICIAN
- HAIR TRANSPLANTATION BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOU
- IT’S OKAY TO SAY NO TO HAIR LOSS & YES TO HAIR RESTORATION
- HARVESTING OF DONOR HAIR FOR HAIR TRANSPLANTS
- HAIR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
- FINASTERIDE AND PROSTATE CANCER
- HAIR FOLLICLE ORIGIN
- HAIR RESTORATION AND SERVICE NAMES
- THE WEATHERING OF HAIR: HOW HAIR DAMAGE MAKES THE LEAST OF WHAT YOU HAVE
- SCALP SKIN CONDITIONS & DISORDERS
- HAIR RESTORATION IN EAST ASIANS
Male Patient Stories
- 41-YEAR-OLD FIRE VICTIM
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY: VINCENT
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY: 49 YEAR-OLD WHITE MALE
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY: MY STORY
- MIKE
- ROBERT
- MARK
- RAINIER
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY
- HAIR LOSS PATIENT STORY
- MALE’S SUNBURNED SCALP LED TO RESTORATION
- ARTURO’S STORY
- BRUCE’S STORY
- MATT’S STORY
- WALLY’S STORY
- 51-YEAR-OLD MALE, “WASN’T PLANNING ON IT”
- HANK’S STORY
- STEPHEN’S STORY
- CARLOS’ STORY
- ERAY’S STORY
- FREDDY’S STORY
Press Release
- ISHRS Bestows Highest Honors to Four Distinguished Members
- World Hair Transplant Repair Day” Shines Light on Proliferation, Dangers of Black-Market Hair Transplant Clinics Worldwide
- Uniting the World’s Foremost Experts in Hair Restoration Through Education
- Getting to the Root of Hair Loss in Women
- International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Regional Workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia, July 5-7, 2025
- ISHRS Hosts 32nd World Congress in Denver, Colorado
- Fourth Annual ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day
- Hair Supplements: Are They Worth the Hype? Hair Restoration Experts Examine the Science Behind Key Ingredients in Over-the-Counter Hair Growth Products
- World’s Leading Hair Transplant Surgeons Honor Four Distinguished Members
- ISHRS Hosts 31st World Congress in Delhi, India
- World’s Leading Hair Transplant Surgeons Honor Two Distinguished Members
- Second Annual “World Hair Transplant Repair Day”
- ISHRS Salutes Two Celebrated Members with Prestigious Follicle Awards
- ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day
- ISHRS Hosts Hybrid 29th World Congress
- ISHRS Honors Two Distinguished Members With Prestigious Follicle Awards for Advancing Excellence in Hair Restoration Surgery
- ISHRS Hosts Virtual World Congress 2020
- Guidelines to Help Patients Find COVID-Protected Facilities
- ISHRS Practice Census Infographic
- Worldwide Demand for Effective Hair Restoration Procedures Continues to Increase
- 2019 Award Recipients For Advancing Excellence in Hair Restoration Surgery
- ISHRS Launches Fight the FIGHT Public Awareness Campaign to Combat Fraudulent Hair Restoration Practices Worldwide
- ISHRS Hosts 27th World Congress and World Live Surgery Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand
- Warning from the Medical Board of California: Hair Restoration Surgery Requires a Medical License
- Physician Training Is Key To Successful Treatment Outcomes
- ISHRS WARNS OF POTENTIAL SERIOUS RISK WHEN UNLICENSED PERSONNEL PERFORM HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY
- WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY EXPERTS DISCUSS LATEST MEDICAL ADVANCES AND TRENDS
- AS WORLDWIDE VOLUME OF HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY SPIKES, LEADING SURGEONS URGE CONSUMERS TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
- ISHRS Member Physicians Were Featured in Practical Dermatology’s DermWireTV
- Backgrounder: Operation Restore Case Studies
- International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s Pro Bono Program Offers Patients in Need Free Hair Restoration Surgery
Research
- Education, Innovation, and International Collaboration in Hair Restoration Surgery
- Europe 2026 Live Surgery Workshop
- Exploring Potential Cures for Hair Loss and Genetic Factors
- World’s Leading Hair Transplant Surgeons Honor Two Distinguished Members
- ISHRS 2022 Practice Census Results
- ISHRS 2021 Research Grant Recipients
- Male Body Image & Appearance Pressure – Psychosocial Support
- Exogenous Testosterone and Hair Loss
- Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Genetics for Hair Regrowth
- ISHRS 2020 Research Grant Awards
- Live Stream with Angela M. Christiano PhD
- Dr. Gorana Kuka-Epstein on Regenerative Medicine for Hair Loss
- COVID-19 Update, April 9, 2020
- Finasteride For Androgenetic Alopecia Not Associated with Sexual Dysfunction
- ISHRS 2017 Practice Census Infographic
- 2015 ISHRS PRACTICE CENSUS: GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR PROVEN HAIR LOSS TREATMENTS
- HAIR LOSS & INNOVATIONS – CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH PART 2
- HAIR SCIENCES: A REVIEW OF FOLLICULAR CELL IMPLANTATION AND STEM CELL HAIR REGROWTH