ESHRS

(European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery)

5th Annual Congress - London

June 2002

The Society's representative attended this remarkable event at the Raddisson Portman Hotel in London's West End.

The event was superbly organised by Drs Nilofer and Bessam Farjo who must each be congratulated warmly for the outstanding attention to detail.

The following speakers were in fine form and collectively provided a veritable feast of information and opinion for the enthusiastic hair sciences scholar.

Dr Ron Shapiro (USA) - Follicular Unit Transplantation & Creating a natural hairline in one session.

Dr Walter Unger (Canada) - Combination Grafting.

Dr Patrick Frechet (France) - Alopecia Reductions and Flaps.

Dr Russell Knudsen (Australia)- Medical treatments.

Dr John Schwinning (USA) - Combined graft approach in transplanting a grade 6 or 7 degree baldness.

Dr M.A. Nilforoushzadeth (Iran) - Evaluation of the complications (mini and micro graft surgery).

Dr H Sandoval Gonzalez (Mexico) - Think twice before abandoning 'Cut-to-size'.

Dr Carlos Ways (Peru) - Different ways - One result.

Dr Richard Rogers (UK) - Observational Study of Asymmetric hair loss in men.

Dr Paul Rose (USA) - An investigation of Apoptosis in androgenic alopecia.

Dr Jerry Cooley (USA) - The Potential role of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Hair transplantation.

Dr Frank Neidel (Germany) - Comparison between Trichodensitometry and Hair Mass Index.

Dr Sungjoo Hwang (S.Korea) - Recipient site influences in Hair transplantation.

Dr John Cole (USA) - Unlocking the mysteries of scalp reduction surgery.

Dr Ciro de Sio (Italy) - Frechet's Extender in reconstruction surgery.

Dr Arturo Sandoval Camarena (Mexico) - Follicular Unit and Frechet Extender combination
& Rogaine for increased growth after transplantation.

Dr Frank Lendat (Luxembourg) - Use of Frechet Extender in a scalp reconstruction case.

Dr Andre Hazan (France) - New Extender: A new approach to baldnessreduction.

Dr Sheldon Kabaker (USA)- Hairline advancement using expanded and non-expanded flaps.

Dr Jerzy Kolasinski (Poland) - Dissimilarities of hair restoration in men and women.

Dr Walter Unger (Canada) - Hair transplanting in Women.

Dr Craig Zierring (USA) - State of the art hair restoration in Women.

Dr Ursula Halsner (Germany) - Hair transplantation in transgender patients (male to female).

Dr Fernando Basto (Brazil) - Irregular anterior hairline in the capillary micrograft.

Dr Konstantinos Minotakis (Greece) - Distributing hair on a scalp.

Dr Russell Knudsen (Australia) - The "Forelock Box" concept.

Dr William Parsley (USA) Coronal vs.Sagittal recipient incisions.

Dr Vance Elliott (Canada) - Transplanting the hairpiece wearer.

Dr Bessam Farjo (UK) - Corrective surgery to improve the appearance of previous transplantation.

Dr Brad Wolf (USA) - Safe doses of local anaesthetics and Epinephrine.

Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich (Thailand) - Donor harvesting in Blacks.

Dr David Seager (Canada) - Survival of follicular unit micrografts.

Dr Matt Leavitt (USA) - Orlando Workshop Studies Report.

Dr K Washernick USA Minoxidil in the treatment of hair loss.

Dr Robert Haber (USA) - The role of Finasteride in the hair restoration practice.

Dr Andrew Messenger (UK) - New concepts in female pattern hairloss.

Dr Desmond Tobin (PhD) - Regulation of follicle cycling.

Dr Michael Philpott (PhD) - Invitro models as tools to understand.

Dr Colin Jahoda (PhD) - Hair induction and beyond. Hair follicle biology.

Dr Sharon Keene (USA) - Advantages of an integrated depth regulated multi-recipient site scalpel in
follicular unit mega-sessions & The pitfalls of using artificial hair fibres in cosmetic hair restoration.

Dr Jean Vevroye (Belgium) - Hair surgery with a USB camera.

Dr Sajjad Khan (USA) - High resolution video projected graft preparation.

Dr Martin Unger (Canada) - The use of Low Level Laser Therapy for hair restoration purposes.

Dr Colin Westwood (UK) - Disposable instrumentation - The future of hair restoration.

Dr Isabel Banuchi (Puerto Rico) - Banuchi Multigraft Dispenser-New disposable device.

Dr Massimo Morselli (Italy) - Implant of biocompatible fibres (Biofibre O CE 0373/TGA for
the temporary correction of scalp scar and androgenic alopecia.

Dr Kenichiro Imagawa (Japan) - What to do for complications of synthetic hair grafts.

Dr Alex Ginsberg (Israel) - Hair transplant in scarring alopecia.

Dr Samin Ibrahim (Saudi Arabia) - Micrografts in moustache, beard and post cleft lip repair scars.

Dr Steven Liggens (UK) - The evolution of modern craniofacial trauma reconstruction -Implications of hairloss.

 

One often hears the old grievance - "what are they doing to cure hair loss problems" This congress testifies and the world may be sure that a great deal of research and effort is being expended at various levels to assist.