After he unveiled his impressive new ‘do’, Wayne Rooney received almost as much media attention for his hair transplant as for his football career. It’s therefore no surprise that the press is keen to keep up-to-date with the development of Rooney’s hair follicles. The Daily Mail took some shots of Rooney at a press conference […]
In August 2012, both Drs Farjo were invited hair transplant guest faculty at the 4th Annual Congress of the Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons – India. The meeting was held in Kolkata under the Presidency of Dr Manoj Khanna. Every year the association committee selects a guest speaker to give the keynote presentation of the […]
For the purpose of aiding patient decisions and hair loss medications and hair transplant surgery, we offer genetic testing to assess potential extent of future hair loss. Additionally we can test the likelihood of a positive response to the drug Propoecia (Finasteride). The results are not conclusive but they can certainly help guide making decisions. […]
In June 21-23 2012, both Drs Farjo attended the 16th Meeting of theEuropean Hair Research Society (EHRS)held in Barcelona, Spain. The EHRS congress as always covered latest scientific and research issues connected with human hair and scalp. Topics included genetics, hormones, inflammatory and scarring disorders, environmental influences & hair colour changes. Studies presented included research […]
This month’s issue of Cosmopolitan magazine quotes Dr Farjo for advice for hair loss in women. The bit they picked out in their interview was about the impact of iron deficiency on hair.
This week’s Reveal magazine features an article about traction alopecia and its possible treatment with hair transplant surgery. The trigger for this was the widespread media coverage of the apparent state of the hair of model Naomi Campbell.
Dr Bessam Farjo was interviewed by Nick Gowing on ‘The Hub’ program on the BBC World News channel on March 22, 2012. This was on the back of the latest research unveiled from University of Pennsylvania showing the discovery of PGD2. This is a prostaglandin type molecule that inhibited hair growth in mice. Researchers said […]
On Saturday May 5th, Dr Bessam Farjo was again invited by the British Hair And Nail Group (BHANG) to discuss hair transplant surgery state of the art techniques. The audience comprised mainly of dermatology senior registrars as well as established NHS consultants in this field. The event took place in a conference centre, part of […]
Dr Farjo’s hair transplant tour is certainly hectic this year! Already invited to talk in Mexico and South Korea, last week he got back from Rome having been asked to lecture at the 14th Congress of the Italian Society of Hair Restoration His 4 lecture contribution included patient consultation, crown hair transplant surgery, scarring alopecia […]
Both Drs Bessam and Nilofer Farjo were invited faculty at the 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons. The conference was held at the Coex Conference Center in Seoul, South Korea on May 11-13, 2012, and was co-chaired by Drs Sungjoo ‘Tommy’ Hwang and Dr Jung-Chul Kim. Dr Bessam Farjo […]