Hair transplant surgery is not right for everyone! It might sound strange coming from a hair transplant surgeon, but it’s the truth – I very often discourage patients from hair transplant surgery where I don’t believe it’s appropriate at the time, or will not provide the desired results. There are lots of reasons that the […]
Seeing female celebrities suffering from hair loss is not an unusual occurrence nowadays. Often, this loss is caused due to the ongoing trend of wearing hair extensions to provide thicker, fuller, longer locks. Celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Kim Kardashian and Britney Spears, have all been photographed sporting patchy bald spots – tell-tale signs of the […]
On September 13th and 14th, Dr Bessam Farjo travelled to Regensberg in Bavaria to teach at the 6th Finesse in Facial Plastic Surgery Course at the local university. Together with his. American colleague, Dr Sam Lam, they gave 8 lectures on all aspects of hair transplant surgery to interested beginners on the Saturday. next was […]
Increasingly, younger men are starting to come to my clinic to enquire about having a hair transplant. Usually they have started to recede at the temples, either in their late teens or early twenties, and want to stop their hair loss in its tracks. Performing surgery on younger patients presents a dilemma because it is […]
By Iain Sallis, trichologist at Farjo Hair Institute Recently, I’ve been hearing the phrase ‘no-poo’ being used to describe a method involving washing hair in water only. I have been extremely surprised to read that the majority of those deciding to exile their Elvive have reported good results. Shampoo is a very clever detergent. It […]
Lately, every magazine I flick through seems to contain endless pictures of male celebs sporting slicked back hair dos. From David Beckham to Harry Styles, Oliver Cheshire to Joey Essex, the ‘it’ crowd is full of extravagant quiffs and fringes. In a bid to emulate this must-have style of the rich and famous, it’s been […]
Many people I see in my clinic have tried countless remedies and cover-ups over the years to try and stop their hair loss in its tracks. I’m not the only one to see it – big pharmaceuticals have also noticed this trend and capitalised on it as much as possible! The hair loss market is […]
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Another miracle cure for alopecia areata has been found – or so the Mail Online would have us believe. The nation’s go-to gossip site has reported on the latest so called ‘miracle’ treatment – a steroid more frequently used to treat chest infections. The Mail’s ‘revelation’ comes after Sarah Ford, a woman who started losing […]
Another week, another celebrity hairline under the media spotlight. This time, it’s the turn of global golfing legend, Tiger Woods, who’s admitted he’s fighting a losing battle to keep his hair. His receding hairline has been evident for a while now, but earlier this week he addressed it in a public interview for the first […]