Gaizka is a Spanish former football pro. He played in midfield mainly for Valencia, but in 2001 was transferred for €48 million to Lazio. After a short spell at Barcelona, he finished his career at Middlesbrough. He has 40 caps for Spain, including one World Cup and one European Championship. He is currently a regular […]
During my 20 years in the hair restoration field, patients from all walks of life have walked through my doors looking for a solution to their hair loss. In the past, people undergoing hair transplants have tended to keep their surgery a secret – until now. The tide seems to have shifted and, mercifully, people […]
On January 23rd, 2014, Channel 5’s Botched Up Bodies featured Michael Avola. This unfortunate patient had several hair transplant operations at another clinic a few years ago that failed to grow and left him with unacceptable scars. He was referred to the Farjo hair Institute for corrective hair transplant surgery. This episode of the popular […]
The more eagle eyed of you may have spotted me on a recent episode of Channel 5’s ‘Botched Up Bodies’ – a programme that aims to correct surgeries that have not given the desired results – operating on a patient who had previously spent in excess of £7,000 on six hair transplant surgeries, which had […]
A Meeting of Two Chronobiological Systems: Circadian Proteins Period1 and BMAL1 Modulate the Human Hair Cycle Clock Yusur Al-Nuaimi, Jonathan A. Hardman, Tamas Bıro, Iain S. Haslam, Michael P. Philpott, Balazs I. Toth, Nilofer Farjo, Bessam Farjo, Gerold Baier, Rachel E.B. Watson, Benedetto Grimaldi, Jennifer E. Kloepper and Ralf Paus This peer-reviewed article of the […]
Earlier this week, the Daily Mail reported that Prince Harry has turned to a special diet to slow the rate of his hair loss. It is rumoured that the fourth in line to the throne has been consuming asparagus in an effort to strengthen his existing hair – its high alkaline content has been hailed […]
We wish all our patients, friends and colleagues a Merry Christmas & a Fantastic and Happy New Year See you in 2014! Please note the clinic will be closed until 9am on Thursday January 2nd. If you need to contact us urgently in the meantime, please fill out the email contact form which will […]
Christmas time – that magical time of year when families come together, old friends return home from afar and every weekend there’s a different festive celebration to attend. With so many events in your diary, the pressure to look good is on, so it’s no surprise that a notable number of our patients say that this […]
The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) held its 21st Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco last month at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. As usual, the Farjo Hair Institute was very well represented, and as it turned out we were extremely busy! Our party consisted of Dr Nilofer Farjo, Dr Bessam Farjo, Dr Greg […]
This week, it’s been hard to ignore the news about what journalists have dubbed a ‘baldness breakthrough’. For those of you who’ve missed it, in a nutshell, scientists have for the first time shown that it’s possible to renew follicles capable of sprouting human hair on human skin. This study is groundbreaking in the sense […]