Understandably, those who choose to undergo a hair transplant are extremely keen for their new hair to grow – fast! I often mention in my blog that a transplant is not a quick fix, and that full re-growth can take up to 18 months. Even oral treatments and topical solutions require a lengthy wait before […]
Our Patient Case Study in Today’s Daily Mail
Posted onToday’s Daily Newspaper features a double page article on women’s hair loss and its treatments including hair transplant surgery. The piece was triggered when we were asked for a female case study who has undergone hair transplant surgery. Elaine Nixon was the perfect example of female pattern hair loss, and she was delighted to […]
More Celebrity Watch: Kevin Spacey!
Posted onWe must be their favourite hair transplant resource! The Mail again got in touch on Friday to seek our opinion on actor Kevin Spacey. He flew to Melbourne to watch the Australian Open tennis sporting new hair! After Dr Farjo was shown the photos and the circumstances, he made his conclusion about the hair mystery […]
Mail On Sunday Prints Farjo Opinion on ‘Mr Selfridge’
Posted onToday’s Mail On Sunday, features the speculation that American actor Jeremy Piven has had a hair transplant. He is currently playing the role of Mr Selfridge on our TV screens. Dr Bessam Farjo was approached by the newspaper and shown photographs of Mr Piven for his opinion. He certainly has a lot more hair than […]
A Grey Mood Doesn’t Mean Grey Hair
Posted onI’ve received a few enquiries recently about whether stress can contribute to turning your hair grey. It seems to be a common – and concerning – myth, that worrying can turn you grey overnight. Fear not – hair receives its colour genetically. It’s embedded in the hair’s structure as it forms in the root. If your […]
Testimonial Article in The Sun Featuring Farjo
Posted onYesterday’s Sun newspaper featured a double page spread about hair transplant surgery techniques with testimonials from 3 different establishments including Farjo. The article implied a strong influence from the Wayne Rooney case on the candidates decision to have surgery, even though at least our patient made that decision prior to Rooney! Click on the image […]
Dr Williams Addresses Trainee Plastic Surgeons
Posted onLast week, Farjo hair transplant surgeon, Dr Greg Williams, gave an hour long lecture on hair loss and hair transplant surgery to about thirty junior doctors at the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Although hair restoration is part of the training syllabus for Plastic Surgeons in the United Kingdom, the […]
Highest Honours For Farjo Medical Centre!
Posted onMy wife Nilofer and I recently attended the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery where we were invited to perform various functions. As if having the opportunity in itself was not enough, since it was talking place in the Bahamas, we felt it would be rude not to go! Imagine our […]
I Want to Change My Hair
Posted onThe Farjo Medical Centre recently featured on an episode of BBC3’s documentary series ‘I want to change my body’. The programme featured young people who had decided to undergo surgical procedures to correct a feature that they were desperately unhappy with. Patients were enlisted with documenting their journey via hand-held cameras. We were, of course, […]
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year!
Posted onWe wish all our patients, friends and colleagues a Merry Christmas and a fantastic and Happy New Year See you in 2013! Please note the clinic will be closed from 5pm tonight Friday 21st, and will re-open 9am on Wednesday January 2nd. If you need to contact us urgently in the meantime, please fill out […]