In May 2008, Dr Bessam Farjo was invited by Dr Yves Crassas to give a 3 hour guest lecture in Lyon, France. This was part of the course conducted by University of Lyon for student doctors training in hair restoration surgery. The students came from France, Romania, Tunisia, Syria and Morocco.
We have been involved in a very important research project in recent years in collaboration with world authority Prof. Mike Philpott and his team at the Centre of Cutaneous Research at the University of London. Recently this reseach has received much media attention. This was because it was presented in various scientific events around the […]
In March, 2008, Dr Bessam Farjo was invited for the 2nd year running as a guest speaker at the meeting of the International Hair Research Foundation in Milan, Italy. This year’s subject addressed public concerns over claims of various ‘cures’ and fishing through the myths from the truths. Other invited faculty were Dr Fransicco Jimenez […]
In addition to his duties as President, Dr Bessam Farjo was also one of the faculty at the meeting. First he directed a workshop on the subject of difficult cases and their management, and second he lectured on trans-gender hair transplants presenting a review and analysis of all such cases performed at Farjo (see some […]
Last hairs can be duplicated many times over Millions of men and women who suffer from premature baldness or hair loss could soon be able to regain their original lustrous locks – by cloning their remaining hair in the laboratory, research suggests. The new technique, known as “follicular cell implantation”, has already shown positive results […]
Follicular cell implantation works by replicating remaining hair strands and has already shown positive results in continuing clinical trials on human beings. It could eventually help millions of people to regain a full head of their own hair. The technique has been hailed as a major advance in hair restoration and is backed by a […]