Both Drs Farjo have just returned from the island of Capri, Italy, after attending the 13thInternational Congress of the Italian Society of Hair Restoration (May 20th – 22nd). They were invited to speak at the congress by the society’s President and this year’s program chair, Dr Piero Tesauro of Milan. Dr Bessam Farjo was […]
On April 26th, the Institute of Trichologists (est. 1902) launched its new facility at Trinity Road in Tooting, London. In his capacity as medical director, Dr Farjo was an attending guest along with other noteable dignitaries. Board members outside new office (LtoR): Keith Hobbs, Tracey Walker, Marilyn Sherlock (Chairman), Dr Farjo, Barbara Kemp and Patricia […]
Both Drs Bessam & Nilofer Farjo were once again invited faculty at the Annual Orlando Live Surgery Workshop sponsored by the ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery). This was the 16th successive year it has been held, this time on April 7-10, 2010, and once again it was a resounding success and Drs Farjo […]
Dr Bessam Farjo returned yesterday from Paris, France, after giving a lecture entitled ‘Criteria For Top Quality Hair Transplant Surgery’. The event was the 12th Annual Congress of IMCAS (International Master Course on Ageing Skin). The venue was the Palais Des Congres in Pariscity centre and the event boasted 3200 registered delagates from all over […]
In December 2009, The Sun Newspaper ran an article about the increasing use of hair extentions by women. At least for some these can cause long term hair damage resulting in genuine hair loss and possible need for hair transplant surgery. Dr Farjo said “Surgery may seem like an extreme solution, but for many its […]
Drs Bessam & Nilofer Farjo were invited faculty at the 14thAnnual Live Surgery Workshop in Orlando, Florida in April, 2008. The workshop lectures and ceremonies took place at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios. Dr Nilofer addressed the delegates on the subject of infection control in the surgery environment. Dr Bessam gave two presentations, […]
Dr Alex Ginzburg hosted the 1st ISHRS sponsored Mediterranean Workshop in Tel Aviv, Israel in November 2009. The workshop was held over 2 days featuring morning lectures followed by surgery demonstrations in the afternoons. Dr Farjo was invited to lecture on megasessions as well as pre and post operative instructions. His surgery involvement included donor […]
At the Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery awarded a research grant to the Farjo team for the investigation of a new graft storage solution. Dr Nilofer Farjo is the lead researcher and she is joined by Dr Bessam Farjo, Prof Mike Philpott and Jamie Upton PhD (both of University […]
Amsterdam in the Netherlands hosted the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in July 2009. This is the biggest hair transplant event of the year and was only the second time it was held in Europe. This showed with the majority of attendees being from Europe and Asia. Farjo were […]
Early in July this year, both Drs Farjo attended the 14th Annual Congress of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS). This took place in Graz, Austria’s second city. The meeting covered an extensive range of topics from specialized hair research, hair cosmetics to clinical applications. There were 3 presentations about research involving the Farjo Hair […]