Dr Noela Ionescu, a plastic surgeon from Bucharest, was one of the organisers of the 2nd International Congress of the Romanian Association of Plastic Surgeons in Sinaia, Romania at the end of October, 2006. She is working with Professor Dr Ioan Lascar of Bucharest. She met Dr Bessam Farjo a few years ago in London […]

At the 14th annual conference of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) in San Diego last October, Dr Bessam Farjo was elected as the society’s new Vice-President for a term of one year. He was the nominated by the board of governors and endorsed by the general membership on Friday October 19th, 2006.

The 14th annual conference of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) took place in San Diego, California on October 18-22, 2006. It was attended by the 2ndlargest number of delegates in the ISHRS history and witnessed the largest ever number of new applications for memberships in a single year. (L to R) Dr […]

SIR BOBBY CHARLTON tried a comb–over, Silvio Berlusconi had transplants and Sir Elton John dons lurid toupees. Now the government, perhaps pitching for the votes of millions of middle-aged men with thinning pates, is to invest £1.9m of taxpayers’ money in research to develop an effective baldness treatment. The remedy is being backed by Lord […]

​Both Drs Farjo were made Fellows of the Institute of Trichologists (est 1902) for their past and on-going contributions to the field of trichology, hair loss and hair restoration medicine, surgery and research. In the case of Dr Bessam Farjo, also for his continuing service to the IoT as Board Governor. The fellowship is an […]

​Hot on the heels of the breaking news about the government’s £2m grant for the hair cell therapy (multiplication) trials, ITV cameras and crew paid a visit to the Farjo Hair Institute on October 8th2006, where the trials are taking place. They interviewed Dr Nilofer Farjo and filmed her demonstrating how the trial is done […]

The UK’s 1st postgraduate cosmetic surgery course for training plastic surgeons is now available in affiliation with the Queen Mary University of London. It consists of many modules for each type of aesthetic procedure as well as basic knowledge required for this field. Leading surgeons and scientists were enlisted to complete this task, and Drs […]

June 2006 brought the 12th conference of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS) to the Imperial College in London chaired by renowned dermatologist and hair loss expert, Dr Andrew Messenger. Both Drs Farjo attended as they were the only British hair restoration doctors with a scientific presentation. Their poster featured a patient with the skin […]

In June 2006, Drs Farjo paid a visit to their friend and American colleague, Dr Jerry Cooley in Charlotte, NC in the USA. Dr Cooley 1st met Dr Bessam over 6 years ago when he was a writer for the Hair Transplant Forum International journal. He featured Dr Bessam as Surgeon of the Monthin the […]

The annual Orlando Live Surgery Workshop sponsored by the ISHRS took place in March at theHard Rock Hotel in Universal Studios. It was very well attended and featured around 20 surgical procedures from standard follicular unit sessions to eyebrow and eyelash transplants. Both Drs Farjo were the only invited faculty from the UK, and demonstrated […]