The 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, […]
Some insight into people’s perceptions of hair loss from an unusual source – Family Guy. In an episode I watched recently, one of the characters – Quagmire – gets caught out wearing a toupee. His friends then persuade him to remove it, telling him that he should embrace his baldness. However, the removal of his security […]
The Daily Mail recently reported on Calum Best’s decision to undergo a hair transplant. The explanation given for Calum’s thinning was that, during his younger years, he had caused damage by constantly bleaching his hair blonde and pulling it back in a tight ponytail. Consistently wearing a very tight ponytail can indeed cause traction alopecia, […]
An article in The Guardian caught my eye recently, which questioned whether ‘Bald is best for bosses’. This unusual statement suggests that men with completely bald heads are perceived as being more masculine, dominant and as greater potential leaders. There appears to be a trend amongst US company bosses to sport a bald haircut or […]
August was a month full of things to celebrate for the Farjo team. We commemorated 15 years of employment for Lesley, our Admin Manager, with an entire team outing for a celebratory dinner in appreciation of her hard work and loyalty. The Japanese Teppanyaki chefs provided plenty of entertainment as well! Lesley plays an integral role in […]
The age old battle against baldness and hair loss has recently taken an interesting new step. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, several research teams have found that manipulating Vitamin D receptors in the skin could be the key to preventing hair loss and possibly even prompting hair growth. The research […]
As National No Pulling Week launches this week, the Farjo Medical Centre is calling for surgeons to better educate themselves, to avoid unnecessary hair transplants being performed on vulnerable trichotillomania sufferers. Trichotillomania is defined as ‘hair loss from a patient’s repetitive self-pulling of hair’. It is characterised by the repeated urge to pull out scalp […]
‘Unbeweaveable’ Part Two follows on from a blog we wrote two years ago about a rise in traction alopecia in women, due to hair extensions. Our initial blog followed shocking images released of catwalk beauty and extensions-wearer, Naomi Campbell, who appeared to be suffering from hair loss. New images have now surfaced of Naomi sporting […]
On Monday 11 June, over 22,000 viewers from across the globe tuned in to watch as I performed the UK’s first live broadcast of hair transplant surgery on Ex-England football player, Michael Gray. People watched live on the internet as I took follicular unit grafts from the back of Michael’s head, before re-implanting approximately 5,000 […]
I’m delighted to announce that on Monday 11 June, I shall be performing the UK’s first hair transplant on a celebrity patient, which is to be broadcast live via the internet. I am going to be performing the surgery on a well-known ex-premiership football player and current pundit, which will be streamed live to viewers […]