It’s not just wrapping up warm we need to remember in these wet and windy months. Our hair can also take a bit of a battering to, so we should take extra care to prevent unnecessary hair loss. Autumn sparks the time when unexpected hair loss happens to hundreds of thousands of women – and […]
Another Date In The Farjo Diary
Posted onIt’s time to add another date to the Farjo Diary! As both my wife Nilofer and I are heavily involved in fields of research surrounding hair loss and hair transplant surgery, we try to attend as many conferences as we can throughout the year. This time we’re off to Anchorage, Alaska, to attend the 19th […]
Demand Still Growing Thanks To Celebrities’ Candour
Posted onLatest figures from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) show that, despite the global recession, the demand for procedures to correct hair loss has been stronger than ever. A survey of members of the ISHRS – one of the world’s leading medical authorities on hair loss and hair restoration – found between 2008 […]
Celebrity Hair Transplants – Don’t Always Believe What You Read!
Posted onThe recent criticism surrounding celebrity hair transplants has brought up a few questions and I’d like to take the opportunity to set the record straight. Some of the media has a tendency to sensationalise stories to ‘make’ news, but this could be detrimental to anyone considering surgery. Firstly I wanted to talk about Jason Gardiner. […]
#Hairwego… Again!
Posted onOf late, all eyes have been on Wayne Rooney after he tweeted in June to confirm the rumours that he had had a hair transplant. Since then, it’s been an endless procession of stories in the press; rumours about the price he paid, who did it and where, were all circulating for weeks after. What’s […]
A Time For Change
Posted onThe recent news that the ARTAS robot has been given FDA approval to be marketed in the United States, is an exciting development in the world of a hair transplant surgeon. The ARTAS robot has been specifically designed to replicate the process of FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction). On the upside, FUE is a method that, […]
The End Is Nigh
Posted onI was recently asked to comment on the relationship between stem cells and hair loss for an article entitled ‘The end of baldness’. New research suggests that bald men are not in fact bald, but the stem cells of a bald scalp are producing growths that are just too fine to be seen by the naked […]
Is Katie Price Tearing Her Hair Out? Probably!
Posted onKatie Price is not the first female celebrity who is said to have suffered from hair loss. Less than a year ago, photographs emerged of Naomi Campbell showing visible bald spots. Two very different women, one cause of hair loss – traction alopecia! This problem is something I’ve commented on many times before. But for […]
Hair Transplants Are On Top!
Posted onA recent article to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Esquire magazine named the 20 men who’ll most shape and influence the next 20 years and, rather flatteringly, I made the shortlist! It’s a huge honour to be placed alongside the likes of Prince Charles but the best part of it all, is that it really […]
Love Is In The Hair
Posted onWhen it comes to myths about hair loss, I think I’ve probably heard them all. However, when reading a blog recently about the top 10 myths associated with the causes of hair loss, I did get a surprise. Number five on this ‘expert’ list was the fictional claim that masturbation, or ‘surplus sexual acts’, bring […]