Strip Hair Transplant

Hair transplant strip surgery has been the dominant form of surgical hair restoration since the early 1990’s.

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About the IAHRS

The IAHRS is an organization whose membership is limited exclusively to state-of-the-art hair restoration surgeons. The IAHRS is the patient’s advocate, the ethical physician’s voice, and the standard for the profession.

Physician Answered Q & As

Biocompatible Protein Polymers For Hair Transplant Use

I am a student doing research on biocompatible protein polymers. This is a cosmetic question concerning the problem of baldness in both men and women. With the new field of biocompatible polymers opening up, why cant they be made into hair-like strands, and implanted under the scalp without the fear...

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The use of new polymers purported to be “biocompatible” certainly sparks the imagination. I applaud ANY student who can think out of the box by looking for real-world applications for a new material. Such thinking is rare indeed and should be encouraged. Unfortunately, there is usually huge chasm between interesting new...

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Recent Hair Club Hair Transplant – Need Advice

Please let me know what you think. I’m 19 years old and had a hair transplant last year with The Hair Club. I think things we...

Propecia

My Son’s Hair Transplant Has Resulted In a Tightness and Pulling Feeling – Need Advice

My son had a hair transplant done 9 yrs ago and has had a major problem ever since. He has tightness/pulling over half of his...

Repair

Concered About Thinning and Irritation On Hair Transplant Donor Scar

I had a transplant about one year ago to hide a scar from a brow lift. Unfortunately, the scar is still very visible, but what...

Female Hair Transplant

Women’s Hair Transplant Advice

My 27 year old sister underwent a hair transplant to lower her hairline. To my knowledge she had no hair loss but just wanted to kind...

Female Hair Transplant

Can an FUE Hair Transplant Be Performed on an Afro-Caribbean Man With Central Centrifugal Cicatricial...

My boyfriend has a form of CCCA (Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia) as well as mild Follicutis Keloidalis on the nape of his neck. I am...

Hair Loss

Any Hope For The Hopeless? When a Hair Transplant Isn’t An Option

I am writing because I am wondering what to do for my situation. I am 25 years old with extreme diffuse thinning. Lucky me huh? I...

Hair Loss

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The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.