Written by Jean Devroye, MD, FISHRS, Hair Transplant Surgeon in Brussels, Belgium and founder of Devroye Instruments Today, I’m so sad. A young 24-year-old patient of mine committed suicide in the prime of his life. The story is banal: he was seduced by the promise of finally having a beautiful beard. Especially as the prices offered are so attractive. The …
Dr. Robert Haber interviewed various members at the ISHRS World Congress in Panama and presented cases of hair transplant repairs and discussed what is happening around the world with the black market clinics. They are all participating members of ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day on 11.11.
Repairing hair transplants that fall under Ghost Hair Transplants Ghosting is a term used when it is assumed a doctor is going to do the surgery, but then the doctor never appears and another individual performs the surgery. Usually, they are unlicensed and not qualified or authorized to perform surgery. Such cases have become so rampant today due to mushrooming …
The public Ministry of Health in the Dominican Republic recently shut down 11 illegal black-market medical centers in different parts of the country in violation of Law 42-0 and regulation number 11-38 and 11-03.
Recently, Harry Wallop, a consumer journalist wrote an article for the Daily Mail after traveling to Istanbul, Turkey for an investigative report. Dr. Greg Williams, MBBS, FISHRS and BAHRS President interviewed him after he published the article and below are his answers. Had you considered having a hair transplant prior to writing the article? Very vaguely a few years ago …
Hair transplant patients around the world are being lured to “black market pirate clinics” operated by technicians with little or no training promising guaranteed results which pose serious risks to unsuspecting men and women seeking help for hair loss. Hair Transplant Risks You Should Know – Unlicensed Practice of Medicine from International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons Many of the …