- Sara Wasserbauer MD

ISHRS LEGAL UPDATE: DELEGATION OF SURGERY IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION

The Florida Board of Medicine issued a Declaratory Statement in June 2016 that states that, “surgical excisions and incisions related to the transplantation of skin grafts goes well beyond the assisting of physicians.” The Florida Board of Medicine further explained Section 458.3485, Florida Statutes, did not authorize the petitioning physician:

A Buyers Guide To Deciding On A Hair Transplant Surgeon

Lately there has been extensive marketing of “New” or “Ground Breaking” Technology targeting prospective patients with unbelievable (and false) claims. It is critical you ask the doctor or consultant what is the doctor’s role when performing the surgery or if technicians will be performing it.

A Young Man’s Guide to Hair Loss

By Sara Wasserbauer, MD I see a lot of patients for hair loss – over ten thousand at last count – and I am surprised how everything that is old becomes new again. Young men in particular are confused by the choices for restoring their hair that are hawked on the Internet. I was asked…

The Safety of Finasteride for a Fetus: Separating the Online Myths from the Proven Record

A few years ago I had a patient see me about his hair loss with his wife in consultation. They both wanted him to have more hair, and since his hair loss was early, we started him on finasteride (Also known as Propecia) and minoxidil (Also known as Rogaine) with excellent results. He regrew all…

2015 Worldwide Hair Restoration Statistics

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery has completed their 2015 worldwide practice survey of hair restoration surgeons. The overwhelming takeaway is the hair restoration treatments and surgery are in more demand than ever witha 28% increase in surgical hair restoration since 2012 with more than 1 million hair transplant procedures performed in 2014 alone.