New Delhi, March,02, 2015: Dr. Kapil Dua and Dr. Aman Dua, Founders and Directors of AK Clinics, and Program Directors for the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Asian FUE Hair Transplant Workshop organized a three day workshop in New Delhi from February 27 to March 1, 2015. The program was spread across Eros Hotel New Delhi, Nehru Place, where the lectures were held and AK Clinics at Greater Kailash – I, which hosted the live surgeries. The workshop was clearly aimed at ‘raising the bar in FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction)’. It covered almost every aspect of the Hair Transplant surgery using FUE method for donor harvesting. This workshop covered everything including, but not limited to, extraction, implantation, slit making, instruments, storage medium, complications, pros & cons of the technique.
Talking about bringing the workshop to India, Dr. Sharon A. Keene, FISHRS, President of the ISHRS said, “The ISHRSis the largest international medical society representing hair restoration surgeons, and is committed to excellence in medical and surgical education in this field. We are proud to partner in this Asian FUE workshop, because we believe patients benefit when doctors are knowledgeable in all aspects of diagnosis & appropriate treatments for hair loss, including surgery. The latter includes strip and FUE donor harvesting methods, which was covered in this workshop.”
Commenting on their position as the official Indian hosts for the Workshop, Dr. KapilDua said, “We are both proud and honoured to be associated with ISHRS in bringing this platform to the country. The Asian FUE Hair Transplant Workshop is an event that offers insights and training in the various methods and processes associated with the FUE Hair Transplant procedure. It is the optimum time to bring this platform to the country, given the growing awareness and consciousness of the Indian consumer.”
The program comprised of didactic lectures covering all the aspects from the basics to different techniques to complications of FUE. The workshop provided a platform which will encompass identifying the key steps of FUE as a mode of extraction, evaluating the different techniques and instrumentation used in FUE to achieve better results, identifying the factors limiting the speed of extraction and ways to increase it, identifying the causes of Follicular Transection Rate (FTR) and lower it, evaluating the differences in Revision Hair Transplant by FUE and applying them into practice, identifying the key points of Body Hair Transplant and increasing the number of grafts in FUE, identifying possible complications in the donor & recipient area from FUE and evaluating Strip & FUE Techniques for donor harvesting.
About the ISHRS
Founded in 1993, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is a non-profit medical association with a membership of over 1,200 members worldwide dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of hair restoration. The mission of the ISHRS is to achieve excellence in patient outcomes by promoting member education, international collegiality, research, ethics, and public awareness. For more information, visit www.ishrs.org.