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Article: Taking hair restoration to the world stage: reporting on the recent ISHRS meeting.(The Last Word)(International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery)(Conference news)
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- Plastic Surgery Products
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- January 1, 2009
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This past fall, I attended the 16th annual scientific meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS). The ISHRS is the most important organization in the field of hair restoration. At that first meeting--in Dallas in 1993--I was the exhibit's chairman as well as the founding secretary of the society. Two years later, I was elected president of the ISHRS. At this past meeting, I served as a member of the Board of Governors.
The whole point of starting the ISHRS was to gain knowledge from other parts of the world. The United States is, for the most part, a leader in any new technology. However, new techniques and procedures are often ...