ISHRS Las Vegas hair conference 2016
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ISHRS Las Vegas hair conference
This international hair loss conference took place in Caesar’s Palace hotel over four days. It was very well attended, covering beginner’s workshops and more advanced courses. In brief;
Female hair loss treatments are now greater in number, especially since the evidence is now suggesting it has an androgenic basis in many cases and can be treated by hormonal and non hormonal methods.
FUE versus FUT (strip) is again a hot topic. Although FUT is still the majority choice (52/48%), clearly FUE is very popular. Notes of caution were made however, even by those strongly in favour of it in their own practice – “there is a danger that less well trained doctors see FUE as a simple skill that can be learned for extra income, without the experience in hair transplant planning to go with it.” Additionally, not all of a patient’s needs can be met with just one technique so FUE only doctors could be blinkered from the advantages of strip.
There are many FUE devices out there but no consensus as to which is best and possibly it actually depends on the patient characteristics.
Stem cell treatments such as the Stemvita clinic are at the accepted forefront of new hair loss restoration technology. Other researchers are backing up the good results now getting documented by Dr Khan at Stemvita: by using th e patient’s own stem cells to reactivate the repair pathways, miniaturising hairs can be strengthened again – to at least the same level as Finasteride achieves.
Careful quality control is important to grafts, particularly keeping them hydrated before efficiently reinserting them, although storage solutions weren’t the most important factor.
Next year, the conference will be in Prague.