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2018 Volume 1

HIGHLIGHTS MESSAGE FROM THE PRESEDENT

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

HISTORY OF AAHRS

1ST ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF AAHRS (24 – 26 JUNE 2011)

2nd ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF AAHRS (11 – 1 3MAY, 2012)

3rd ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF

AAHRS (22 – 24 NOVEMBER 2013)

4th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF

AAHRS (28 – 29 MARCH 2015)

5th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF

AAHRS (MARCH 31 – APRIL 1, 2017)

6TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF AAHRS MAY 11 - 13, 2018,

(BEIJING, CHINA)

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

AAHRS is very proud to deliver the first Newsletter to all the members. We

appreciate Dr. Muhammad Ahmad and his helpers who have made an effort

for publishing this newsletter. We planned to publish 3-4 issues per year. I

also want to thank the Board of Governors who have summarized the AAHRS

past scientific meetings with nice historical pictures.

Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeon

I encourage all the members to submit

any abstracts regarding hair restoration

surgery or related topics to publish in

the next issues.

It is extremely important to consider

the ethnic differences in hair characteristics

that exist between Asians and other races.

Historically, there were very few studies

referred to this subject. I together with Drs. Pathomvanich, Wong, Hwang have

organized an ISHRS Regional Live Surgery Workshop focusing on Asian hair in

2007 and that might be the start of AAHRS.

Hair transplantation in the Asian countries has been increasing and has become

the biggest hair restoration industry in the world.

It is my great honor to be the elected AAHRS president and I will try my best

to build AAHRS to be stronger and bigger. I would like to invite all the members

to attend the 6th AAHRS & 3rd CAHRS Scientific Meeting that will be held in

Beijing on May 11th-13th, 2018. We expect a very large turnout of the

attendees from China. We have invited many world-renowned hair restoration

surgeons from all over the world to give us an education and updates in hair

transplantation.

Lastly, I would like the members to submit abstracts for presentations in 6th

AAHRS & 3rd CAHRS Scientific Meeting to [email protected]

See you soon in Beijing!

Dr Kenichiro Imagawa MD, FISHRS, (President, AAHRS)

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Message from the Secretary

It gives me an immense

pleasure to announce that

the First newsletter of AAHRS

has become reality now. The

robust educational mission of

our society is evident through

the start of this newsletter.

The primary mission of

AAHRS is hair restoration education and patient

safety. Our goal is to establish basic safety

guidelines and share the knowledge, that can

easily be implemented by all the AAHRS members

throughout the Asia. The hair restoration has

expanded a lot when AAHRS started its journey

in 2010.

It was Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich and Dr

Tommy Hwang who took the initiative and in spite

of many hurdles, they managed to develop and

maintain a good platform for the physicians from

the Asian countries. The AAHRS is expanding and

has earned a worldwide reputation. The new

generation is more keen to develop a good

relation among the physicians and cooperation

among other societies is the key. I hope the

Newsletter will continue to excel will become one

of the leading source of information I

congratulate Dr Muhammad Ahmad who took the

initiative and will continue his efforts in the

progress of AAHRS. This is a very exciting new

initiative and we hope it will go a long way.

DR MOHAMMAD HUMAYUN MOHMAND

FRCS, FISHRS, ABHRS

(Secretary, AAHRS)

Message from the Editor

It is an honour to declare the

launch of First AAHRS

Newsletter (Asian Hair Forum)

as the Editor. The AAHRS has

been of great input in the

teaching and providing

educational opportunities to

the physicians who opt the field

of hair restoration. With the

increasing number of emerging societies from Asian

countries, it is essential to maintain a cooperation

among these societies and members.

In this inaugural issue, the history of AAHRS

formation is mentioned along with the details of the

previous meetings. The next issue will contain the

academic articles, viewpoints, discussions about

various aspects of hair restoration. Here I request

all physicians associated with the field of hair

restoration to send feedback and cooperation to

improve the quality.

The AAHRS Newsletter will provide a foundation for

the physicians to develop their skills and enhance

the coordination. It will provide the highlights of the

recent research in the field of hair restoration. I

foresee and hope the newsletter will transform

itself into a peer-reviewed journal of hair

restoration. I thank the Board of Governors of

AAHRS who have shown a great faith in me and

boosted my confidence in arranging the newsletter.

DR MUHAMMAD AHMAD, MD

Editor AAHRS Newsletter


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HISTORY OF AAHRS

Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons

(AAHRS) was founded in Bangkok, Thailand during

the ISHRS Asian Regional Live Surgery Workshop

(25–27thJune,2010) by the efforts of Dr Damkerng

Pathomvanich, one of the Premier Surgeons from

Thailand. As these are certain striking differences

in Asian hair as compared

to Caucasian hair,

therefore, the Asian hair

required a special

description.

Dr Damkerg Pathomvanich

(Thailand) was nominated

to be the 1st President for 2

years. Dr Sunjoo “Tommy”

Hwang (Korea) was

appointed as the 1st

Secretary and Treasurer. It

was formed as the first Asian

society to promote

Continuing Quality

Improvement and education

for professionals in the field

of medical hair restoration

surgery for Asian people.

The AAHRS mission is to

advance the art and science of hair restoration by

licensed, experienced physicians who are qualified

to practice this type of medicine and who do so with

the highest degree of skill and artistry. We

encourage the free interchange of ideas, knowledge

and experience among members who aim to

maintain their skills and artistry to the highest

possible level. The AAHRS encourages professional

excellence and promotes amicable relations among

members.

Governing Body

President: Dr Kenichiro Imagawa

Secretary: Dr Mohammad Humayun Mohmand

Board of Governors

Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich Thailand

Dr Golamali Abassi Iran

Dr Sungjoo Tommy Hwang South Korea

Dr Jerry Wong Canada

Dr Kuniyoshi Yagyu Japan

Dr Kenichiro Imagawa Japan

Dr Akaki Tsilosani Georgia

Dr Sanjiv Vasa India

Dr Kapil Dua India

Dr Wen Yi Wu Taiwan

Dr In Joon Lee South Korea

Dr Jufang Zhang China

Dr Kamran Jazayeri Iran

Dr Humayun Mohmand Pakistan


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First scientific meeting of AAHRS was organized by

Dr Pathomvanich in Bangkok, Thailand. It was

attended by more than 100 delegates from Asian

countries, as well as from USA, Canada, Australia

and Egypt, Europe.

The presentations were delivered by Dr Akaki

Tsilosani (Georgia), Dr Jerry Wong (Canada), Dr

Jennifer Martinik (Australia), Dr John Cole (USA),

Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich (Thailand), Dr. Tsung

Han (Taiwan) and Dr. Steven Ang (Singapore).

Following the meeting, Dr Tommy Hwang was

elected as 2nd President of the society.

AAHRS is proud to congratulate Dr

Sungjoo Tommy Hwang, Korea to be the

President of ISHRS (2017 – 2018)

The 2nd Annual Meeting of AAHRS was organized

as a Joint meeting with Korean Society of Hair

Restoration Surgery (KSHRS). The meeting was

organized by Dr Sunjoo “Tommy” Hwang from

Korea. It was attended by 250 participants from 23

countries. It has 33 overseas faculty members and

10 local hair transplant surgeons.

Friday 11th May 2012.

ABHRS certification

exam was held in

conjunction with

AAHRS meeting. Dr

Tommy organized

one-day workshop

and performed a

‘strip surgery’ with

his team. Dr Jose

Lorenzo

demonstrated his

FUE technique.

Various topics were

covered. Eyebrow Transplant (Dr. Jung-Wook

Hwang), Female Hairline Correcting Operation (Dr.

Jae-Heon Jung), and John Cole’s FUE (Dr. John

Cole). Afternoon session topics were FUT with Slit

Method (Dr. In-Joon Lee), FUT with Implanter (Dr.

Jung-Chul Kim and Dr. Ji Sup Ahn), and Eyebrow

Transplant (Dr. Jung-Wook Hwang).

Saturday/Sunday 12-13th May 2012. The

scientific program was consisted of Invited

Lectures, Video Surgery Workshops, Panel

Discussions, Hairline Design Interactive Panels,

free

scientific papers, and Breakfast with the Experts.

AAHRS President Dr. Tommy Hwang and KSHRS

President Prof. Jung-Chul Kim opened the General

Session followed by the address of ISHRS President

Dr. Jennifer Martinick. The presenters included Dr.

Alex Ginzburg, Dr. Ji-Sung Bang, Dr. Robert True,

Dr. Jose Lorenzo, Dr. Bertram Ng, Dr. Miguel

Canales, Dr. Mohammad Humayun Mohmand,


1st Annual Scientific Meeting

(24 – 26 June 2011) Bangkok, Thailand

2nd Annual Scientific Meeting

(11 – 13 May 2012) Seoul, Korea

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Dr. Jerry Wong, Dr. Parsa Mohebi, Dr. Damkerng

Pathomvanich, Dr. Dae-Young Kim, Dr. Jae-heon

Jun, Dr. Jae-Hyun Park, Dr.Ji-Sup Ahn, Dr. Sung-

Jae Yi, Dr. Jennifer Martinick, Dr. Seok-Jong Lee,

Dr. Won Soo Lee, Dr. Nilofer Farjo, Dr. Paul

McAndrews, Dr. Jocelyn Panaligan, Dr. Anil Garg,

Prof. Jung-Chui Kim, Dr. Tommy Hwang, Dr. Moon-

Kyu Kim, Dr. Jae-Hak Yoo, Dr. Robert Reese, Dr.

In-Joon Le, Dr. Jino Kim, Dr. Kuniyoshi Yagyu, Dr.

Golamali Abbasi, Dr. Shelly Friedman, Dr. Wen Yi

Wu, Dr. William Rassman, Dr. Jack Yu, Dr.

Kenichiro Imagawa, Dr. Vincenzo Gambino and Dr.

Mojtaba Amiri.

The live surgery workshop was moderated by Dr.

Damkerng Pathomvanich. The surgeries were

performed by Dr John Cole (FUE) and Dr. Sanjiv

Vasa (FUT). Dr. Hwang expressed gratitude to all

the invited speakers and participants. Dr.

Pathomvanich was awarded the first AAHRS Award.

Dr. Vasa was announced as the next president of

the AAHRS.

The 3rd meeting of AAHRS was jointly organized

with 5th annual meeting of Association of Hair

Restoration Surgeons (AHRS). It was organized by

Dr. Sanjiv Vasa, President AAHRS) and Dr.

Venkataram Mysore, (President AHRS President). It

was attended by over 250 delegates from India,

Asia, and other parts of the world. The theme of the

conference, Hair Transplant 360°, covered all the

aspects of Hair Restoration including hair anatomy,

diagnosis of hair loss, medical management, FUT,

FUE, and complications and innovations in the field

of hair restoration. The guest faculty included Dr.

Robert True from USA (who was also the ISHRS

representative), Dr. Jose Lorenzo from Spain, and

50 more distinguished speakers from Asia and

India.

November22,2013

The Basics Course, directed by Dr. Anil Garg. The

presenters included Dr. Aman Dua, Dr. Rajesh

Rajput, Dr. Sandeep Sattur, Dr. Sanjiv Vasa, Dr. Ali

Abbasi, Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich, Dr. Jose

Lorenzo (Spain), Dr. Kapil Dua (India), Dr. Manoj

Khanna, Dr. Jayashree Venkataram, Dr. Niteen

Dhepe. At the end of the day, the delegates of both

courses got a glimpse of Robotic FUE through a

half-hour video.

3rd Annual Scientific Meeting

(22 – 24 November 2013) Bengaluru, India


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November23,2013

the 2nd day included many wonderful presentations

by Dr. Pathomvanich, Dr. Kamran Jazayeri (Iran),

Dr. Anil Garg, Dr. Pradip Atadoria, Dr. Sattur, Dr.

Manas Chatterjee, Dr. Robert True, Dr. Aman Dua,

Dr. Lorenzo, Dr. Kuldeep Saxsena, Dr. Kapil Dua,

Dr. Ramachandran, Dr. Imagawa, Dr. Manoj

Khanna, Dr. Niteen Dhepe. The Video Session

comprised of the presentations by Dr. Arika Bansal,

by Dr. Kuldeep, Dr. Vivek Saxsena, Dr. Irene Lin

(Taiwan). A panel discussion on donor area

depletion in FUT and FUE highlighted the limitations

of both techniques.

November 24, 2013

The final day started with Breakfast with Experts

session. Eleven experts discussed important topics

such as setting up a hair transplant clinic, manual

FUE, motorized FUE, strip harvesting, body hair

transplant, vertex planning, avoiding donor

scarring, recipient insertion, internet, marketing,

redo cases, mesotherapy, and stem cells.

An award paper session was held in the end, judged

by a panel of jury which was awarded to Dr.

Sukesh.

The 4th scientific meeting of AAHRS was organized

under the guidance of Dr Jerry Wong (President).

The presenters included Dr Jerry Wong, Dr John

Cole, Dr James Harris, Prof Chang-Hun Huh, Dr

Kunoyoshi Yahyu,

Dr Gholamali

Abbasi, Dr Sanjev

Vasa, Dr Kapil

Dua. There were

great discussions

on storage

solutions, PRP,

ACell, ATPv,

Epinephrine in

tumescent

solution. Dr Bill

Ehringer won the

free paper prize.

Live Surgery

Workshop

Dr. Ratchathorn Panchaprateep arranged the day

at Chulalongkorn University Hospital, using four

operating rooms (ORs). In OR 1, Drs. Wong and

Panchaprateep demonstrated FUT, Hyaluronidase,

PRP, and ACell. Of

great interest also

to the observers

was the preparation

and administration

of PRP by Dr. Jin Mo

Park. In OR 2, Dr.

John Cole

demonstrated his

sharp. In the

afternoon Dr. Jae

Park demonstrated

scalp micro

pigmentation, which is gaining in popularity

quickly. In OR 3, Dr. Jose Lorenzo showed the way

to harvest so many grafts so quickly and so

accurately with a manual punch. Dr. Hakkyu Lee

used ultrasonic guidance to check the hair angles

4th Annual Scientific Meeting

(28 – 29 March 2015) Bangkok, Thailand


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in the various harvesting zones. Dr. Lee agreed that

it needed. In OR 4, Dr. James Harris showed his

revolutionary Hex Dull Punch shakes its way down

the hair shaft with what appears to be even less

transection than the previous round dull

punch. In the afternoon, Dr. Mario Marzola showed

how a high female hairline can be lowered 1.5-

2.0cm with an “anterior” scalp reduction. From

start to finish, it took just over one hour.

AAHRS is Proud to be a part of

ISHRS Global Council

The 5thscientific meeting was organized by Dr

Damkerng Pathomvanich. The welcome address

was delivered by President AAHRS, Dr Gholamali

Abbasi, followed by the guest lecture by Dr Bill

Rassman. The presentations covered a vast topic

like FUT, FUE, scalp micro-pigmentations, PRP etc.

The panel discussions were very interesting. The

presentations were given by Dr Jean M. Devroye,

Dr James Harris, Dr Sanusi Umar, Dr. Kristine

Bunagan (Phillipines), Dr Chinmanat

Tangjaturonrasmi

(Thailand),Dr Kamran

Jazayeri (Iran), Dr Bill

Ehringer, Dr Kuniyoshi

Yagyu (Japan), Dr

Kenichiro Imagawa

(Japan), Dr Kapil Dua

(India), Dr Jae-Hyun

Park (South Korea), Dr

Chinmanat

Tangjaturonrasmi

(Thailand), Dr Julieta

Aramburo, Dr Humayun Mohmand (Pakistan), Dr

Muhammad Ahmad (Pakistan), Dr Mughese Amin

(Pakistan). The

meeting also had

great response in

Posters and Dr

Muhammad Ahmad

(Pakistan) was

awarded the Best

poster award in the

Gala dinner.


(31 March – 1 April 2017) Bangkok, Thailand


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The last day was live surgery workshop. In OR 1,

Dr Kapil Dua and Dr James Harris performed FUE.

In OR 2, Dr Devroye showed performed FUE using

his trumpet punch and oscillatory machine. In OR

3, Dr Umar, performed FUE by using his FUE

machine

Date: May 11th - 13th, 2018 (Friday-Sunday)

Venue: Beijing International Convention

Center, Beijing, China

CALL FOR ABSTRACT!

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT TO

[email protected]

Last Date: FEBRUARY 15th, 2018


(11– 13 May 2018) Beijing, China


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International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery

As the past President of

AAHRS and as the current

president of ISHRS, I

sincerely congratulate you

on the publication of the

first newsletter of the

AAHRS. This newsletter

had to be published a little

earlier, but I'm glad

although it's late.

Although the ISHRS deals

of all races, Asian people

have many differences in skin and hair

characteristics from the Caucasian, and there are

many things that are not equally applicable. In

that respect, we need to deeply discuss and

debate the Asians hair transplantation. This led to

the necessity of the Asian Society, and finally the

founding of the Society. I sincerely hope that this

newsletter will be of great help to the members of

AAHRS.

Tommy Hwang, MD, PhD, FISHRS

President of International Society of Hair

Restoration Surgery

Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons of India (AHRS), India

It is a moment of great pride & honor for me to

head the Association of Hair

Restoration Surgeons of

India as President.

First of all, I would like to

thank and acknowledge all

my predecessors for their

hard work that raised this

baby into a full-fledged

organization. They have

contributed a lot along with

the Board of Governors and other members of the

association to successfully organize national

conferences that have become the premium

program for learning hair restoration in India. This

only has made my work simpler but responsibility

greater to exceed expectations that they have set.

Taking this baton forward from them, the new

team of office bearers would like to enhance

education and training in hair transplant with

some new initiatives:

• Fellowship program for newcomers in the field

of Hair Restoration.

• A separate Workshop program to teach the

basics of hair transplant.

• A Research grant for enhancing research in the

field of hair restoration.

As you are all well aware, the popularity of Hair

Transplant has also brought the menace of "Non-

Physicians and Technicians" doing hair transplant.

This has caused a great harm to the field of hair

transplant and patients at large. So it will be our

one of prime agenda to take up this matter with the

concerned authorities to bring some regulations in

the field; for which support of each & every

member shall be pertinent.

I am very confident that with the support of all of

you, we will be able to take the field Hair transplant

to new heights.

Regards

Dr. Kapil Dua, Diplomate ABHRS

President, AHRS, India

Board of Governor, AAHRS Asia

Member, FUE Research Committee, ISHRS


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Chinese Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons (CAHRS), China

Prof. Zhang graduated from

Anhui Medical University in

1992, practiced in Hangzhou

Plastic Surgery Hospital,

Shanghai Ninth People’s

Hospital and Hangzhou First

People’s Hospital after

graduation, and visited

different Universities in South Korea, Canada, and

America for academic and technological exchange.

Prof. Zhang is experienced in facial rejuvenation

surgery, especially in injection cosmetology of

botulinum toxin and dermal filler and laser

cosmetology. She introduced and promoted new

technologies of international hair transplantation.

Prof. Zhang has published 5 monographs including

“Hair Restoration” and translated 11 books. She

has achieved 4 provincial and municipal research

tasks and published more than 30 papers. She

has always been leading the new stream of beauty

and developing the team to the highest

professional level.

Prof Jufang Zhang

President, CAHRS, China

Board of Governor, AAHRS

Master Supervisor,Nanjing Medical University

Director, Society of Hair Medicine of Plastic

Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical

Association

Hair Restoration Society of

Pakistan (HRSP), Pakistan

Commercial hair

transplant surgery was

started in Pakistan in

1999. Although the

surgeons used to attend

and interact with each

other at international

conferences/workshops

etc., there was no platform locally available. In

January 2013 the idea of unified platform was

given and an official national meeting was held in

Lahore on March 9, 2014, in which 25 hair

restoration surgeons were given the title of

“Founder Member” of the society. Dr Mohammad

Humayun Mohmand was appointed as the 1st

president. Later the scientific meeting was held in

Bhurban from June 5-7, 2015. About 150

participants attended the conference and 32

presentations were given. The conference was

awarded 16 Hours of Category 1 Credit points. A

new body of the HRSP was elected for next two

years, and a board of governors was elected to

maintain the standardization. Dr. Muhammad

Humayun Mohmand was elected as unopposed

“President” of the HRSP due to his contributions in

the field of hair restoration surgery. The 2ndannual

conference was held in Karachi in 2016. The 3rd

conference was held in Lahore in December 2017.

The 4th conference will be held in Islamabad in

2019.

Dr. Zulfiqar H Tunio, FRCS

President, HRSP, Pakistan

As

ian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeon


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Thai Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (TSHRS), Thailand

The TSHRS was founded on May 18,

2016. The founding members included Drs.

Damkerng Pathomvanich, Viroj Vong, Prasert

Seesillapacha, Rattapon Thuangthong, Kongkiat

Laorwong, Kulakarn Amonpattana, Chinmanat

Tangjaturonrusamee, Ratchathorn Panjaprateep,

Saroj Suvanasuthi (all ISHRS members), Prapote

Asawaworarit, and Kotchamol Vanadurongwan.

Members meet 3 times a year to discuss surgical

techniques and difficult cases. The DHT Clinic is

currently the temporary office. Today, there are

about 30 hair restoration surgeons in Thailand, 16

of whom are members of the ISHRS:

Damkerng Pathomvanich, Viroj Vong, Prasert

Seesillapacha, Rattapon Thuangthong, Suradej

Pongratananukul, Kongkiat Laorwong, Kulakarn

Amonpattana, Chinmanat Tangjaturonrusamee,

Ratchathorn Panjaprateep, Poonkiat Suchonwanit,

Saroj Suvanasuthi, Benjawan Butwong, Kanokwan

Chantauppalee, Nuttorn Narupaves, Piyapas

Pichaichanarong, and Thitiwat Wirarojratchakul.

The rules to protect inappropriate medical

advertising in Thailand. Hair transplantation in

Thailand is increasing and the advanced techniques

are compatible with the Western countries. Both

FUT and FUE techniques are performed, but

recently FUE is more common. We do have a few

surgeons using robotic FUE in Thailand.

There are significant numbers of patients to keep

hair transplant surgeons busy, and hair transplant

surgeons are expected to be in even greater

demand in the near future.

I believe we are all educated in new techniques

including medical treatment of hair loss. There are

even a few doctors investigating cell-based

therapies.

The website www.tshrs.info is currently being

established.

Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FISHRS

President, Thai Society of Hair Restoration

Surgery (TSHRS), Thailand

Koran Society of Hair Restoration Surgery(KSHRS), Korea

Japanese Society of Clinical Hair Restoration (JSCHR), Japan


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