Details of the Training

1. HAIR BASIC SCIENCES
a) Scalp Anatomy and Physiology
b) Dermatological Scalp Conditions
c) Cyclic Activity of Hair
d) Hair Types
e) Hair Loss Etiologies
f) Breed and Individual Variations
g) Androgen dependent hair
h) Pathophysiology of androgenic alopecia
i) Alopecia: classification and incidence.
j) Excessive Hair Growth"

2. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF HAIR LOSS
a) Age and AGA in men
b) AGA in women
c) Ethnic diversity in the characteristics of skin, scalp and hair

3. WOUND HEALING
a) Basic Principles of Wound Healing
b) Factors affecting wound healing
c) Anatomical and skin type considerations
d) Microbiology
e) Biomechanics and histology of normal skin and scars
f) Wound healing"

B. CLINICAL SCIENCES
1. GENERAL SURGERY PRINCIPLES
a) Sterility, sterile technique
b) Instrumentation
c) Instrument preparation
d) Closing materials
e) Wound care

2. PATIENT INTERVIEW, ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION

a) Psychology of Hair and Hair Loss
b) Patient evaluation
c) Patient's choice
d) Standardized photography for hair restoration
e) Medicolegal problems in hair replacement
f) Hair Transplantation
g) Hairline design detail
h) Donor area
i) Graft Preparation Techniques
j) Graft Placement Techniques: Manual/Implanter Devices
k) Post-operative care
l) Scalp Reduction and Scalp Lifting
m) Pedicle rotation flaps in the surgical treatment of alopecia"

3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREATMENT PLAN

a) Patient expectations
b) Surgical feasibility
c) Risk/benefit evaluation of the treatment plan
d) Informed consent to include alternative treatments

4. ANESTHESIA
e) ASA risk classification of patients
f) Topical, Local, Regional anesthesia techniques
g) Nerve block anesthesia of the scalp
h) Special cases
i) Anesthesia complications
j) Pain control and management of the postoperative period

5. EMERGENCIES AND MANAGEMENT
a) Management of surgical emergencies
b) Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
c) Emergencies in hair transplantation

6. RESTRUCTURING
(Reconstruction)
a) Surgical techniques
b) Surgical options

7. COMPLICATIONS
a) General theory, management and prevention of complications: Complications of Hair Transplantation
b) Flap Complications in Baldness Treatment
c) Scar revision"

8. STRATEGIES FOR UPDATE OLD TECHNIQUES AND CORRECT RESULTS

9. INTERDISCIPLINARY PATIENT CARE
a) Interdisciplinary care for complex cases
b) Interaction with other medical and surgical professionals to provide optimal care
c) Training of other medical, surgical and lay specialists in HRS
d) Non-Surgical Hair Replacement

10. MEDICAL TREATMENT
a) Current approaches in the treatment of AGA and testosterone
b) Minoxidil, Finasteride, Dutasteride
c) Low level light therapy
d) Other treatments (PRP)
e) OTC drugs

11. SPECIAL SITUATIONS
f) Hair Transplantation for Black People
g) Hair Transplant in Asians
h) Hair Transplantation in Women
i) Hair transplantation of eyebrows
j) Hair transplantation to eyelashes
k) Reconstruction of the Temporal Area
l) Mustache Transplantation
m) Hair Transplantation in Skin Grafts, Thin Recipient Skins and Radiation-Induced Alopecia
n) Treatment of genetically male transsexuals
o) Treatment of female pattern alopecia
p) Synthetic hair
q) Automation techniques in HRS
r) Scalp Restructuring Techniques
s) Ethics, Marketing and Patient Consent

C. PROFESSIONAL/REGULATORY MATTERS
1. MEDICAL-LEGAL ISSUES
a) Risk assessment in the surgical patient
b) Medical record documents
c) Quality assurance (QA) and continuous quality improvement (CQI)
d) Informed consent
e) Photographic Reproduction

2. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
a) Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards
b) Blood-borne pathogens (BBP)

3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
a) Professional ethical standards
b) Selection of the most cost-effective treatment plan according to patient goals
c) Realistic expectations
d) Professional Marketing