Review of the ISHRS Regional Workshop for Assistant Training May 1-3, 2015 • Denver, Colorado

Abstract

The complexities of hair restoration surgery have to be mastered by the surgeon’s team. It is the assistants’ role under the surgeon’s oversight to ensure that grafts are dissected, trimmed, preserved, and implanted while maintaining full viability. This training is usually done by having the older members teach new staff; while practical, this method may perpetuate vices and errors and is not usually open to new ideas and instrumentations. The Workshop for Assistants, recently held in Denver, was designed to provide up-to-date information on the myriad tasks that are required of those that plan to build a team on HRS. Apparently, this was done with great success. Here is the coordinator’s report. —HR