Dr. Rassman and the FOX™ Procedure featured on NBC News
NBC News in Los Angeles aired a piece about the FOX™ Procedure on April 11, 2005 on the Channel 4 News at 11pm. It was so well received that 2 nights later, the clip was broadcast on NBC Channel 10 News in Philadelphia.
"Old Plug Correction: FUE vs Punch Excision"
By Dr. Rassman, as published in Hair Transplant Forum International, March/April 2005 issue
With the new methods of FUE using the added step that Jim Harris put in to the process, one can now excise almost every FU in a plug. The older punch excisions depended upon the size of the punch and angle to get it all out. Clearly with the old way to excise grafts, the larger the punch the better the certainty that it would come out. With the new FUE approach, there is virtually 100% certainty to individual FU removal, thereby thinning the grafts to acceptable densities. I have found this technique wonderful and it again changes the paradigm for graft excision. Now, in my practive, I take out FUE style the FUs inside the plugs for some of the cases where this approach has clearly advantages.
Dr. Rassman receives the 2004 Golden Follicle Award
At the 2004 ISHRS Meeting in Vancouver, Dr. William R. Rassman was awarded the Golden Follicle award. The Golden Follicle is awarded annually by Dr. Rassman's peers for outstanding clinical contributions in the field of hair restoration. (read more)
"Best Doctors" - New York Magazine, June 24, 2004
Robert M. Bernstein, MD has been selected by New York Magazine for the fifth year in a row as one of New York's Best Doctors. Dr. Bernstein is recognized for his pioneering work in Follicular Unit Transplantation and the incredibly natural results this procedure can achieve. We congratulate Dr. Bernstein for this honor.
"The Best Beauty Docs" - New York Magazine, October 6, 2003
Robert M. Bernstein, MD has been selected by New York Magazine for the fourth year in a row as one of New York City's Top Doctors. In the special issue "Best Beauty Docs" in New York 2003, Dr. Bernstein is recognized for his pioneering work in Follicular Unit Transplantation and the natural looking results that this procedure can achieve. We congratulate Dr. Bernstein for this honor.
Dutasteride will be Available on 1/3/03 for Treating Prostate Enlargement
Glaxo SmithKline has announced that Dutasteride will be launched in North America in January '03 under the trade name Avodart. The trade name in Europe will be Avolve... (read more)
"Hair Transplantation Excellence Award" given to Dr. Robert M. Bernstein of the New Hair Institute
The following was posted on HairSite.com:
"Dr. Bernstein is one of the most sought after hair transplant surgeons in the United States. He is one of the very few in the industry who is still involved in scientific and clinically related hair restoration research while engaging in hair transplant practice. Dr. Bernstein is the author of numerous scientific journals related to hair restoration, currently the most widely published author on the subject of Follicular Unit Transplantation. Dr. Bernstein's passion in hair restoration research has substantially elevated the standards in hair transplant industry over the years. Dr. Bernstein is also named one of the best hair transplant doctors by New York magazine and is the recipient of the 2001 Platinum Follicle Award at the International Society of Hair restoration Surgery 9th Annual Meeting in Puerto Vallarta Mexico."
Dr. Bernstein receives "Platinum Follicle Award"
Dr. Bernstein is the recipient of the 2001 "Platinum Follicle Award" for "Outstanding Achievement" in basic scientific or clinically related research in hair restoration. At the awards ceremony, Dr. Marcelo Gandelman, the President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery stated:
"I proudly present the 2001 Platinum Follicle Award to Robert M. Bernstein, MD. Dr. Bernstein has contributed to the field of hair transplantation in dramatic and substantial ways, revolutionizing the advancement of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation. His published articles have become 'Bibles' for this methodology. Dr. Bernstein's contributions extend beyond the application of Follicular Unit Transplantation, such as studies in examining the power of sorting grafts for density, yield by method of graft production, local anesthetic use, and suture materials. These studies have added to the specialty's depth and breadth of knowledge applicable to traditional mini-micrografting techniques as well as Follicular Unit Transplantation."
NHI Physician is "Good Guy" on Discovery Channel
In a recent expose on the Discovery Channel titled "Cosmetic Surgery Gone Wrong," that aired on February 12, 2001, Dr. Bernstein was featured as one of the two physicians who fixed the problems created by other doctors. He was shown repairing the previous transplants of his patient Ken Gold, who had a "corn row" look produced by the old "plug technique." Dr. Bernstein removed the old grafts, dissected them under a stereo-microscope, and then re-implanted them as individual follicular units. This was followed by Follicular Unit Transplantation using hair from his donor area. The program shows the impact on Ken's life of both his bad transplant and then the repair.
NHI's "Classification" Article Selected by American Academy of Otolaryngology
Bernstein and Rassman's article "Standardizing the Classification and Description of Follicular Unit Transplantation and Mini-micrografting Techniques" published in Dermatologic Surgery, was selected by the American Academy of Otlaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation for the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery section of their Home Study Course.
The Home Study Course is a non-profit educational effort to inform residents and practitioners about cutting-edge topics in the field of Head and Neck Surgery. The publication has 3,000 subscribers.
Trans-Gender Induction of Hair Follicles
Human follicle cells can be induced to grow in an incompatible host of the other sex. (read more)
Follicular Transplants Mimic Natural Hair Growth Patterns
SAN FRANCISCO-In recent years, many hair replacement surgeons have adopted the modem architecture philosophy that "less is more," moving from the use of hair plugs, to split grafts, to minigrafts and, finally, micrografts. But at least one hair transplant specialist contends that a more appropriate architectural dictum is "form follows function." (read more)
Study Links Male Baldness to Heart Risk, 2000
CHICAGO-The greater the hair loss on the top of a man's head, the higher his risk of having heart problems, according to researchers who say they've confirmed previous studies linking baldness with heart disease. (read more)
NHI Trains Doctors From Around the World
NHI held its first course on hair transplantation with a fully subscribed physician attendance of 25 physicians. Slightly over half of the doctors came from outside of North America, two from Australia, three from Singapore and Taiwan, five from Central and South America and others from Eastern and Western Europe. Dr. Martinick (Australia) wrote a review of the course for the Hair Transplant Forum where she stated... (read more)
NHI Achieves National Accreditation
New Hair Institute Medical Group, P.C. (NHI) has been awarded the certificate of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC). NHI is the first Hair Transplant Clinic in the United States to receive accreditation. (read more)
Megasessions - The "Dense Packing" of Micrografts Proves a Most Effective Technique
The effectiveness of this technique in expert hands was again demonstrated by the irrepressible Bill Rassman who, on this occasion, presented twenty-three patients in varying degrees of completion for inspection by the gathering... (read more) | 
