UPDATE: Doctors’ experience at the “Hair Reconstructive Surgery” Masterclass – ISHRS approved workshop, November 7–9, 2025, Bucharest!

See how they perceived the quality of the program, the scientific level of the presentations, the access to modern hair reconstruction techniques and the atmosphere of collaboration between specialists. Their testimonies show how valuable an internationally accredited workshop can be for the professional development of doctors interested in hair restoration surgery.
 

The first international congress on capillary reconstruction in exceptional cases!

We invite you to attend the Hair Reconstructive Surgery Masterclass Workshop, an official regional event approved by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), hosted by Dr. Felix Popescu, MD, PhD, as organizer, along with Co-Chair Dr. Marco Barusco, MD, ISHRS.

Locations

November 7: World Trade Center – Pullman Hotel, Montreal Square no. 10, Bucharest

November 8–9: Şoseaua Nordului no. 98K, Bucharest

Event Objectives

This hair restoration and reconstruction workshop is designed to provide an advanced educational experience for novice and experienced surgeons, through theoretical sessions and live demonstration procedures approved by the ISHRS.

Target Audience & Educational Points

The event is dedicated to professionals in the field of hair restoration surgery and offers 1 ISHRS point, counted towards maintaining professional status, in accordance with the educational requirements of the international society.

Registration methods and fees

To register, you must complete the form and accept the privacy policy; the fees are:

Early bird (until September 30, 2025):
ISHRS Member: $1150
Non-Member: $1500
After September 30, 2025:
ISHRS Member: $1400
Non-Member: $1700

Useful information

Participants requiring a visa may request an official invitation letter after registration and full payment; a copy of the passport and relevant professional documentation are required
Organizer: S.C. MOST EVENTS SRL, contact: contact@ishrs-bucharest.com / +40730565430

Why Bucharest?

The capital of Romania, once known as “Little Paris”, combines the charm of the Belle Époque with the vibrant modernity of a contemporary Eastern European metropolis. Bucharest offers a diverse cultural experience – from eclectic-historical architecture, green parks, local markets, to vibrant nightlife – making it an ideal setting for an international medical event.

Conclusion

The November 2025 Masterclass represents a valuable opportunity for physicians specializing in capillary restoration: top-notch training, international networking, and the acquisition of essential professional credits. The event benefits from official ISHRS recognition, central city locations, and carefully structured organization.

Articolul Masterclass “Hair Reconstructive Surgery” – ISHRS approved workshop November 7–9, 2025, Bucharest, Romania apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

In fact, we are the first hair transplant clinic in the world that managed to successfully transplant hair follicles from one person to another, between two compatible patients.

The first successfully performed allogeneic hair transplant in the world, with hair from another person!

The allogeneic hair transplant was performed between a 60-year-old patient and another compatible patient from whom he had successfully received a kidney in the past. About 2350 follicular units were extracted and transplanted, and the result is impressive, offering hope to many people severely affected by alopecia, but who do not have a suitable donor area to achieve a hair implant with their own grafts.

60-year-old patient showing (A) before photograph depicting a Norwood VI-VII bald state, (B) immediately after grafting frontal scalp with 2,350 allogeneic follicular units, and (C) at 6 to 9 months postsurgery, the grafted area shows robust growth of grafted follicles.

It is a great honor to appear in the Official Journal of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery with a world premiere in the field of Hair Transplant, namely, the successful completion of the first hair transplant between two compatible persons! Another clear proof of the international recognition of the fact that in Romania we perform hair transplantation at the highest level.

Allogeneic Hair Transplant in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

We thank the American Society for Dermatological Surgery for presenting the first successful case of allogeneic hair transplantation performed by Dr. Felix Popescu and his team.

If you have found a compatible donor and you want to benefit from a hair transplant from another person, our team of specialists can help you.

Articolul Allogeneic hair transplant from another person apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

Allogeneic Hair Transplant was performed between a 60-year-old patient and another compatible patient from whom he had successfully received a kidney in the past. About 2350 follicular units were extracted and transplanted, and the result is impressive, offering hope to many people severely affected by alopecia, but who do not have a suitable donor area to achieve a hair implant with their own grafts.

Patient showing (A) before photograph depicting a Norwood VI-VII bald state, (B) immediately after grafting frontal scalp with 2,350 allogeneic follicular units, and (C) at 6 to 9 months postsurgery, the grafted area shows robust growth of grafted follicles.

We thank the American Society for Dermatological Surgery for presenting the first successful case of allogeneic hair transplantation! Proud to be Romanians! Proud that we manage to bring to the country the highest Western standards in terms of Hair Transplantation, so that every Romanian can benefit from the most advanced hair restoration techniques and procedures, at home, in Romania.

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Articolul World Hair Transplant premiere presented in Official Journal of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

This meeting will be hosted by Dr. Felix Popescu and his team from Dr. Felix Hair Implant. This event brings together leading experts in the field of hair restoration to share the latest advancements and practices in the industry. As an attendee, you will have the opportunity to participate in the most insightful lectures, interactive workshops, live surgeries, and engaging discussions with fellow colleagues that will help you stay up-to-date on the latest developments in our field. In addition to everything informative, we of course have the best entertaining and enjoyable social events in the vibrant and dynamic city of Bucharest.

As we always say we owe it to our patients to continually strive to provide proper education and training as a requirement for all our members. This is why we are happy to announce our collaboration with FUE Asia on a training scholarship. More details about this will be shared soon.

If you want to be relevant and up to date with the latest and newest on FUE and regenerative medicine, this is a must meeting to attend. The diverse speakers and faculty will present an unbiased approach to choose the best approach for each case including all methods of FUE itself

• The conference agenda is packed with the latest in FUE technology, methodology, insight, and regenerative medicine.
• We will have a newcomers day for those who want to start with FUE or improve existing core competencies.
• There will be an extensive clinical workshop in FUE and regenerative medicine. With live surgeries, we will be introducing a range of well-known experts in their field, showing a great variety of surgeries.   We also offer a workshop for technicians where they will be shown the ins and outs of how to assist the surgeon by the most experienced technicians in the field.

The scientific program is not yet final. Everyone is kindly invited to share ideas, experiences, and know-how. If there is any question or suggestions, just let us know. FUE EUROPE is your organization, we depend on everyone’s input.

So come, join us, train, learn, and connect. Until the time we come together, take care and stay safe.

Sincerely yours,

CEO Dr. Felix Hair Implant
Dr. Felix Popescu

Articolul 11th International Meeting of FUE EUROPE BUCHAREST Sep 28-30th, 2023 apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

Articolul DR. FELIX POPESCU AT ISHRS WORLD CONGRESS, HOLLYWOOD 2018 apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

Fight The FIGHT, which stands for Fight the Fraudulent, Illicit & Global Hair Transplants, was started by the ISHRS to address the alarming problem of unlicensed non-physicians performing hair restoration surgery around the world. Patients are lured to these illicit clinics by misleading advertising claims promising low prices and guaranteed results, often with disastrous results and significant health risks with little to no recourse for correction. Specific problems ISHRS members report encountering in these patients include scarring, unnatural hairlines, poor hair growth, wrong hair direction, depleted donor area and infections.

For example, in Turkey, Iran and several countries throughout Europe, unscrupulous clinics are luring patients from around the world to travel to these countries for hair restoration procedures. However, the vast majority of patients are having their procedures performed by technicians who do not have medical licenses or surgical training.

In the United States and Canada, these illicit clinics operate in a more subtle way, most commonly using a “turn-key” approach. In this instance, a plastic surgeon, dermatologist, or other physician purchases a commercially marketable device that can help perform one step of the hair transplant procedure. Instead of performing the procedure themselves, these physicians hire technicians by the day to perform most, if not the entire, procedure — including surgery planning and surgery execution (e.g., graft removal, hairline design, and making scalp incisions to place the grafts)*. Patients are being led to believe either a doctor will be performing the procedure or assured by a doctor that the technicians are “experts and as good as any doctor in performing hair transplants”.

“With the proliferation of illicit hair restoration clinics in recent years, ISHRS members have seen firsthand the suffering of patients who have experienced botched hair restoration surgeries at the hands of unscrupulous clinic operators who have absolutely no business performing this highly specialized surgery,” said Ricardo Mejia, MD, FISHRS, chair of the ISHRS Committee on Issues Pertaining to the Unlicensed Practice of Medicine, and Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology. “Our goal with the Fight The FIGHT campaign is to not only warn consumers about this dangerous practice, but to educate them on how to recognize deceptive marketing techniques and how to find qualified physicians trained in the art and science of hair restoration surgery.”

FIGHT The FIGHT – ISHRS CAMPAIGN

The cornerstone of the ISHRS’s Fight The FIGHT public awareness campaign is a newly launched microsite — https://fightthefight.ishrs.org/— featuring tips on identifying fraudulent clinics, FAQs on illicit surgery, patient case studies, and suggested questions potential patients should ask prior to undergoing hair restoration surgery, among other resources.

In addition, patients may find physicians who pledge to always perform hair transplant surgery themselves, and not delegate surgery to technicians. They will be recognized on the Fight The FIGHT website in the “Doctors Pledge” section.

To help ensure patients have the information needed to make informed decisions about who performs their hair restoration surgery, the ISHRS urges potential patients to ask the following questions, as well as questions regarding costs, risks, and short- and long-term benefits and planning:

• Who will evaluate my hair loss and recommend a course of treatment? What is their education, training, licensure, and experience in treating hair loss?
• Who will be involved in performing my surgery, what role will they play, and what is their education, training, licensure, and experience performing hair restoration surgery?
• Will anyone not licensed by the state (or country) be making incisions or harvesting grafts during my surgery? If so, please identify this person, explain his or her specific role and why this person is legally permitted to perform it.
• Is everyone involved in my surgery covered by malpractice insurance?

“Hair restoration is more popular than ever, which is due in large part to the advances and refinements in surgical techniques made by our physician members,” said Arthur Tykocinski, MD, FISHRS, ISHRS President. “The Fight The FIGHT campaign is another way that ISHRS is at the forefront of our industry, educating and protecting patients with high standards and shining a spotlight on this glaring problem that has the potential to do irreparable harm to patients affected by hair loss.”

About the ISHRS

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is a global non-profit medical association and the leading authority on hair loss treatment and restoration with more than 1,200 members throughout 70 countries worldwide. Above all, the ISHRS is dedicated to achieving excellence in patient outcomes by promoting the highest standards of medical practice, medical ethics, and research in the medical hair restoration industry. The ISHRS also provides continuing medical education to physicians specializing in hair transplant surgeryand is committed to delivering the latest information on medical and surgical treatments to consumers suffering from hair loss, and most commonly from androgenetic alopecia–male pattern baldness and female pattern hair loss. It was founded in 1993 as the first international society to promote continuing quality improvement and education for professionals in the field of hair restoration surgery.

For more information: email:fightthefight@ishrs.org and visit: https://fightthefight.ishrs.org/

Follow ISHRS on Instagram @ishrs, Facebook @TheISHRS, Twitter @ISHRS and Linked In @ISHRS

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Editor’s Note: The following provides further background and explanation on who can legally perform hair restoration surgical procedures in the United States:

*In most states this is illegal. The Medical Board of California and the Florida Board of Medicine have rules that FUE should not be delegated to unlicensed practitioners. This is in line with the policies of the American Medical Association. See recent notice from the Medical Board of California News on the following link, page 12: http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Download/Newsletters/newsletter2019summer.pdf

“Warning: Hair Restoration Surgery Requires a Medical License

Hair restoration surgery is the practice of medicine in California and may only be performed by properly-trained, licensed physicians and surgeons or licensed allied health care providers authorized to perform such procedures within their scope of practice.

Companies may be marketing surgical devices to physicians indicating that hair restoration surgery is a delegatable procedure, causing confusion about who may use such devices in California.

Physicians may not delegate hair restoration surgery to medical assistants, who are unlicensed individuals with a very limited scope of practice pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 2069 and 2070 and Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations section 1366. Medical assistants may not perform invasive procedures such as creating holes or slits in a patient’s scalp with a needle, scalpel, or other device.

For more information about the role of medical assistants, please see Is Your Medical Assistant Practicing Beyond His or Her Scope of Training?

No unlicensed person may perform these procedures in California, including those using titles such as hair restoration technician, surgical technician, hair restoration assistant, or any other title. California’s Business and Professions Code section 2052 prohibits the practice of medicine by unlicensed individuals, as well as aiding and abetting the unlicensed practice of medicine. Violation can result in a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment, or imprisonment in county jail for up to a year or both the fine and either imprisonment.”

WHAT DISTINGUISHES US FROM OTHER HAIR TRANSPLANT CLINICS?

At Dr. Felix Hair Implant, all stages of hair transplantation, namely, anesthesia, extraction and implantation of hair grafts, are very carefully done EXCLUSIVELY BY HIGHLY TRAINED DOCTORS, not by simple technicians, as in the case of other clinics.

Articolul ISHRS LAUNCHES FIGHT THE FIGHT PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT FRAUDULENT HAIR RESTORATION PRACTICES WORLDWIDE apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

It is a great honor to appear on the cover of the world’s most prestigious hair transplant publication, HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM INTERNATIONAL. We have been chosen among the hundreds of cases presented in November last year at the ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery) CONGRESS IN HOLLYWOOD, a clear proof of the international recognition that in Romania we perform hair transplantation and hair reconstructive surgery at the highest level!
We are proud to be able to bring to the country the highest Western standards in hair transplantation, so that any person can benefit from hair transplantation at affordable prices.

The fact that we manage to change the lives of our patients for the better and give them one more reason to smile is the most beautiful part of our job!

SEE THE ENTIRE PUBLICATION

Articolul We are on the cover of the world’s most prestigious hair transplant publication, HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM INTERNATIONAL! apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

Articolul National television, Antena 1 – The Collective Case at the ISHRS Congress in Hollywood! apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.

Thank you for your trust!

Articolul Testimonial Catalin Botezatu, the most famous Romanian Fashion Designer apare prima dată în Dr Felix Hair Implant.