Plastic Surgery Blog

ARTAS:  Robotic No-Incision Hair Restoration Although this website is really dedicated to facial plastic surgery matters, and I have a separate website, www.hairtx.com, for hair matters, every now and then something major comes up that is worth my mentioning even in a facial blog here.  The ARTAS Robotic hair restoration system is one of those subjects. […]

Stem Cells and Fat Grafting: My Thoughts Perhaps the hottest topic that we have today in cosmetic surgery is stem cells.  Do they exist?  How do we use them?  What are they good for?  Are there risks?  Unfortunately, even the most dogged proponents or detractors do not have clear answers to the above points.  I […]

Fat Grafting Using a Hair Transplant Model for Understanding Part 3: Donor Dominance A new concept that really did not mature fully until I was preparing for my Vegas lecture in mid-2010 and then refined further as I was finishing my prep work for my St. Louis lecture in November 2010 was the concept of […]

Fat Grafting Using a Hair Transplant Model for Understanding Part 1:  Graft Growth Looking at my fat grafting results I was puzzled initially as to why I saw results continue to improve in patients somewhere between 6 months to 2 years after a procedure.  Being a very careful student of my own work by photographing […]

Title: International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Annual Meeting Location: Anchorage, Alaska Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam should be lecturing at the ISHRS meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Start Date: 2011-9-14 End Date: 2011-9-18

Title: 2nd Annual Hair Transplant Workshop Location: St. Louis, MO Description: Dr. Lam is the course director for this annual hair transplant workshop and also lectured on crown design and consultation techniques. Dr. Lam’s hair staff also lectured at this meeting. Start Date: 2010-7-23 End Date: 2010-7-25

Title: I8th International Hair Restoration Surgery Conference Location: Boston, MA Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam participates in running the live cadaver workshop for the basic course in hair restoration. Date: 2010-10-20

Title: Advanced Facial Rejuvenation Location: St. Louis, MO Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam lectures at St. Louis University on how fat transfer is like a hair transplant. Start Date: 10-1-19 End Date: 10-1-20

Hair Restoration Workshop for Physicians & Hair-Transplant Technicians, Course Directors, Samuel M. Lam, M.D., F.A.C.S., Dominic A. Brandy, M.D., Lakmeesh Mike Nayak, M.D., November 6-8, 2009.