Facts and Trends in Hair Restoration

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) recently released the results of their Practice Census survey, showing a steady increase of patients seeking treatment for hair restoration, growing 13% overall from 2016 to 2019.

ISHRS’s notable facts and trends for 2019 include:

• ISHRS members treated a higher percentage of men with surgical hair restoration procedures (84.2%) than women (15.8%)
• More than half of both male and female surgical patients worldwide fell between the ages of 30 to 49 (57.5% and 55.6%, respectively)
• Body hair transplantation remains popular:

15% of male procedures were performed on non-scalp areas of the body (beards/moustaches accounted for 5%)

18% of female procedures were performed on non-scalp areas of the body (eyebrows accounted for 12%)

• “Social/Dating” (37%) and “Career/Professional” (35%) were the main reasons for seeking hair restoration
• ISHRS physicians have been practicing hair restoration for an average of 16 years and 55% of members devote 76% to 100% of their practices to hair restoration surgery
• Brad Pitt and Eva Longoria were voted best celebrity hair by ISHRS members

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