Four men were in court as a result of importing a massive quantity of fake impotence and hair loss drugs.
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Clearly, hair restoration treatments for hair loss are now reaching mainstream acceptance and awareness if those in the "Big Brother House" are talking about hair transplants in some detail.
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The Sunday Mirror featured a two page spread about Dr Rogers performing  a hair transplant. It showed how quickly the patient was able to return to work and his experience of the procedure.
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"What can I do about my bald head" was an interesting  BBC3 documentary which, although inaccurate in places, did acknowledge the distress that hair loss can cause, particularly in young men.

Dr Rogers has returned from Milan and the latest hair restoration conference. As usual, interesting discussions and talks abounded.

The crusts are loosening quickly and have lost their redness.
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The crusts are definitely loosening off and not so visible - nobody who doesn't know mentions anything, nor do I catch them glancing at them. It certainly helps to have existing hair to brush forward though.

Here's a close up on day four.

Dr Rogers has just had his own, first hair transplant. He will keep you updated with a blog and pictures on this news section.

We have recently found a finance company who is willing to offer competitive finance for cosmetic surgery procedures, including hair transplants. For further details, please phone us to arrange a quotation.
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We are pleased to announce that two more colleagues will be joining the team of Dr Rogers and Dr Stevenson. As ever, they receive high quality training and are chosen for their professionalism and interest in combating hair loss.

Dr Rogers will personally oversee their training and day to day work, to ensure our high standards are maintained. In addition, they will visit other clinics, workshops and conferences to gather the latest information and techniques.

Patients will benefit from more choice of appointments, weekends and shorter waiting times. The London clinic will open five days per week.

Mr Rejali will be joining us in Stratford on Avon and because of his Head and Neck surgical training, will be specialising in pushing our graft numbers above 3000 in a single session.

The other doctor who will work in London will be announced shortly.

We are updating this website shortly which will include seperate Hair Restoration, Cosmetic surgery and online Pharmacy sections. There will be additional videos, patient pictures and information, as well as a clearer layout.

Thank you to all our patients and best wishes to you all - good growth for 2007!

We re open on Tuesday 2nd January.

We are looking for a suitable model to demonstrate eyebrow restoration on TV. This will involve being interviewed on TV and your procedure filmed. A suitable model would preferably need the majority of one or both eyebrows restoring and the treatment would be performed free of charge. All enquiries please contact Jean or Kate.
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Dr Rogers was interviewed this week for an article in the Independent on Sunday newspaper, concerning the latest craze in California for eyebrow and eyelash hair transplantation. This is to increase the natural fullness of these areas, rather than replacing bald patches on the eyebrows or eyelids. We have certainly noticed an increase in enquiries about this niche surgery, although in this country, it certainly wouldn't yet be regarded as routine.
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After 10 years of hair loss stabilised by Propecia, Dr Rogers will be sitting in the hotseat! Although undecided as to have strip or FUE hair transplantation, he has decided that Dr Stevenson from our Westminster clinic will be performing the surgery. This momentous event will be recorded for posterity on this website - watch this space!!
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The manufacturers of Propecia are currently sponsoring the New Zealand leg of the World Rally Car Series. Hair loss treatments and hair transplant surgery is now finally losing the stigma and becoming mainstream.
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We are looking for models to demonstrate our technical abilities and results. In particular, they should have Norwood 3-5 hair loss and be willing to be photographed, videod etc. In return, they will receive a megasession (2000 - 3000 grafts) at a much reduced cost. Please phone our practice manager for further details.

Rogers Medical is again leading the way in performing the first known 3000 graft case in the UK. This results in both higher densities and greater coverage for patients and less total time off work. However, not every patient is suitable and this needs to be discussed at consultation with one of Rogers Medical hair transplant doctors.
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We have now moved! Please use the address below from now on.

Dr Rogers will be attending Scottish consultations in June 2006.  Location is likely to be west Edinburgh (near the airport) for easy access from Glasgow and is normally on a Saturday. Date to be confirmed shortly.

Follicular unit extraction is a popular new technique of hair transplantation. However, it isn't always suitable for everybody. One of the disadvantages it has is the slowness of extraction compared to the "Gold Standard" of microscopic strip dissection. Three methods used to get around this are:

We are frequently asked when hair cloning or hair multiplication might become a commercial reality. Realistically, it's unlikely before ten years. This would be a cure for baldness indeed but there are many steps to overcome, not least, safety. There would have to be absolute proof that genetic tinkering to regrow hair, wouldn't cause cancer. Such proof would probably take that long.

Silva Berlusconi, Italian Premier, feels he can win the next election in Italy because of his recent hair transplant and face lift. During his "Make my vote Count campaign," he is quoted as saying " I look better now than I did when I won in 2001." Perhaps a tip to pass onto the next British prime minister candidates? Certainly, Tony Blair looked more than interested to hear about it from Silva, at their last meeting! May be Tony will pay us a visit when he steps down as PM!

Due to increasing demand, we will enable our patients to order products online in early 2006. We also hope to expand our range of products as we realise that it can be difficult to track down some products, particularly those sourced from overseas. If any customer has suggestions as to the items we should stock, please let us know and we'll do our best to obtain it for you.
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Rick Parfitt, one of the founding members of Status Quo, is to have investigations for throat cancer. At this difficult time, everyone at Rogers Medical sends their best wishes to Rick and sincerely hope all proves to be OK.

There are a number of choices available but how do you choose and which is likely to work best? Trichologists ( hair scientists ) have studied such trichological problems. Below is a short guide to tricology and the top five treatments:

Westminster Clinic has been proposed for full registration by the Healthcare Commission, which means that we will now be able to offer hair restoration surgery in London. This will include both FUE ( follicular unit extraction aka FIT FUSE DHI & Woods technique ) and strip methods.

In recent weeks, we have had a number of hair transplant surgeons visit - two from India, the Drs Batra and this week we have Dr Philippe Abimelec from Paris. We are proud to be establishing a reputation as a teaching practice because it means we have recognition from our peers - we openly share our knowledge in the hope that all patients will gain, wherever they may be in the world.
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Don't forget, we now have the facility for to post your question on hair loss and hair surgery via our contacts page.
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We now have our updated patient video fully edited, featuring Simon who had surgery 12 months ago using the strip method. You can see his virtually invisible scar using the trichophytic closure method and the difference it has made to his receding hairline. This video should be uploaded to the site within the next 1-2 weeks.

Widely reported in the Sunday papers, Jude Law may be thinking about a hair transplant. However, like every hair loss patient, it is important to do your homework first and consider all the options - whether hair transplantation is suitable for you and if so, which type, strip or FUE? Medication - instead of or as well as? Hair pieces can be successful for some men, such as Elton John, even if many do not like the idea. Patient choice is all about information.

Our excellent new hair restoration and cosmetic medicine specialist, Dr Stevenson, is proving to have a real natural aptitude for FUE. Hopefully, not only will she be able to get our waiting list down from February 2006 but in fact, really push this new hair surgery forward, to establish the UK as one of the leading FUE centres in the world.

Is it a coincidence? A classic Simpsons hair loss restoration show featuring Homer Simpson growing back his hair with "Demoxidil"! Preceded by the Status Quo in a Coronation St cameo. Was this planned - we need to know the truth!
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A classic episode! Poor Les Battersby getting duffed up by the Quo! But didn't Francis Rossi & Matthew Letley look great! Hair restoration certainly does wonders for some. What's going to happen next?

This is a method of minimising any scars from strip surgery. It is one of the current "hot topics." In fact, the concept has been around some time but only more recently become mainstream. Dr Rogers first started using it after the ISHRS conference in New York 2003, after seeing a demonstration by Dr Kabaker.
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We believe we have now found an excellent new doctor to join the team. She has had excellent dermatology & plastic surgery training over the past 18 months but wishes to concentrate more on developing her cosmetic surgical and medical skills.She will start her induction day next week. If all goes favourably, we would expect the training to take approximately 3 months, operating solo by about Christmas. However, updating and learning is lifelong for any surgeon and she will continue to be mentored by Dr Rogers. She will also attend conferences, workshops and colleagues clinics, as part of good clinical practice to gain experience and share skills within the hair transplant community.She will be the fifth hair surgeon taught by Dr Rogers and will mostly be based in London, although the two Doctors will cross cover for each other during holiday times.The training covered will include:FUE Strip technique Medication - Propecia, Dutasteride etc Botox Restylane Isologen At first, she will only take on the smaller cases but in the fullness of time, build up to the large, more complicated procedures. The two doctors may also work in unison as well on particularly large or difficult procedures such 3000+ graft sessions.Further information will follow once she starts with us officially.Patients who are suitable and would like to take advantage of a shorter waiting time with our new surgeon, can benefit from a discount, based on our standard prices, in the New Year.
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Rogers Medical is hoping to attract a dynamic and committed new hair doctor to the fascinating speciality of hair restoration. We are looking for someone with a dermatology or cosmetic surgery background who is genuinely interested in this fast evolving subject.
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Rogers Medical will shortly be offering Saturday consultations and surgery on a more regular basis. Due to demand, Dr Rogers is hoping to recruit a second surgeon, trained by himself, to offer smaller sessions of up to 750 grafts, both at weekends and in the London clinic, once it is open.

Rogers Medical is looking forward to establish another highly regarded hair restoration centre in London. We hope to find suitableclinic premises very soon in the Harley Street, Wimpole St and Devonshire Place area. Dr Rogers will work from there on Mondays, both for consultations and surgery, although the number of grafts will be limited to no more than 1000. Larger sessions will only be offered at Stratford on Avon. Small FUE procedures may also be available in London.Further information soon but Healthcare Commission registration takes time so the surgery is unlkely to be available before Christmas 2005.
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Dr Rogers has just returned from this hair surgery meeting in Modena, Italy - home of Ferrari, fine food and wine.
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The public want Status Quo to play Live 8, just as they opened the original Live Aid event. We don't yet know if they will, but I'm sure if the people want them, they'll play! Popular polls have shown overwhelming support for "the mighty Quo."
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Dr Rogers was delighted to be elected as the President of the Trichological Society for the next twelve months. As a founder member of the society, Dr Rogers has been an ardent supporter of the outstanding work done by the society.
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Everyone who has hair loss, is looking for the best solution for themselves. That may be medical hair restoration, surgical techniques or hair pieces. It could be a combination of all three.
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Hair loss in women is quite quite common and can be due to a number of factors - hormonal, diet, autoimmune disease, genetic, maternity and also much rarer conditions such as diffuse alopecia areata which less is known about.
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As Dr Rogers is an enthusiastic fan of all kinds of music, music is usually played during hair transplant procedures. Please feel free to bring your own or choose from our selection.
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When making the decision to start Propecia (aka Finasteride ) or Avodart (aka Dutasteride ), it is important to know the full facts.At Rogers Medical, Dr Rogers believes in consulting each patient personally, not just in response to a health questionaire. This ensures that the medication is appropriate for that patient.We also use a reputable pharmacy to dispense prescriptions individually to fulfill our legal requirements.In contrast, a recent investigation by the MHRA ( Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ), discovered that approximately one third of all internet precriptions were in fact fake. Not only is that a waste of hard earned money, it denies the patient of potential benefit. In hair loss terms, taking fake drugs means losing more hair but believing that they simply don't work for you. They probably would however, if genuine prescriptions were dispensed. Both 5 DHT inhibitors work in at least 80% of patients.So, although patients may prefer the convenience and annonymity of internet medication, particularly understandable with Viagra but why take the chance? As a reputable clinic, we include the consultation as part of our charges but still remain competitive on price and Dr Rogers is always available for follow up advice and consultation for free.

Choi implanter devices or pens, are designed to speed up the process of planting hair grafts. They are one of the many such devices devised, however, they haven't really caught in most clinics.
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Eastenders celebrity Shaun Williamson, who played hapless Barry Evans in the BBC TV soap, has gone public about his follicular unit hair restoration. He should be applauded for doing so. Many patients feel very embarrassed about "trying to improve their looks" but stars who have had hair surgery, are paving the way for general public acceptance.Of course, in Shaun's case, it is a dramatic change, but it shows how regaining hair can affect your confidence - boosting self esteem.For men whose hair is still thinning, it is much easier to blend in the improvement - the hair transplants grow steadily, gradually thickening the balding areas over six months. Francis Rossi was probably the first UK rock star to positively stand up for hair transplantation but he clearly isn't going to be the last. Even the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi has admitted to a recent hair transplant. The lead singer of Dr Rogers' favourite bands, Bono of U2, was rumoured to have had a hair transplant. With so many advances in the past ten years, stars no longer need worry about hair loss affecting their TV or film image. And neither does the average man. You can do something about it, if you want to. It's now your choice.

Dr Rogers will be available in Edinburgh for consultations concerning hair loss treatment, including Propecia and Avodart, as well as both strip and FUE hair restoration surgery.
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Follwing the British Association Of Hair Restoration Surgeons meeting, Dr Rogers was delighted to be elected as the Vice President for the following year. He succeeds Drs Michael May and Bessam Farjo.
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Professor Desmond Tobin of Bradford University gave an interesting talk, updating the UK hair doctors on the latest genetic and endocrinological advances concerning hair loss and hair structure.
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After 16 months experience with FUE, it is important for patients to realise that there is a compromise which must be made between achieving 500 grafts or shaving a smaller, narrower band of hair to hide the donor area where the grafts have been removed.
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Dr Rogers continues to pursue his policy of offering world class hair restoration surgery by following closely behind the cutting edge leaders in this field. One element of this is the number of grafts performed in one session. However, to make this possible, the patient has to be a good candidate. Some of these factors are:
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We have recently introduced a structured system of hair transplant procedure scheduling, to facilitate our ability to offer ever larger numbers of grafts e.g 2000 - 3000 strip follicular unit grafts.
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Our policy is to normally perform hair restoration surgery on only one patient per day, whether it is only 750 grafts or 2000 plus. We feel that this is the correct approach - if the patient or a staff member is delayed, we know that we don't need to rush. In addition, rushing local anaesthetic injections can make them uncomfortable, when normally you should be hardly aware of them.
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Although there has been a lot of interest in body hair transplantation using FUE (ie from chest, back, shoulders etc), it is far from an established treatment. Obviously, the hair itself is usually quite different, although sometimes there may be a surprisingly close match. There are differences in texture and hair length, although this anecdotally does improve with a number of hair cycles.
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Rogers Medical has previously offered free consultations to discuss hair loss options. Unfortunately, as hair transplantation has evolved, more time is required to extract the hair and meticulously place thousands of grafts. As Dr Rogers believes that prospective patients must always see the surgeon, not a salesperson, it means that his time is ever more precious. Dr Rogers is also very hands on during surgery, even though these longer cases require him to delegate some of the procedure to nursing staff and technicians.
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Hair transplantation is a dying art in the UK. There are only a handful of full time Hair surgeons left in the UK, including Dr Rogers, and there may be no more.
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Dr Rogers has been researching different techniques to minimise scarring in the minority of patients who are not naturally good healers i.e. Their skin is unusually lax (Ehlers Danlos type) and does not form the usual strong, hard to see scars (see gallery).
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Dr Rogers has just performed chest hair transplantation into a central chest scar (from an open heart operation). Follicular Unit Extraction was used to remove existing chest hair from the pectoral areas into the wide scar. This provides a perfect hair match, rather than using scalp hair, to camouflage the hairless scar. This would not have been possible without the development of FUE.
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The introductory fee of £500 for 250 FUE grafts is now closing although it will remain low - it is changing to £1000 for 250 FUE grafts. As we improve our efficiency, then this will increase to £2000 for 500 grafts. Our pricing structure for strip surgery will shortly be realigned to take account of this. However, the decision on which method of surgery will be best suited to individual patients, must lie with discussion at consultation.
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We are looking for a patient, Norwood 5,6 or 7, to take part in a small hair multiplication study. It will consist of 25 unmodified FUE grafts placed in a 1cm square on the left vertex compared to 25 multiplied FUE type grafts placed similarly on the right vertex. The growth of these will then be compared at 3 monthly intervals.
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With the recent advances in techniques and equipment, we are now able to perform 2000 follicular unit graft mega sessions on selected patients. It is important to understand that this is dependent on a high density donor area, preferably with dark, thick calibre hair. The patient will be a Norwood classification of 4A or higher. It will take on average seven hours to perform although the patient will have a break in between hair removal and reimplantation.
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As FUE is a relatively new development, Dr Rogers has been cautiously introducing this technique into his clinic.
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Mr Barry Stevens, Founder and Registrar of the Trichological Society, has just undergone hair transplantation with Dr Rogers. Before and After photos will be shown as soon as they are available.
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At Rogers Medical, we offer:
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Eyebrow, beard and pubic hair transplants are specialised uses of hair restoration techniques. This may be because of burns and trauma, genetic or cultural reasons. Since the advent of the FUE techniques, experiments have been carried out to transplant body hair e.g. Chest hair, to the scalp. The evidence so far does suggest that some of the characteristics of the body hair do change (length, texture etc) and become more like scalp hair. This may become an additional donor source for some patients.
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Rogers Medical have recently performed hair transplants on a young female patient who had radiotherapy for a brain tumour. She had lost hair growth over the right forelock area which was difficult to disguise.She received only a small session of 500 grafts in case of poor scalp blood suppy to that area. After only 3 months however, she is noticing significant regrowth and her 6 month post op photos will be shown as soon as we are able.Although hair restoration is primarily thought of as a treatment for male pattern baldness, it also has other uses such as this, eyebrow restoration, disguising of facelift scars etc.

Dr Rogers has recently been voted Vice President of The Trichological Society (see links page). He will be in charge of turning trichology into a recognised degree course involving the study of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. It is a very exciting time for hair research with very fundamental discoveries about hair function being made all the time.
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Dr Rogers has introduced microscopic dissection of follicular unit transplants/grafts recently. Although not uniformly adopted within all hair restoration clinics, they do have benefits but some disadvantages too.
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International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Meeting
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Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE aka FOX technique, Woods technique, DHI (Direct Hair Implantation) & also FIT Follicle Isolation Technique)
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We are wanting men and women to appear on a number of TV shows before and after surgery. Also, even if you are taking Propecia or you simply want a consultation but dont mind talking in public about your hair loss, the programme makers are still very interested.
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Dutasteride (Avodart) is the very latest DHT inhibitor licensed for the treatment of prostate disease. It works in a similar way to Finasteride but is allegedly more effective (but with more side effects). - Click Here for more..
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The most advanced form of non permanent hair restoration embeds human hair within a silicon membrane which is then bonded to the scalp.
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Dr Rogers would like to thank all those who volunteered to appear on the recent "Bald" programme. We would also like to remind you that models are offten required so if you would like to benefit from this, please ring to register.
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Propecia (chemical name Finasteride) is the only POM licensed for hair loss treatment in the UK. The benefits of Finasteride on hair loss have been known for sometime and has been available in the USA for 5 years. As a prescription only medicine, you need to discuss the benefits and possible side effects with a doctor, before it can be prescribed. Please ask for further details.
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Surgery is now available in both London and Dublin.
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