The 4th scientific meeting of AAHRS was organized under the guidance of Dr Jerry Wong (President). The presenters included Dr Jerry Wong, Dr John Cole, Dr James Harris, Prof Chang-Hun Huh, Dr Kunoyoshi Yahyu, Dr Gholamali Abbasi, Dr Sanjev Vasa, Dr Kapil Dua. There were great discussions on storage solutions, PRP, ACell, ATPv, Epinephrine in tumescent solution. Dr Bill Ehringer won the free paper prize.
Dr. Ratchathorn Panchaprateep arranged the day at Chulalongkorn University Hospital, using four operating rooms (ORs). In OR 1, Drs. Wong and Panchaprateep demonstrated FUT, Hyaluronidase, PRP, and ACell. Of great interest also to the observers was the preparation and administration of PRP by Dr. Jin Mo Park. In OR 2, Dr. John Cole demonstrated his sharp. In the afternoon Dr. Jae Park demonstrated scalp micro pigmentation, which is gaining in popularity quickly. In OR 3, Dr. Jose Lorenzo showed the way to harvest so many grafts so quickly and so accurately with a manual punch. Dr. Hakkyu Lee used ultrasonic guidance to check the hair angles in the various harvesting zones. Dr. Lee agreed that it needed. In OR 4, Dr. James Harris showed his revolutionary Hex Dull Punch shakes its way down the hair shaft with what appears to be even less transection than the previous round dull punch. In the afternoon, Dr. Mario Marzola showed how a high female hairline can be lowered 1.5-2.0cm with an “anterior” scalp reduction. From start to finish, it took just over one hour.