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Dr. Cole has returned from the 1st. Taiwan Dermatology Aesthetic Conference which was held in Taiwan. Physicians attended this event from all over the world and the conference focus was on aesthetic surgery. Within the hair restoration category, Dr. Jerry Shapiro gave an interesting presentation related to data on finasteride. He basically confirmed that men who use this drug slow down their hair loss while very few actually grew any new hair. There are only a small number of men…

Cole Instruments is pleased to announce our exhibition at the 2012 FUEPalooza in Denver. Representatives for Cole Instruments will be demonstrating the product line and tools exclusive to Cole Instruments at our exhibit.  These include the Counting Incision Device, Cole Instrument Surgical Punches, and the Programmable Cole Isolation Device (PCID). The Programmable Cole Isolation Device is a new mechanical extractor developed by Dr. Cole. Not only is the PCID the safest and fastest mechanical extractor on the market, the minimally…

Recently Dr. Jufang Zhang from Beijing visited our clinic to learn the latest advances in hair transplant surgery. She will take what she has learned and use this knowledge to improve the outcomes for her patients in China that suffer from hair loss.  

Dr. Cole is planning to the 2012 Italian Society of Hair Restoration surgery meeting. This meeting, in its XIV year now, will be held in Rome from 24th to 27th May 2012 and as usual it will attract the major members of hair restoration societies and the specialists interested in the subjects that will be discussed. Dr. Cole will present his latest advances in storage mediums for hair transplant grafts. Dr. Cole will present his new liposomal ATP solution that…

Patrick Mwamba visited our office today to see some of our new equipment devoted to CIT.  Patrick practices hair transplant surgery in Brussels, Belgium.  He noted how easily the PCID extracts grafts from the donor area with minimal effort due to the controlled extraction speed and the very sharp surrounded punches that Dr. Cole developed.  It was very good to catch up with him after a prolonged absence from our clinic.

Dr. Cole recently attended the ISHRS meeting in Anchorage, Alaska from September 14, 2011 through September 17, 2011.  During this session, Dr. Cole presented his latest advancements in hair restoration surgery instruments.  He also presented his latest findings on Acell and PRP treatments along with Dr. Jerry Cooley, and Dr. Gary Hitzig during a lunchtime symposium devoted to tissue regeneration.  Dr. Cole also moderated that session on Body Hair Transplantation.  On Saturday morning he presented a breakfast session devoted to…

Dr. Cole and HDC will soon open a hair restoration surgery clinic in London, England. The planned opening date is in January 2012. The clinic will focus chiefly on FUE. Dr. Cole plans to offer CIT and C2G FUE at this clinic when it opens. They expect the clinic to be quite busy as there is a need for high quality FUE hair transplant surgery in the UK. Dr. Cole and HDC currently have many patients from the UK. Stay…

Dr. Cole recently traveled to South Korea and Singapore at the end of August and the beginning of September 2011.  He spent time evaluating the surgery teams in both regions of Asia and providing continuing medical education related to hair transplant surgery.  The Forhair office in Seoul just moved to a new, larger office location that will provide plastic surgery, dermatology, and hair transplant surgery.  Dr. Cole spent six days working with both Dr. J.S. Bang and Dr. Tyng Tan…

On June 26, 2011 Dr. Cole demonstrated CIT in Bangkok, Thailand at the first Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery. Over 130 physicians predominately from Asia attended this meeting. A number of physicians from the United States also attended this meeting. Physicians from the USA included Robert True, MD, Glenn Charles, DO, Ron Shapiro, MD, and Paul McAndrews, MD. The meeting was chaired by the 2010-2011 President of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich. Dr. Pathomvanich…

Cole Instruments was a featured exhibitor at the 18th Annual ISHRS Scientific Meeting in Boston earlier this month. Tesfaye Gutema, Ph.D. (Engineering Manager), Emilie Kirkup (VP of Sales and Marketing) and Kathy Lue (Surgical Technician for Dr. Cole), were all on hand to demonstrate a number of products in the Cole Instruments line. We introduced our Assist to Extract (ATOE) devices publically for the first time, which were met with a great deal of interest and enthusiasm. Physicians were also…