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Ailesbury Hair Loss Clinics is one of the leading training organisations for hair-restoration surgery. It was established seven years ago and has 57 franchises and

partner clinics throughout the UK, India, Turkey and the UAE. In 2013 it won the My Face My Body Award, a prestigious industry award for one of the most innovative aesthetic medical procedures in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which was voted on by UK and Irish doctors. The Ailesbury Hair Clinic, located in Dublin, was established by the current CEO Lorraine Lambert, who has 18 years’ experience in business development and the management of hair-restoration clinics internationally.

Training doctors and safeguarding patientsAesthetic surgery of all kinds is too often taught poorly and lacks adequate follow-up training or evaluation of surgical expertise and abilities. Too often we hear of cosmetic surgery disasters, and this could be dealt with easily and swiftly by establishing a much needed body of specialists within the field.

The aesthetic-surgery field should be treated no differently from any other in terms of best practice, training standards and protocols. At Ailesbury, all our doctors, medical teams, franchises and partner clinics follow a very specific and well-organised surgical protocol. Dr Patrick Treacy, our Medical Director, monitors live surgical procedures daily at all international clinics via a webcam, and this is extremely helpful in supervising newly trained medical staff. A staggering 52 clinics in India alone carry out our hair-restoration technique. Richfeel Trichology is our

Ailesbury Hair Loss Clinics

» Established in 2007

» An international franchising programme, with 57 franchises and partner clinics in the UK, India, Turkey and the UAE

» An international academy for surgical training courses

» All our surgeons are members of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons (ISHRS)

» Over 16,000 satisfied clients

Ailesbury has developed its own line of hair loss products for men and women

A hair loss diagnostic consultation

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Indian partner, and works closely with us in a highly structured way to monitor and appraise the medical teams carrying out the procedures. Close observation of medical teams performing surgery is vital for both good results and patient safety.

The successes of Ailesbury Hair Loss ClinicsHaving taken forward the traditional methods of hair-restoration surgery by using new technology, we established a hair-restoration surgical training programme for doctors and nurses. We believe that in-depth, hands-on and well-monitored surgical training is necessary for any doctor to be able to learn and carry out a hair-restoration surgical procedure to a high standard.

At present it is not obligatory for a doctor to undergo any kind of hands-on surgical training before performing procedures on the general public. We feel that this is a serious oversight on the part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which is responsible for granting practising rights. Unfortunately, the field of hair-restoration surgery is notorious

for unacceptable outcomes resulting

from procedures being carried out by

poorly-trained, underachieving doctors.

The way forward from poor standards across the industryFor standards within the field of

hair-restoration surgery to be raised it

is necessary that the following occur:

» Practitioners should work with the

CQC to set up a body of specialists

who will certify, monitor and accredit

doctors and nurses.

» Accreditation should be renewed

annually and practitioners’ results

monitored closely.

» All accredited members should

attend not less than two industry

meetings annually.

» Training institutions should also be

accredited and monitored.

How we got thereThe success of Ailesbury Hair Loss

Clinics has been based on best practice,

tight protocols, surgical innovation and

high-level training of medical staff in a

field, where training is, in general, of Performing the AHI trademarked technique. – minimally invasive, motorised follicle extraction by highly trained staff

our Medical Director monitors live surgical procedures daily at all international clinics via a webcam

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a very low standard and innovation is close to zero.

Stepping ahead – the Ailesbury hair loss product lineWe have developed our own line of

specially-designed hair loss products

for both men and women, which are

now being sold on Amazon globally.

These products will be rolled out

internationally in 2015.

The futureOn a commercial level, we will continue to train doctors and nurses from all over the world at our training academy and establish new Ailesbury Hair Loss Clinics, franchises and partner clinics.

On an industry level, we would like to push hard to monitor the hair-restoration field by working with the CQC to train and closely monitor medical staff carrying out these procedures.

Minimal set-up costs make expansion and franchising simple

The reception area of the Ailesbury clinic in Istanbul – one of our 57 franchises and partners worldwide

The highly-trained staff at Ailesbury Hair Clinic use a special technique called aesthetic hair integration (AHI), a minimally invasive procedure that provides hair restoration without any linear scarring.

AHI is a non-surgical procedure based on follicular unit extraction (FUE), a method that has been used for over ten years internationally. In the AHI variation of the method, a specially designed implantation pen is used to place hair follicles at exactly the correct angle and direction. The procedure gives extremely natural results.

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