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Dr. Panagotacos in the News

6/3/2006, Dr. Panagotacos performed the 1st Follicular Unit Micrograft in Vietnam in Hanoi. After giving lectures at the medical school, the following week Dr. Panagotacos performed the first 1st Follicular Unit Extraction Method in Hue (the ancient and original capital). He then donated the instruments and microscope to the Department of Dermatology.
8/31/2006, Dr. Panagotacos lectures on "Principles of Hair Transplantion" in Istanbul and Vietnam.
View the Powerpoint presentation (note: requires Internet Explorer).

Did you know? Dr. Panagotacos was the third surgeon in the world to perform a scalp reduction.
April 24, 1995, Dr. Panagotacos comments in The Wall Street Journal on the difference between the effect of minoxidil and finasteride...
"Minoxidil is like life support for an ailing follicle, whereas finasteride may tell the follicle not to get old in the first place."

Dr. Panagatacos explains the difference between bogus and bonifide hair loss treatments on the television program "Doctor On Call":

Febuary 12, 1988, Dr. Panagotacos again comments in The Wall Street Journal this time on the use of tretinoin (Retin-A) as a stimulant for skin cell regrowth:
	"It isn't just for little old ladies...I prescribe it for fair-skinned Anglo-Saxons in their late 20's or older"

November 10, 1993, Dr. Panagatacos travels to Denver, Colorado to appear on KCNC TV News program "House Calls":
	"It's amazing what people will put on their head in an attempt to grow back their hair..."