NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — According to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, about 13.8 million people around the world need brain surgery annually.
Many will have large portions of their head shaved to prep for the procedure. But a neurosurgeon at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach is doing things differently.
Dr. Ezequiel Goldschmidt has started what the hospital said is the first-of-its-kind program called “Styled For Surgery,” where the doctor has teamed up with a hairstylist to help maintain a patient’s physical appearance following surgery…