ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The progression and extent of male pattern baldness is statistically unpredictable. OBJECTIVE: An approach to the patient with male pattern baldness is suggested, which results in a product that changes appearance in a positive way, is natural, requires no maintenance, and does not deconstruct with progression of alopecia. METHODS AND RESULTS: A technique is described for transplantation of the frontal forelock allowing creation of a soft anterior zone and a dense posterior component. CONCLUSION: The utilization of donor hair to create a transplanted forelock will eventuate in a product that maintains naturalness regardless of the progression or extent of future hair loss.
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Alopecia/surgery , Hair/transplantation , Adult , Alopecia/classification , Alopecia/pathology , Esthetics , Hair/pathology , Humans , Male , Microsurgery/methods , Middle Aged , Patient Care Planning , Patient Satisfaction , Physician-Patient RelationsSubject(s)
Alopecia/diagnosis , Alopecia/surgery , Adult , Alopecia/psychology , Attitude of Health Personnel , Attitude to Health , Esthetics , Hair/transplantation , Humans , Male , Methods , Middle Aged , Physicians/psychology , Scalp/surgeryABSTRACT
The process of single-hair transplanting, though providing obvious cosmetic advantages in hairline refinement, has long been considered too tedious and time consuming to be incorporated into standard transplant sessions. Micrograft dilators provide dilatation, organization, and hemostasis, while permitting large numbers of micrografts to be placed quickly and effortlessly below the standard transplanted hairline.
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Hair/transplantation , Surgical Instruments , Dilatation , Hemostatic Techniques , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Patients with dark, straight hair and light skin often demonstrate an unnatural abruptness of the hairline following traditional methods of hair transplantation. A rapid, practical technique of harvesting grafts of only one and two hairs from standard 4-mm grafts, for the purposes of "softening" the hairline, is described. Recipient sites are made with a 16-gauge angiocath, not a scalpel, for diminished bleeding and, it is hoped, more accurate placement of the graft.
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Alopecia/surgery , Hair/transplantation , Female , Humans , Male , Methods , Middle Aged , Surgical InstrumentsABSTRACT
Japanese dermatologists have successfully used single-hair grafts and grafts of two and three hairs for the reconstruction of eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic hair, and alopecic scars in scalps. A brief review of the Japanese literature and surgical technique is given followed by a case report of transplantation of hairs from the scalp as lashes by the author's modification of the Japanese technique.
