Finding excellent in-depth information about hair transplantation,
beyond infomercials and brochures, can be difficult. This area provides
you with in-depth articles and papers written by some of the foremost
hair transplant surgeons in the world.
| Designing
Hairlines |
Hair
loss in Women |
Follicular
Grafts |
The hairline should restore
symmetry, harmony, and proportion to the face without being perceived
as artificial or unnatural. The trick is to establish a static hairline
that by its shape and location will appear....
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Hair loss in women is culturally
unacceptable despite the fact that up to 40% of the female population
experience some hair loss in their lifetime. It is not uncommon,
but the stigma attached to female ....
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All forms of hair restoration
surgery involve redistribution of existing hair follicles. No form
of surgery will provide more hair follicles than those that currently
exist. Therefore the success of hair restoration surgery ....
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| Creating
a Natural Hairline |
Hairline
Placement |
Hair
Loss- Why? |
Creating a natural hairline
is one of the most important elements of a successful hair transplant.
Our ability to create naturalness has dramatically increased in
recent years due to the development of more....
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Any physician who transplants
hair should be an expert in hairline construction.
While we can create a naturally shaped hairline in one session,
it is often necessary to adjust the shape and position in future
....
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Though humans no longer make
use of hair for protection, heat retention, or camouflage, it still
remains a very important means by which individuals display and
are recognized. Appropriate appearance and ....
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| In
Support of Follicular Unit Transplantation |
The
Logic of Follicular Unit Transplantation |
The
Future in Hair Transplantation |
Follicular Unit Transplantation
is a method of hair restoration surgery where hair is transplanted
exclusively in its naturally occurring, individual follicular units.
Specifically, single strip harvesting....
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Follicular Unit Transplantation
is a method of hair restoration surgery where hair is transplanted
exclusively in its naturally occurring, individual follicular units.
The evolution and rational for follicular unit transplantation....
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The 1990’s have witnessed
major changes in hair transplantation, most notably the trend towards
the use of large numbers of very small grafts and the emergence
of follicular unit transplantation as possibly....
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| On
the Origin of Follicular Unit Transplantation |
Correction
of Corn Row Hair Transplants |
Patient Evaluation and Surgical Planning |
It is wonderful to see that
follicular unit transplantation has reached such a level of importance
that a lengthy commentary has been devoted to assigning credit to
its origins. From the tone of his dissertation....
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Hair on the top of a man’s
head is an important emblem of health, youth, and vitality. As in
all areas of cosmetic surgery the refinements of surgical technique
and instrumentation have improved the results....
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|
Follicular Transplantation
is a method of hair restoration surgery which uses hair in its naturally
occurring groups called follicular units. By using the follicular
unit exclusively in the transplant , the surgeon can move....
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| Hair
Transplantation in Women |
Hair
Transplantation for Men with Advanced Hair Loss |
FOLLICULAR
UNIT HAIR GRAFTING |
The role of hair transplantation
in men is well established. In women, the procedure is much less
common, but has a definite role in both the management of female
pattern hair loss and the repair of alopecic scarring and hairline
distortion ....
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|
In the field of surgical hair
restoration, there is probably no greater challenge than treating
the individual with advanced male pattern hair loss. Recent developments
in follicular unit grafting and recognition of the natural appearance
of the....
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|
The goal in hair restoration
is natural appearing results. Improvements in the field of hair
transplantation have developed with this goal in mind. The most
recent development is the follicular unit grafting technique, which
relies....
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|
Hair
Transplantation in Women:
A Practical New Classification System and Review of Technique |
Guidelines
for Hair Transplantation in the Young Patient |
Follicular
Unit Transplant Method |
James
E. Vogel, MD
Alopecia in women is often overlooked as a major cosmetic problem.
For women with hair loss, the psychological effects are often more
severe than for men. Advances in modern hair transplantation have
allowed successful hair restoration....
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Document> (424kb) |
The young man who is losing his hair is
a challenge to the hair transplant surgeon. He is often extremely
distressed about his follicular future and the initial consultation
must balance the patient's emotions with the reality of his hair
loss....
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Surgical hair restoration has followed
a logical course to follicular unit transplantation. The concept
of redistributing hair in naturally occurring units of 1-4 hairs
exactly as nature grows it should have been recognized and used
by the hair transplant....
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| What was first
- Propecia or Hair Transplants? |
Recreating the
Crown Whorl |
How will your
Hair Transplant look in years to come? |
Androgenetic Alopecia in simple terms is
"hair decay". When a person's genetic light-switch turns
on, then the genetically susceptible hair under the influence of
DHT (dihydrotestosterone)....
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A great hair transplant can accomplished
when the surgeon is able to appreciate and reproduce the subtle
variations in the architecture of the hair on different parts of
the scalp.
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The medical and surgical treatments for
androgenetic alopecia have improved greatly over the recent years;
however there is still no perfect treatment. Today, one should not
be able to notice....
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