Contents:

• Chapter One:
  • All About Hair
    • Social Impact and Aesthetics of Hair
    • Scientific Basis of Hair Growth and Distribution
• Chapter Two:
  • Hair Loss: Causes and Conditions
    • Genetics
    • Androgenic Hormones
    • Aging
• Chapter Three:
  • The Natural History of Balding
• Chapter Four:
  • Hair Systems: Yes or No?
• Chapter Five:
  • The Psychology of Hair Loss
• Chapter Six:
  • Medical Treatments for Hair Loss
    • Rogaine
    • Propecia
• Chapter Seven:
  • Surgical Treatments for Hair Loss
    • History of Hair Loss Surgery
    • Evolving Aesthetics of Hair Transplantation
    • Scalp Flaps
    • Scalp Reductions
• Chapter Eight:
  • Follicular Unit Transplantation: the State of the Art
    • Following the Example of Nature
    • Minimizing Donor Hair Wastage: Mathematical Planning
    • Hair Characteristics in Follicular Unit Transplantation
    • The Recipient Incisions
    • Large Sessions: The Rationale
    • Insuring the Integrity of Follicular Units
• Chapter Nine:
  • The Donor Area: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
    • Donor Area Location
    • Scarring in the Donor Zone
• Chapter Ten:
  • The All-Important Hairline: Our Facial Frame
    • The Importance of the Hairline
    • Planning the Hairline
    • Hairline Repair or Revision
• Chapter Eleven:
  • The Crown: Important or Not?
    • Location of the Crown
    • Characteristics of the Crown
    • Hair Loss Patterns in the Crown
    • Challenges in Crown Restoration
• Chapter Twelve:
  • The Procedure Itself: The Nuts and Bolts of Hair Transplantation
    • An Office-Based Surgery
    • Pre-Operative
    • Sedation
    • Anesthesia
    • Intra-Operative
• Chapter Thireteen:
  • Post-Operative Course: What to Do, What to Expect
    • What to Do (and What Not to Do!)
    • What to Expect
• Chapter Fourteen:
  • Additional Procedures: When, Why, and How Much?
    • The Importance of Planning
    • Age
    • Degree of Baldness
    • Rapidity of Hair Loss
    • Hair Characteristics
    • Density and Laxity
    • Styling Preferences
    • Timing of Subsequent Procedures
    • Purpose of the Second Session
• Chapter Fifteen:
  • Long Term Planning: The Absolute Necessity
    • Why Plan Long Term?
    • What to Look for in Your Surgeon
    • Your Role as the Patient
• Chapter Sixteen:
  • Female Hairloss and Baldness
    • Hair Loss and Restoration in Women
    • Psycho-emotional and Social Issues
    • Causative Factors in Women’s Hair Loss
    • Patterns of Women’s Hair Loss
• Chapter Seventeen:
  • The Patient’s Perspective: From the Chair
• Chapter Eighteen:
  • Making Informed Choices (About a Life-Long Decision)