RT Book, Section
A1 Unger, Robin H.
A1 Unger, Walter P.
A2 Kang, Sewon
A2 Amagai, Masayuki
A2 Bruckner, Anna L.
A2 Enk, Alexander H.
A2 Margolis, David J.
A2 McMichael, Amy J.
A2 Orringer, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161348320
T1 Hair Transplantation
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071837798
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161348320
RD 2024/04/19
AB AT-A-GLANCEMost  patients  undergoing  surgical  procedures  for  hair  loss  have  either  male  pattern  baldness  (MPB)  or  female  pattern  hair  loss  (FPHL).Surgical  techniques  used  to  treat  hair  loss  include  hair  transplantation,  alopecia  reduction,  and  transposition  flaps.  The  latter  2  techniques  are  rarely  used  currently.Follicular  units  (FUs)  are  the  building  blocks  of  modern  hair  transplantation  (follicular  unit  transplanting  [FUT]).The  2  main  methods  of  donor  harvest  are  strip  harvesting  and  follicular  unit  excision  (FUE).  The  latter  may  be  achieved  using  a  variety  of  techniques  and  devices.Minoxidil  or  finasteride  may  arrest  or  partially  reverse  MPB  and  FPHL,  so  a  trial  of  treatment  is  often  appropriate  prior  to  surgery,  or  concurrent  with  surgery.Additional  innovations  of  potential  benefit  include  bio-enhanced  storage  solutions  and  platelet-rich  plasma  (PRP)