RT Book, Section
A1 Unger, Walter P.
A1 Unger, Robin H.
A1 Unger, Mark A.
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56108694
T1 Chapter 256. Hair Transplantation and Alopecia Reduction
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56108694
RD 2024/04/24
AB |PrintHair  Transplantation  and  Alopecia  Reduction  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  (AR)  and  transposition  flaps.Follicular  units  (FU)  are  the  building  blocks  of  modern  hair  transplantation  [follicular  unit  transplanting  (FUT)]  (Fig.  256-1).The  major  advantage  of  FUT  over  older  punch-grafting  techniques  is  that  the  results  appear  natural  after  a  single  surgery.Minoxidil  or  finasteride  may  arrest  or  partially  reverse  MPB  and  FPHL  so  a  trial  of  treatment  is  appropriate  prior  to  surgery,  or  concurrent  with  surgery.1,2