Automated/Robotic Follicular Unit Excision
66 Automated/Robotic Follicular Unit Excision James A. Harris Summary An automated, robotic follicular unit excision (FUE) system has been developed and evolved to a point where a physician’s manual skills…
Follicular Unit Excision to Harvest Body Hair
69 Follicular Unit Excision to Harvest Body Hair Arvind Poswal Summary With the advent of follicular unit excision (FUE), accessing alternate sources of donor hair apart from the scalp became…
Preoperative Donor Evaluations
34 Preoperative Donor Evaluations Melvin L. Mayer Summary This chapter will emphasize that ALL hair transplants have their origin from the donor region. Hair restoration surgery is MATHEMATICAL ART. The…
Follicular Unit Excision to Harvest Beard
68 Follicular Unit Excision to Harvest Beard Aman Dua, Kapil Dua, and Renu Kothottil Summary The use of beard hairs as a donor source in hair transplantation is an alternative…
Postoperative Care and Instructions
49 Postoperative Care and Instructions Paul Shapiro and Ronald Shapiro Summary Patients are very nervous about the postoperative phase, and it is important that they are given detailed postoperative instructions…
Hair Transplantation in Black Patients
90 Hair Transplantation in Black Patients Ahmed Adel Noreldin Summary The traditional terms for hair in black people are various (curly, kinky, Afro, etc.), but perhaps the most appropriate term…
Preview Long Hair Transplantation
82 Preview Long Hair Transplantation Marcelo Pitchon and Ricardo Gomes de Lemos Summary Preview long hair transplantation (PLHT) is a unique methodology in which the surgeon transplants the patient’s real…
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Eyelash Transplantation
79 Cosmetic and Reconstructive Eyelash Transplantation Alan J. Bauman Summary Recent beauty trends have prompted greater demand for treatments and procedures that enhance or restore eyelash growth. The quest for…
Ergonomics in Hair Restoration Surgery: FUE Technique
61 Ergonomics in Hair Restoration Surgery: FUE Technique Jean Devroye and Maria Angélica Muricy Sanseverino Summary Hair restoration surgeries are usually long and laborious affairs. Procedures typically exceed 5 hours…
Maximizing Graft Survival in Follicular Unit Excision: The Implantation Phase
57 Maximizing Graft Survival in Follicular Unit Excision: The Implantation Phase Bradley R. Wolf and Robert H. True Summary All of the measures that are useful to optimize the survival…
