Motorized Blunt Punch Follicular Unit Extraction
64 Motorized Blunt Punch Follicular Unit Extraction Kapil Dua, Aman Dua, and Nirav V. Desai Summary The development of the motorized follicular unit extraction (FUE) machines with blunt punches has…
Hairline Design and Frontal Hairline Restoration
40 Hairline Design and Frontal Hairline Restoration Ronald Shapiro Summary Creating a natural hairline is one of the most important elements of a successful hair transplant. This chapter discusses the…
Instrumentation and Supplies Used in Hair Restoration Surgery
94 Instrumentation and Supplies Used in Hair Restoration Surgery Leila David Bloch and Russell G. Knudsen Summary Obtaining proper instrumentation and supplies is one of the first steps one must…
Closure Techniques
36 Closure Techniques Mohammad H. Mohmand and Muhammad Ahmad Summary The closure of the wound in follicular unit strip surgery (FUSS) is very important. The mobility of the scalp plays…
Motorized Sharp Punch Follicular Unit Extraction
63 Motorized Sharp Punch Follicular Unit Extraction John Cole, Megan Cole, and Asim Shahmalak Summary Motorized sharp dissection is the most rapid way to harvest grafts in follicular unit extraction…
Quality Control and Quality Assurance during the Follicular Unit Excision Process
60 Quality Control and Quality Assurance during the Follicular Unit Excision Process Jean Devroye Summary Quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) are two processes that are widely used in…
Nonandrogenetic Hair Loss
9 Nonandrogenetic Hair Loss Kristen Lo Sicco, Lorena Avila, Eric L. Eisenberg, and Jerry Shapiro Summary This chapter encompasses the breadth of knowledge that is necessary to accurately identify and…
Beard Transplant
81 Beard Transplant Kapil Dua, Aman Dua, and Nirav V. Desai Summary The indications and acceptance of beard and moustache reconstruction have increased significantly over time. Indications are diverse and…
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…
