The tunnel graft procedure for attachment of a hairpiece.
A new procedure for attaching a hairpiece to the scalp is described. Two skin-lined tunnels in the anterior and posterior scalp are built, using a strip of free full-thickness donor skin fron the postauricular area. Silicone-coated metal clips, suitably fashioned from .062'' Kirschner's wire, are then attached to the hairpiece. The metal clips are inserted into the skin-lined tunnels and thereby anchor the hairpiece to the scalp.
D000505:Alopecia / Q000628:therapy; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous