Scalp expansion for male pattern baldness.
Male pattern baldness may be effectively eliminated in most patients through the use of soft-tissue expansion. Expansion affords larger temporo-parieto-occipital flaps with a more easily closed donor defect. Differential expanders are used to eliminate hippocratic male pattern baldness through a massive scalp reduction and simultaneous reconstruction of an anterior hairline.
D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps