title: Psychiatric observations on patients who seek and undergo hair transplantation.
abstract: Requests for cosmetic surgery may mask important psychopathology. Although the majority of patients who seek hair transplantation may not need psychiatric study, the hair-transplant surgeon must be sensitive to and wary of those who seem to have over-determined needs for this service. The expectations, motivation, and sexuality of patients are prime factors that influence satisfaction with the results of hair transplantation.
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D005783:Gender Identity; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology