title: The isolated frontal forelock.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The progression and extent of male pattern baldness is statistically unpredictable.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  An approach to the patient with male pattern baldness is suggested, which results in a product that changes appearance in a positive way, is natural, requires no maintenance, and does not deconstruct with progression of alopecia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A technique is described for transplantation of the frontal forelock allowing creation of a soft anterior zone and a dense posterior component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The utilization of donor hair to create a transplanted forelock will eventuate in a product that maintains naturalness regardless of the progression or extent of future hair loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marritt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dzubow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations