title: Standardized hair photography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Photographs currently published or used clinically in hair restorative surgery vary greatly in positioning, lighting, posing, and technique.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this work is to aid in standardizing these variables and to review the necessary equipment and techniques required to achieve these goals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine standardized views are shown. Also addressed is hairline depiction taking into account variable hair styles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Standardization is achieved with consistent reproduction of patient photographs in hair restoration.
authors.affiliation: National Skin Institute, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: DiBernardo
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Giampapa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007256:Information Systems; D007909:Lenses; D008029:Lighting; D010781:Photography / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011996:Records; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery