Accurately communicating the extent of a hair transplant procedure. A proposal of a follicular-based classification scheme.
The 1990s have brought changes in the instrumentation and techniques of hair transplant surgery. In the donor area punch graft harvesting is now obsolete. In the recipient area micro- and mini-grafting allows a well-trained transplant team to consistently create natural, undetectable transplant hairs.
Avram
M R
MR
Cosmetic Surgery Unit, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
D003142:Communication; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods