title: The treatment of female pattern hair loss and other applications of surgical hair restoration in women.
abstract: In the specialty of surgical hair restoration, men comprise more than 90% of the patients treated; however, in the last few years the number of women undergoing the procedure has increased significantly. The reasons for this growth are many and include the increase in public awareness of the efficacy of hair transplantation from such sources as the media,the Internet, advertising and word of mouth. More importantly, advances in technique have significantly improved results, increasing the confidence level in women to undergo the procedure and in hair transplant specialists to offer it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami College of Medicine, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous