title: Hair transplantation for men and women.
abstract: The goal of hair transplantation is to restore a natural, undetectable frame of hair to the face. From the 1960s into the late 1990s, using 10 to 25 hair, 3-4 mm grafts was the mainstay of hair transplantation, despite the fact hair naturally grows in the scalp in bundles of 1 to 4 hair follicles. The 10 to 25 hair grafts looked unnatural because they were unnatural on the scalp. Today, surgeons meticulously harvest the natural 1 to 4 hair follicular groupings from donor hair and implant them in the recipient region in men and women. This technique consistently creates natural-appearing hair. Women can benefit from transplantation as much as men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. info@dravram.com
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Avram
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting