title: Hairline design and frontal hairline restoration.
abstract: Creating a natural hairline is one of the most important elements of a successful hair transplant. This article discusses the key skills needed to design a natural hairline. These are locating borders of the hairline as well as understanding and being able to mimic the visual characteristics of a hairline. Methods to locate the major borders and how to adjust them based on donor/recipient ratio are discussed. The visual characteristics of different hairline zones are described as well as techniques to recreate these characteristics using follicular unit grafting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, 516 Delaware Street SE, MMC98, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Shapiro Medical Group, 5270 West 84th Street, #500, Minneapolis, MN 55437, USA. Electronic address: Rshapiromd@shapiromedical.com.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004954:Esthetics; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods
keywords: Frontal tuft; Frontal-temporal angle; Hairline; Lateral epicanthi line; Lateral hump; Naturalness; Temporal point; Transition zone