title: Ethnic considerations in hair restoration surgery.
abstract: Patients of different ethnicities have specific characteristics that are essential for hair transplant surgeons to understand so that aesthetic results can be achieved. In this article, the approaches of follicular unit extraction and follicular unit grafting or strip hair transplants for pattern hair loss are reviewed, along with the procedures of eyebrow and beard transplants and surgical hairline advancement/forehead reduction surgeries, within various ethnic groups.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami College of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital & Clinics, P.O. Box 016960 (D-48), Miami, FL 33136, USA; Foundation for Hair Restoration, 6280 Sunset Drive, Suite 504, Miami, FL 33143, USA; Foundation for Hair Restoration, 20 East 56th Street, 3rd Floor, New York City, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: jse@drjeffreyepstein.com.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Epstein
authors: Foundation for Hair Restoration, 6280 Sunset Drive, Suite 504, Miami, FL 33143, USA.
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Bared
authors: Colic Hospital, Surdulička 5, Belgrade 11000, Serbia.
authors: Gorana
authors: G
authors: Kuka
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000637:transplantation; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Asian hair; Ethnic hair transplant; Eyebrow transplantation; Follicular unit extraction; Hair transplant; Hispanic hair transplant