Hair loss affects millions of men and women worldwide. As plastic surgeons and dermatologists seek to expand their practices, hair transplantation is a natural area of focus. This new edition provides these physicians with the information they need to add hair transplantation techniques to their practices.

Dr. Alfonso Barrera and Dr. Carlos Uebel, the two leading experts on hair restoration, have collaborated to produce a totally rewritten and revised book which includes many new techniques and 14 new chapters focusing on cutting-edge topics such as, platelet-enriched growth factors, tissue engineering cloning, and autologous cellular therapy. These world-renowned experts describe the latest techniques of follicular unit micrografting and minigrafting which help physicians avoid the unnatural hairlines and the plugged appearance so characteristic of early transplant procedures. Furthermore, they provide the tools surgeons need to increase the scope of their aesthetic practices and improve the cosmetic results from both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures with updated information to help avoid problems of healing and potential complications.

This beautifully illustrated reference provides the critical insights needed to treat a variety of hair loss problems, ranging from male pattern baldness and female alopecia to scalp scars and sideburn irregularities. Twenty-one comprehensive chapters provide a total approach to evaluation and treatment. Initial chapters contain basic information on anatomy, physiology, and patient evaluation, and they lay a foundation for the detailed, step-by-step operative sequences that follow. Topics covered include basic techniques for treating male and female hair loss, as well as special applications for camouflaging scalp scars; filling in sideburns; restoring and enhancing eyebrows, mustaches, beards, and eyelashes; and treating burn alopecia. Combined face lift and hair transplantation techniques, as well as strategies for reoperation, are also highlighted.

Whether a surgeon is treating major male pattern baldness or attempting to camouflage a scar following a face lift, this book will prove invaluable and is essential reading for anyone performing hair grafting or face-lifting techniques.

One to two DVDs contain the following videos pioneered by these experts:

• Planting and Dissecting Minigrafts
• Operative Technique for Treating Male Pattern Baldness
• Operative Technique for Treating Female Sideburn Loss After Facelift
• Operative Technique for Reconstructing the Eyebrow, Scalp, Moustache, and Eyelash
• Performing Facelift and Hair Transplantation in a Single Surgery

Review

“This is a well-executed textbook covering all aspects of modern hair restoration. The authors do an outstanding job of providing both the neophyte and the experienced surgeon with an all-encompassing presentation…an invaluable resource.”
―Jack Fisher, MD in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

“Although there are many textbooks on aesthetic treatments for hair loss, few cover the field in its entirety, making this book somewhat unique … In my opinion, this textbook is a must-have for the library of all hair surgeons, regardless of their area of specialization. The quality of writing, photographs, and videos, as well as the didactic tables, are among its greatest strengths.”
―Pierre Bouhanna, MD in Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Contents

Chapter 1 Anatomy and Physiology of Hair
Chapter 2 Patient Evaluation and Selection
Chapter 3 Preoperative Planning and Patient Instructions
Chapter 4 Incorporating Hair Transplantation Into Your Practice
Chapter 5 Intravenous Sedation
Chapter 6 Correction of Male Pattern Baldness
Chapter 7 Correction of Female Pattern Baldness
Chapter 8 Combining Face lift and Hair Transplantation
Chapter 9 Follicular Unit Extraction
Chapter 10 Combining Follicular Unit Extraction and Transplantation: Untouched Strip Technique
Chapter 11 revision of Unfavorable results
Chapter 12 Complications
Chapter 13 Hair Transplantation to Enhance reconstruction of the Face and Scalp
Chapter 14 Correction of Scarring Alopecia After Face lift
Chapter 15 reconstruction of Eyebrows and Eyelashes
Chapter 16 Correction of Hair loss in the Crown Area
Chapter 17 Transgender Patients: Feminization of the Frontal Hairline
Chapter 18 Benefts of Platelet-Enriched Growth Factors
Chapter 19 Benefts of Autologous Cellular Therapy
Chapter 20 Cell-Based Treatments: Tissue Engineering and Cloning