Hair Transplantation (Aesthetic Series)

Description

Aesthetic Series – Hair Transplantation explains hair transplant surgery in eleven concise, illustrated chapters. This book covers the various surgical techniques intended to achieve maximum hair growth for the patient.

This book begins with a chapter on consultation and preoperative evaluation, including donor supply, hair calibre and control of hair loss. Further chapters cover instrumentation and anaesthesia, female hair transplantation, medication in hair transplantation, and a final chapter on future trends in hair transplant surgery.

Aesthetic Series - Hair Transplantation also includes practical guidance on establishing the height and shape of the hairline, equipment needed for hairline design, holding solutions and graft creation. Written by Professor Marc R. Avram from the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, and enhanced by 124 full colour images and illustrations, Aesthetic Series - Hair Transplantation is an essential, up-to-date guide for dermatosurgeons and dermatologists.

Key Points

• Surgical guide to hair transplantation, written by Marc R. Avram from Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
• Includes chapter on future trends in hair transplant surgery
• 124 full colour images and illustrations

Contents

1. The Consult. 2. Pre and Post-Operative Instructions 3. Donor Harvesting, Ellipse vs. Follicular Unit Extraction 4. Graft Creation/Opening Solution/Hairline Design 5. Instrumentation and Anaesthesia for Hair Transplant Surgery 6. Female Hair Transplantation 7. Corrective Hair Transplant Surgery 8. Transplantation with Scarring Alopecia 9. Hair Transplantation in Blacks 10. Medications in Hair Transplantation 11. Future Trends in Hair Transplant Surgery

Authors

Marc R Avram MD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Nicole Rogers MD FAAD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Metairie, Louisiana, USA

Meena K Singh MD
Dermatologic Surgeon at KMC Hair Centre, Shawnee, KS, Overland Park Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Shannon Watkins MD
Dermatologist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Dermatology, New York, NY, USA