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Keys to transplant success? Hydration and patience: follicular unit transplantation.(Dermatologic Surgery)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-DEC-03

Author: Walsh, Nancy
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COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group

NEW YORK -- Graft hydration and careful manipulation topped the list of tips for successful follicular unit hair transplantation presented by an expert panel at the annual meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.

Follicular unit transplantation--a recent refinement in hair transplantation that derives from the long-known fact that hairs grow in discrete bundles--involves the excision of a strip of hair-bearing skin, usually from the back of the head. From this, individual physiologic groups of one to four follicles are harvested under the binocular microscope. The resulting single follicular units are...

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