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A guide to hair transplantation

1 June 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, General Plastic Surgery
A leading hair transplant surgeon provides an overview of the most effective surgical treatments for hair restoration – and how the industry will develop over the next decade. Modern hair transplant techniques were first developed in Japan in the 1930s...
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Hair Loss and Restoration

20 August 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Shapiro and Otbeg elegantly address the causes of hair loss, both idiopathic and pathological, and explain the treatments currently and the evidence behind them Our understanding of the pathophysiology of hair loss has evolved greatly in recent years. Before the...

Ethnic characteristics of the hair

8 October 2014 | | Aesthetic Medicine, General Plastic Surgery | Asian hair, Ethnic hair transplant, Eyebrow transplantation, Follicular unit extraction, Hair transplant, Hispanic hair transplant
The authors of this article discuss various aspects of ethnic differences in the field of hair restoration. They categorise three ethnic groups: Asian, White and African. In the article anatomic and hair characteristics are introduced. Understanding the follicle shape, calibre...

Facial hair restoration

1 December 2013 | | Facial Plastic Surgery | Beard transplant, Eyebrow transplant, Eyelash restoration, Goatee transplant, Mustache transplant, Repair facelift scars
The author presents a review of facial hair transplant procedures. Specific areas of interest are eyebrows, beard, with goatee and moustache in detail, eyelashes and facial scars. Most common harvest procedures include the follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique and the...

Laser and light based hair removal

1 April 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Laser hair removal is a popular, and constantly evolving, treatment. Professor Paolo Bonan and colleagues provide us with a comprehensive overview and some ‘top tips’ for how to make the procedure as safe and effective as possible. Hair removal, also...

How I Do It - Laser hair removal: focus on lighter hair

1 April 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Variable square pulse (VSP) Nd:YAG laser devices are ideally positioned among all available laser sources for hair removal. This is due to the fact that the Nd:YAG wavelength (1064nm) penetrates deeply into the skin. It is strongly absorbed in melanin...

Measures against female hair loss

1 December 2013 | | General Plastic Surgery | Alopecia, Donor site, Female hair transplantation, Female pattern hair loss, Recipient site, Scalp, Telogen effluvium
The author presents a detailed, well-structured review about female hair transplant surgery. Female hair pattern loss usually differs from male hair pattern loss, resulting in regions of the scalp where hair density falls without complete alopecia. Surgery for female patients...

How I Do It - Laser hair removal: an overview

1 April 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Laser hair removal is the most performed aesthetic procedure worldwide, with a continuous and increasing demand over the last two decades. It was introduced to the market in the early 1990s and several million procedures have been performed since then....

Encouraging results on treating thinning hair with PRP

1 April 2015 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Over the last few years platelet rich plasma (PRP) has made a big splash in the aesthetics world causing much excitement. It has been used for skin rejuvenation, softening lines and wrinkles, as part of an anti-ageing process. With the...

How I Do It - Laser hair removal: electrolysis

1 April 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Electrolysis remains the only method of hair removal permitted by law in the UK [1] and USA [2] to be described as permanent. This is distinct from light-based methods which are permitted the description “permanent hair reduction”. Electrolysis is very...

Hair removal: a summary of techniques with a particular emphasis on the importance and versatility of electrolysis

1 December 2014 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Background and causes of excess or unwanted hair The management of unwanted body and facial hair has been a constant challenge for the human species since the dawn of human culture in the Neolithic era. Of note this was the...

Non-ablative Er:YAG-laser treatment of female patterned hair loss

6 April 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Female patterned hair loss (FPHL) is the most common hair loss disorder in women. Initial symptoms may lead to progressive hair loss [1]. FPHL has emerged as the preferred term for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) in women due to the uncertain...