Follicular unit extraction hair transplant harvest: A review of current recommendations and future considerations

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bicknell, Lindsay M ^a,c   Natalie, Kash ^b   Kavouspour, Chitra ^c   Rashid, Rashid M ^d  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Mosaic Clinic FUE Hair Transplant Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgenic alopecia; Follicular unit extraction; Hair restoration; Line scar; Neograft; Robotic surgery; Strip surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; DOXEPIN; LIDOCAINE; MINOXIDIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

BODY HAIR; DERMATOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION; FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION DEVICE; FOX SYSTEM; GASTRITIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HAIR ROOT; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECROSIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCALP HAIR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CYST; STRIP SURGERY; SUBDERMAL CYST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ALOPECIA; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DEVICES; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALOPECIA; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84896453446     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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