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Abtahinaeini B1, 2 ; Abbasi A3
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  1. 1. Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Pediatric Dermatology Division of Department of Pediatrics, Imam Hossein Children’s Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Abbasi Hair Clinic, Tehran, Iran

Source: Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology: Cutaneous Infectious and Neoplastic Conditions and Procedural Dermatology Published:2021


Abstract

Considering the significance of hair for beauty, especially for women, it is easy to understand why hair loss often causes severe emotional distress and affects quality of life and why people’s desire for hair restoration includes hair transplantation. This chapter presents an overview of hair loss classification, hair transplantation, patient selection and preoperation evaluation, instruments and settings, follicular unit transplantation method, follicular unit extraction method, donor area and recipient area, postoperation care, pitfalls and complication, hair transplantation in scaring alopecia, and hair transplants in other sites of the body. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.