Practical Guide to Hair Transplantation

Part A: Keys to Performing Successful Surgery Section A: Preparing for Surgery 1. Consultation with the Patient 2. Examination of the Scalp 3. Long-term Planning 4. Initial Treatment Plan 5. General Principles of Anesthesia in Hair Transplantation Section B: Harvesting the Follicles 6. Performing a Strip Harvest Procedure 7. Performing an FUE Harvest 7A. Overview of Operative Setup and Flow: Performing an FUE Harvest 7B. Details of Surgery-Performing an FUE Harvest 7C. Performing an FUE Procedure-Equipment and Technique Recommendations -I. How Do I Do It? FUE Manual Technique -II. How I Do It: Blunt Punch FUE with the SAFE System -III. How Do I Do It? FUE Devroye WAW and Hybrid Punches -IV. How Do I Do It? FUE-Trivellini Nano (AKA Mamba) Device 7D. Postoperative Care in FUE 7E. Complications of FUE 7F. Performing an FUE Procedure-FUE Clinical Practice Guidelines 7G. Performing FUE Surgery-Standard FUE Terminology Section C: Recipient Area and Graft Placement 8A. Men-Crucial Aspects of Hair Transplant Design 8B. Women-Crucial Aspects of Transplant Design 8C. Transgender-Crucial Aspects of Hair Transplant Design 9. Recipient Area Planning and Site Creation 10A. Implantation of Hair Follicles -I. Introduction and Classification -II. Implantation Using Dull Needle Implanter -III. Sharp Implanter -IV. The KEEP Implanter -V. WAW Multiload Implanters -VI. Stick-and-Place with Forceps -VII. Premade Sites and Forceps Placement -VIII. No-Touch to Root Technique -IX. Test Sites in Premade Recipient Incisions -X. Summary of Implantation Techniques and Recommendations 10B. Graft-Holding Solutions 11. Postsurgical Healing and Transplant Evolution Part B: Essential General Knowledge Section A: Basic Hair Sciences 12. Basic Hair Science and Scalp Anatomy Section B: Alopecia 13A. Diagnosing the Cause of Hair Loss 13B. Scalp Dermoscopy-Miniatlas 14. Nonscarring Alopecia 15. Scarring Alopecia 16. Scalp Fungal Infection 17. Hair Shaft Disorders 18. Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Other