Chest Hair Used as Donor Material in Hair Restoration Surgery

Brandy, Dominic A.

doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00428.x

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“…In one patient, the harvested beard hair had 568 one-hair units and 10 two-hair units. Brandy (2) noted that chest hair harvested a density of three hairs per 4-mm-diameter area. His harvest of a 3-3 by 10-cm ellipse resulted in 153 one-or two-hair micrografts.…”

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“…This is especially true of patients who were transplanted with the older "punch" methods. Panagotacos (1) reported the use of beard hair and Brandy (2) described the use of anterior chest hair for transplantation to the scalp. The author has utilized chest and beard hair in several patients for use as donor hair for transplantation.…”

Section: Introduction O Ccasionally the Hair Transplant Sur-mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beard and Chest Hair as Donor Sources

Beehner¹

2001

International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic Dermato

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The author relates his experience with harvesting chest and beard hair for the purpose of obtaining additional hair for transplanting the scalp. Beard hair appears to hold the most promise as the best alternative to scalp hair as a source of donor hair. It has advantages over chest hair because of its greater length, greater hair density in the area, and better ability to hide the scar. Some unique problems were encountered. 73

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Section: Introduction O Ccasionally the Hair Transplant Sur-mentioning

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Beard and Chest Hair as Donor Sources

Beehner¹

2001

International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic Dermato

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“…This approach can be used for hair restoration surgery involving taking grafts from various body areas other than scalp such as chest, axilla, back, pubic region, and beard, in cases of limited donor occipital region. However, the possibility of high prevalence of keloid formation in these donor regions, especially in dark colored races, should be taken into account .…”

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Hair restoration approaches for early onset male androgenetic alopecia

Bhatti¹,

Basra

Patel

2013

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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Society places great emphasis on the presence of hair. Some degree of hair loss is accepted as a normal part of the aging process, in line with the observation that more than 50% of men will develop androgenetic alopecia by the age of 50 years. However, it is possible to understand the psychosocial isolation and distress felt by men with a strong familial predisposition to androgenetic alopecia, who tend to display hair loss in their late teens or twenties. There are currently two drugs which have been licensed for the treatment of male androgenetic alopecia: oral finasteride and topical minoxidil solution which are effective to some extent. Furthermore, upon discontinuing treatment, any gain that has been achieved is quickly lost. Added to which there is an entire market of unproven over the counter products: advertised in the electronic media, local hair salons, and various departmental stores. In this review, we highlight the important advances in the management of male androgenetic alopecia with emphasis on approaches that can lead to more successful and long-term hair restoration for young adults. In particular, we discuss the evidence supporting the use of the follicular unit grafting technique in conjunction with medical treatment before and after the procedure. Moreover, some other alterations of this most popular state of the art hair restoration technique have been mentioned briefly. As a result, patients and physicians seem equally satisfied from this procedure for its naturally looking results which are cosmetically more acceptable and esthetically pleasing for longer period of time.

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“…There have been several techniques used by various surgeons in the past for the reconstruction of beard and moustache. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Back in 1972, Vallis transplanted hair to the upper lip to create a moustache using a full thickness strip graft from the parietal scalp. 1 Reed performed single follicular unit transplantation (FUT) in 1999 to repair a cleft lip moustache alopecia.…”

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Beard and Moustache Reconstruction

Dua

Verma²,

Dua

2021

Indian J Plast Surg

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Beard and moustache reconstruction has gained more popularity and acceptance over the last decade. The procedure is done for the correction of facial areas with hair density deficit and also for the cosmetic enhancement of pre-existing facial hair. The surgical technique includes the harvesting of grafts from the scalp by the follicular unit excision (FUE) or follicular unit transplantation (FUT) technique and then placing them in either premade slits or by stick and place method. The advancement and refinement of procedure over the years has aided in achieving the optimal aesthetic results, with minimal side effects.

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Chest Hair Used as Donor Material in Hair Restoration Surgery

Abstract: The technique of transplanting hair from the chest to the balding scalp can be a viable alternative when confronted with donor scalp hair depletion.

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Beard and Chest Hair as Donor Sources

Beard and Chest Hair as Donor Sources

Hair restoration approaches for early onset male androgenetic alopecia

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