Hair Transplantation

This new edition of a highly acclaimed standard reference has been restructured for greater practical usefulness, to follow the clinical setting. It meticulously describes and illustrates all procedures utilized by the most recognized leaders in the field, to showcase current trends, controversies, and innovations in practice. An integral DVD features video-clips of the surgical procedures themselves being performed to complete this comprehensive reference. CONTENTS 1. Basic Science 2. Male and Female Pattern Hair Loss 3. Unpatterned Hair Loss 4. The Initial Interview and Evaluation 5. Pharmacotherapy 6. Surgical Planning and Organization 7. The Pre-operative Phase 8. Anesthesia 9. Donor Area Harvesting 10. Graft Preparation and Storage 11. Graft Survival and Growth Studies 12. The Recipient Site 13. Graft Insertion 14. The Post-operative Phase 15. Hair Transplanting in Asian and Black Patients 16. Transplanting that Requires Special Consideration 17. Correction of Cosmetic Problems Secondary to Hair Transplantation 18. Ancillary Surgical Procedures 19. Setting Up an Office   Walter P. Unger Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Co-Director of the Division of Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery at Mt Sinai Medical School in New York. In 1995 he was the recipient of the ISHRS Golden Follicle Award and was one of only three physicians recommended for hair transplanting in the consumer's reference book, The Best Doctors in America. Dr Unger has served on The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and as Chairman of the task force on Medical Standards for Hair Transplantation Surgery of the American Academy of Dermatology and as President of the CAHRS.