Foreword | p. V |
Preface | p. IX |
Acknowledgments | p. XI |
Contributors | p. XVII |
History and the Past | p. 1 |
Back to the Future: A Brief but Significant History of Hair Transplantation in Asians | p. 3 |
Asian Hair: Knowing the Differences | p. 9 |
The Prevalence of Male Pattern Baldness in Asian Men | p. 11 |
Knowing the Difference in Restoring the Asian Look | p. 15 |
Asian Hair: A Korean Study | p. 21 |
Consultation, Planning, and Hairline Design | p. 23 |
The Key to Success in Consultation | p. 25 |
Hair Restoration Surgery in Poor Candidates | p. 27 |
Preoperative Approach to Preexisting Scalp Lesions | p. 33 |
Planning for Ultra-Refined Follicular Unit Transplantation and the Hairline Design | p. 37 |
Laser-Assisted Rapid Hairline Placement | p. 41 |
When to Restore the Temple Area | p. 47 |
Crown: Area of Concern | p. 49 |
Should We Use Single or Multiple FU Grafts in Asians? | p. 51 |
Advantages of Microvascular Free Scalp Flap Transfer as a Means of Hair Transplantation | p. 55 |
Is There a Place for Scalp Flap in Modern Hair Restoration Surgery? | p. 59 |
Medical Treatment | p. 63 |
Medical Treatment of Hair Loss | p. 65 |
The Use of Herbal Medicine | p. 70 |
Is There a Place for Oral Minoxidil? An Overview | p. 73 |
Preoperative Care | p. 79 |
Preoperative Care for Super Mega-Sessions | p. 81 |
Local Anesthesia and Tumescence | p. 83 |
Safe Use of Local Anesthesia and Tumescence Fluid in the Donor Site as an Office-Based Procedure | p. 85 |
Preparing for a Painless Surgery: Medication or Medication? | p. 91 |
Donor Harvesting | p. 95 |
Site Selection in Donor Harvesting: A Long and Winding Road | p. 97 |
The Strip: How Long, How Wide, and Where? | p. 103 |
A Refined Open Donor Harvesting to Minimize Follicular Transection | p. 109 |
Other Methods of Donor Harvesting | p. 117 |
Omnigraft™ | p. 121 |
Donor Wound Closure | p. 125 |
Donor Strip Removal and Wound Closure in Super Mega-Session: My Personal Technique | p. 131 |
Follicular Unit Extraction in the Asian Population | p. 133 |
Graft Preparation: Personal Techniques | p. 141 |
Silvering and Graft Cutting | p. 143 |
An Alternative Way of Graft Cutting | p. 146 |
Graft Dissection in Super Mega-Session: My Personal Technique | p. 149 |
Recipient Site Preparation and Insertion | p. 151 |
Dense Packing | p. 153 |
Premade Incisions: When and Where to Begin | p. 155 |
Why Lateral Slits? | p. 159 |
A Debate of Premade Incisions Versus "Stick and Place" | p. 163 |
Technique of Fast and Efficient Graft Insertion | p. 165 |
Implanter | p. 169 |
Hair Restoration in Women and Transsexual Males | p. 173 |
Hair Restoration Surgery in Asian Women | p. 175 |
Hair Restoration Surgery in Transsexual Males | p. 185 |
Repairs: Personal Techniques | p. 189 |
Repair of Iatrogenic Scarring and Non-Scarring Alopecia from Cosmetic Surgery | p. 191 |
Cicatricial Alopecia in Hair Transplantation | p. 197 |
The Repair of Unwanted Plugs | p. 201 |
Repair of Scalp Flap | p. 205 |
Repair of Artificial Fiber Implantation | p. 209 |
Special Procedures in Hair Restoration Surgery | p. 213 |
Eyebrow Transplant | p. 215 |
Eyelash Transplant | p. 223 |
Sideburn Transplant | p. 227 |
Moustache Transplant | p. 231 |
Chest Hair Transplant | p. 235 |
Pubic Hair Transplant | p. 239 |
Postoperative Care | p. 245 |
Postoperative Care | p. 247 |
Postoperative Instruction Sheet Used in Out Clinic | p. 249 |
Complications | p. 253 |
Complications and the Solutions | p. 255 |
The Business Side | p. 265 |
Marketing and Management | p. 267 |
Hair Transplants in the Future | p. 271 |
Hair Cloning and Follicular Cell Implantation | p. 273 |
New Tools for Hair Transplants | p. 277 |
Application of Stem Cells in Hair Restoration Surgery | p. 279 |
Subject Index | p. 285 |
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