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 Psychological Aspects of Hair Loss

19. Male Pattern Hair Loss

20. Female Pattern Hair Loss

Section C: Pharmacotherapy of Hair Loss

21. Minoxidil

22. Finasteride

23A. Other Medical and Physical Treatments for Hair Loss

23B. The Science and Role of Nutrients in Hair Growth

23C. Keys to Successful Medical Management of MPHL and FPHL

Section D: Office Management and Safety

24. Emergencies in Hair Surgery

25. Setting Up a Hair Transplant Clinic

Part C: Advanced Knowledge

26. Scalp Micropigmentation

27. Performing Body Hair Transplantation

28. Hair Transplant to Nonscalp Areas

29. Hair Reconstructive Surgery in Posttraumatic Alopecia

30. Combination Harvesting—FUT and FUE

31. Combination Grafting of Scalp and Body Hair

32. Approach to Repair Cases

33. Nonshaven FUE

34A. Preview Long Hair—FUT

34B. Long-Hair Preview FUE

35. Hair Care