Hair Transplant

TEXTBOOK OF HAIR TRANSPLANT Hair transplant surgery is a procedure used to treat hair loss. It is one of the most rapidly evolving procedures in aesthetic surgery, accompanied by regular improvement in techniques. Maxillofacial surgeons have played a pivotal role in enhancing the aesthetic value of the face through many surgical and non-surgical procedures, with hair transplantation being one of the popular choices Various techniques are available, but all hair transplants involve taking hair-bearing skin from one part of the scalp and grafting these pieces of skin onto bald or thinning areas of the scalp or areas of trauma. But basically two techniques are there Follicular unit strip surgery (FUSS) and Follicular unit extraction (FUE).Both techniques are effective ,depending upon surgeons choice the surgery that is mostly appropriate , based on the circumstances the technique is used. Now a days newer advancements like automation of FUE with robotics and neograft devices are also coming into role and taking hair transplantation to next level with improvisation in harvesting technique.