Abstract
Copyright: © 2012 Straub PM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Early in the history of hair transplantation large grafts were used. It was possible to create a natural-looking, undetectable transplant using large grafts but very few were done. It required careful planning beginning with the spacing of the first session and a minimum of four sessions followed up with one or two touch-up sessions after the hair had grown. Most patients ended up with what was called a “dolls head” look because the grafts in the first session were placed too far apart. Later the grafts became progressively smaller and were called minigrafts and micrografts. The final endpoint was follicular unit grafts, which are the natural groups of hair growing in the scalp and consist of 2 to 4 hairs.
Highlights
In the history of hair transplantation large grafts were used
The first scars were circles three to four millimeters in diameter positioned in a random fashion in the donor region which consists of the sides and back
The electric punch which produced the circular grafts was replaced by excising a strip with a single bladed scalpel, a double-bladed scalpel or a multi-bladed scalpel
Summary
In the history of hair transplantation large grafts were used. It was possible to create a natural-looking, undetectable transplant using large grafts but very few were done. In the history of hair transplantation large grafts were used. The final endpoint was follicular unit grafts, which are the natural groups of hair growing in the scalp and consist of 2 to 4 hairs. When the recipient area became undetectable as a result of using follicular unit grafts the attention was turned to the scars in the donor area.
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