EXTENSIVE HEAD BURNS CORRECTED BY SCALP EXTENSION

BACKGROUND. Scalp extension has been revealed as a good corrective met hod for androgenetic alopecia and it is possible 50 foresee its other probable applications in the field of increasing hair-bearing areas. O BJECTIVE. The performance of Frechet's scalp extender in se lected hea d burn cases allows the possibility of maintaining a high degree of so cial presentability during the patient's entire treatment period, on c ondition that this procedure or others are repented. METHODS. The auth or discusses his experience in correcting an extensive head burn and t he performance of Frechet's extender. CONCLUSION. In our experience sc alp extension showed itself to be a valid method for the correction of a burned area, reducing it considerably and reducing total treatment time compared with traditional techniques. Also the patient has the ad vantage of normal social presentability during the entire treatment pe riod.