PARTIAL RETRANSPLANTATION - A NEW APPROACH IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION

BACKGROUND. In hair transplantation, the availability of a limited num ber of grafts for a conventional transplantation can pose a serious pr oblem. The result can be a so-called ''bunch '' or ''brush '' appearan ce in the recipient area. OBJECTIVE. We therefore developed a new meth od that allows this effect to be minimized. METHOD. ThiS method is bas ed on the use of a punch (1.6-1.7 mm in diameter) that allows small gr afts to be extracted from already established standard grafts. We then trans-plant the resulting minigrafts in between the established stand ard grafts, which have now decreased in size. RESuLTs. The immediate r eduction in the size of the standard grafts and the simultaneous gener ation of minigrafts produce the desired result: the ''minigraft exclus ively'' look. CONCLUSION. Thus, patients with previously poor results in standard hair transplantation can now benefit from the modern metho d of mini- and micrograft transplantation.