A comparison of graft implantation techniques for hair transplantation

Modern hair restoration surgery involves moving hair-bearing grafts from th e posterior scalp into areas of hair loss for correction of androgenic alop ecia. Over the past decade, this procedure has been refined in multiple way s for the creation of increasingly natural results. The following is a comp arison of commonly used graft harvesting, sectioning, and implantation tech niques currently in use for hair restoration today, This comparison include s data on total procedure time, graft cutting time, graft insertion time, l abor requirements, and cost. Copyright (C) 1999 by W.B. Saunders Company.