The clinical application of hair autotransplantation

Objective: To search the application of hair autotransplantation to cure bald, losses of eyebrow, lash and pubic hair. Methods: A scalp strip was harvested from the back of the head. According to different needs, the strip was divided into single-hair and multi-hairs (4-10hairs) grafts. Then these grafts were transplanted into the area of balding by means of seam -cutting multi -hairs transplantation combining single -hair transplanting. The losses of eyebrow, lash and pubic hair were transplanted only by single -hair planting. Results: From Jun 1997 to Oct 2001, 31 balding patients, 192 patients with 384 eyebrow -losses, 67 patients with 134 lash -thinness and 12 pubic hair loss patients, 302 patients altogether achieved good efficacy through treatment. The survival rate of hair reached 70% -90%, and planted hairs grow well after follow -up. Conclusions: Hair autotransplantation by means of different ways according to different areas can obtain satisfactory clinical efficacy, and techniques are simple and safe.