Open AccessThe preshaving protocol in body hair-to-scalp transplant to identify hair in anagen phase
Author(s) -
Arvind Poswal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.60353
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , dermatology , protocol (science) , pathology , alternative medicine
The use of body donor hair for transplanting to the bald scalp is termed body hair transplant. In recent times, robust body hair has been used as an adjunct to scalp donor hair to augment the donor hair supply. A large percentage of body hair are in telogen and, as single hair units.