Open AccessControversies in hair transplantation
Author(s) -
M Kumaresan,
Venkatram Mysore
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/jcas.jcas_118_18
Subject(s) - medicine , hair transplantation , transplantation , unit (ring theory) , intensive care medicine , dermatology , surgery , psychology , mathematics education , scalp
Hair transplantation being a relatively new field, several aspects raise issues and controversies. The issues refer to both ethics and evidence and how practitioners and the community need to deal with them. This article deals with few of such diverse issues as follicular unit transplantation versus follicular unit excision, safe donor area, platelet-rich plasma, and minimum qualification for performing hair transplantation.