Q: What causes graft popping during a hair transplant? A: Popping, or the tendency for grafts to elevate after they have been placed into the recipient area, is caused by a number of factors including: Packing the grafts too closely, particularly when they are placed on a very acute (sharp) angle with the skin Rough [...]
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What Causes Hair Transplant Graft Popping During Surgical Hair Restoration?
December 21st, 2005Rating:
Topic: Hair Transplant
Tags: Blood Supply to Scalp, Dense Packing of Grafts, Desiccation, Graft Popping, Graft Size, Recipient Sites, Site Size, Trauma
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 10:03 am
In Hair Transplant, What Percentage of Telogen Phase Follicles on Donor Strip Wasted?
July 14th, 2005Q: When a donor strip is taken out during a hair transplant and separated under the microscope, you can read on the internet that there is a wastage of grafts (about 15%), because of those unseen telogen hairs. What do you think about that and how does it affect the hair restoration? A: The Telogen [...]
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Topic: Graft Numbers
Tags: Dense Packing of Grafts, Dermal Sheath, Desiccation, Donor Hair, Follicular Unit, Hair Cycle, Mechanical Trauma, One-hair Follicular Unit, Telogen Phase
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 11:39 am
In Hair Transplant, What is Effect of Dense Packing on Grafts?
March 8th, 2005Q: Does dense packing hurt grafts? A: There is no absolute answer to this question. In a hair transplant, dense packing has a risk of decreasing yield if there is a significant amount of photo damage to the scalp (which alters the blood supply) and if there is a tendency for the grafts to pop [...]
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Topic: Hair Transplant
Tags: Blood Supply to Scalp, Dense Packing of Grafts, Desiccation, Graft Dissection, Graft Popping, Hair Transplant Surgeon, Hypoxia, Mechanical Trauma, Recipient Sites
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:18 am
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