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Resolving Two Methods of Hair Transplantation

Follicular unit hair transplantation offers many advantages, but hair transplant surgeons continue to debate whether it is worth the effort.

A recent paper that clearly differentiates this hair transplant technique from the older technique of mini-micrografting cut to size is a step toward resolution of this controversy, while a new implanting device minimizes some of the time intensiveness of the hair transplant procedure may further popularize follicular unit transplantation, said Robert M. Bernstein, M.D.

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Future in Hair Transplantation

Synopsis: As the twentieth century drew to a close, this paper looked into the future to try to discern the direction that hair transplantation was headed in the next millennium. Particular areas of interest were; the follicular unit/mini-micrograft controversy, graft storage mediums, how to maximize the donor supply, methods to enhance wound healing, automated devices, lasers, new medications, cloning and genetic engineering.

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Rapid Fire Hair Implanter Carousel

Synopsis: The “Carousel” is an automated device used for hair transplantation that simultaneously makes recipient sites and inserts grafts. The instrument can hold up to 100 grafts at time. In theory, the instrument could decrease the total operative time and eliminate some human factors that contribute to graft injury during the hair restoration process. The Carousel, however, was limited in that very close graft placement was not possible and it could not account for the great variability in the human scalp that sometimes rendered the device ineffective.

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Classification of Hair Transplantation

Synopsis: Dr. Bernstein heads a group of twenty-one hair restoration surgeons in an attempt to standardize the classification of follicular unit transplantation and other small graft procedures, including various technical aspects of graft harvesting, graft dissection, and placement. The goal is to standardize the nomenclature, and formally describe other factors in the surgery, so that communication between physicians and patients may be enhanced and different hair replacement procedures may be examined and compared.

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The Patient’s Guide to Hair Restoration – 5th Edition

Synopsis: This book explains, in layman’s terms, the causes of hair loss, the way it is diagnosed and how androgenetic alopecia is treated – using medical therapy or surgical hair restoration. The book focuses on Follicular Unit Transplantation, but covers a wide range of topics from the emotional aspects of hair loss to steps one should take when considering hair transplant surgery.

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Dissecting Microscope in the Preparation of Follicular Unit Grafts: Summary

Robert M. Bernstein, MD, New York, NY William R. Rassman, MD, Los Angeles, CA Dermatologic Surgery 1998; 24(8): 875-880. Background The increasing importance that hair transplant surgeons are placing on maintaining the integrity of the naturally occurring follicular unit, has generated great interest in finding the ideal method of graft dissection. Objective The present study

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Follicular Transplantation

by O’Tar T. Norwood, MD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Hair Transplant Forum International (July/August 1997 issue) NOTES FROM THE EDITOR EMERITUS The evolution of “follicular transplantation” can be attributed to three people. Dr. Robert Bernstein coined the phrase and advanced the concept. Dr. Bob Limmer ((Limmer B: Forum, Vol. 2, #2, 1991.)), ((Limmer B: J

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

by O’Tar T. Norwood, MD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Hair Transplant Forum International (May/June 1997 issue)

I just returned from visiting Dr. Bob Bernstein in New York, and was impressed with his operation and even more impressed with his thoughts, observations, and insights into hair transplant surgery. He applies scientific methods to his work, is academically honest, and has an almost eerie instinctive knowledge of hair transplant surgery. Of course he has Dr. Bill Rassman to work with, but it is still remarkable. Dr. Bernstein is best known for introducing follicular transplantation to hair transplant surgery, an idea Bob Limmer has been pushing for ten years with the use of the binocular microscope, but no one would listen to him. Dr. Limmer, however, never used the term follicular transplantation. Using the microscope, you automatically dissect the follicular units. It can’t be avoided if done properly.

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Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation: Summary

Robert M. Bernstein, MD, New York, NY William R. Rassman, MD, Los Angeles, CA Dermatologic Surgery 1997; 23(9): 785-799. Background Follicular Transplantation is a method of hair restoration surgery which uses hair in its naturally occurring groups called follicular units. Using the follicular unit exclusively in the transplant, the surgeon can create hair patterns that

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Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation

Synopsis: This article focuses on various aesthetic aspects of follicular unit hair transplants including hair distribution, density, hairline design, and temple and crown restoration. It also examines racial variations that can affect the hair restoration. Together with the 1995 paper, these paired articles laid the foundation for Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation.

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Follicular Transplantation: Patient Evaluation and Surgical Planning: Summary

Robert M. Bernstein, MD, New York, NY William R. Rassman, MD, Los Angeles, CA Dermatologic Surgery 1997; 23(9): 771-784. Background Follicular Transplantation is a method of hair restoration surgery which uses hair in its naturally occurring groups called follicular units. By using the follicular unit exclusively in the transplant, the surgeon can move extensive quantities

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Follicular Transplantation: Patient Evaluation and Surgical Planning

Synopsis: This landmark paper details how a patient should be evaluated for Follicular Unit Transplantation, stressing densitometry as a means of assessing both miniaturization and donor supply. It also provides guidelines for the planning of the first and subsequent hair transplant sessions and discusses the management of patients with diffuse androgenetic hair loss.

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Laser Hair Transplantation: Is It Really State-of-the-Art?

Synopsis: This was the first paper to challenge those promoting laser hair transplants and who claimed that lasers would be the future in surgical hair restoration. The publication stressed that lasers caused damage to the recipient area and could result in scarring and poor growth. It explained why lasers were, in fact, inferior to cold steel techniques in making recipient sites.

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Are Scalp Reductions Still Indicated?

Synopsis: This publication, written when scalp reductions were at the height of their popularity, cautioned that scalp reductions caused unnecessary scarring, used up precious donor reserves and caused more cosmetic problems than they solved. It suggested that, with the advent of the more robust follicular unit hair transplantation, scalp reductions should not be used in the treatment of androgenetic hair loss. This publication, along with the 1993 paper of O’Tar Norwood, played a critical role causing the rapid decline in the use of scalp reductions in hair restoration surgery. Fortunately, this once common procedure for male pattern alopecia is now rarely used.

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Follicular Transplantation: Summary

Robert M. Bernstein, MD, William R. Rassman, MD, Wojciech Szaniawski, MD, Alan J. Halperin, MD SUMMARY of Follicular Transplantation. International Journal of Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery 1995; 3(2):119-132. Follicular Transplantation culminates more than 30 years of hair transplant evolution – from large plugs to the much smaller mini-micrografts. Its development, however, stems from a very

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Follicular Transplantation

Synopsis: This was the first paper on Follicular Unit Transplantation. This publication introduced into the medical literature the idea of using individual, naturally occurring follicular units exclusively in the hair transplant procedure and stressed using large sessions to maximize the aesthetic outcome. The paper defined the various components of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation, explained the anatomic and physiologic advantage of using follicular units in the procedure and described how follicular units could be used safely in large numbers to complete the hair restoration as quickly as possible. This publication was instrumental in having hair restoration surgeons shift from the older mini-micrografting techniques to the cosmetically superior technique of using follicular units.

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