Bouhanna P, Pérez PG

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 35-40
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ABSTRACT

Advances in treatments of androgenetic alopecia have led to the development of novel medical or surgical therapies adapted to the severity of hair loss and balding. Follicular units or tiny micrograft hair transplants are a fundamental technical progress. These technical progress. This technique leads to the simple and painless permanent restoration of hair in male and female baldness. It provides the patient with a group of 1 to 3 hairs, emerging from a single orifice. The difference between androgenetic receptors of occipital areas and those of other areas explains the permanent nature of the implanted hairs growth. The degree of male or female androgenetic alopecia can be determined according to Hamilton’s static classification or Ludwig’s Classification, or it can be measured and monitored more accurately with Bouhanna’s Dynamic Multifactorial Classification. The current indications of micrograft transplantation are:
- Male androgenetic alopecia (Hamilton III to VII)
- Female androgenetic alopecia (Ludwig I to III)
- Frontal recession hair transplantation in transsexuals
- Cicatricial alopecia
- Alopecia of the eyebrows
- Bald spots of the beard and moustache
- Alopecia of the pubis

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