A Comprehensive Guide to Hair Transplantation

Hair transplantation has gone through a big revolution with the pioneers in this field. Hair loss represents a distressing issue affecting a large portion of the population, including up to 85% of males and 40% of females, and its incidence increases with age for both sexes. Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) - the most common etiology of hair loss wherein androgenetic effects, namely testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT), disrupt the growth cycle (the anagen to telogen ratio decreases).Indeed, non- surgical modalities exist which may halt the progression of androgenic alopecia and even help grow new hairs (i.e., minoxil, finasteride, dustasteride, low- level laser light therapy, platelet-rich plasma, adenosine, ketoconazole).Hair transplantation is one of the most rapidly evolving procedures in aesthetic surgery, accompanied by regular improvement in techniques. Current developments in hair transplantation focus on using the most appropriate harvesting techniques to use this finite resource effectively and to relocate it quickly and efficiently to achieve the optimum effective aesthetic coverage.