Hair Transplant 360 - Volume 3 Advances, Techniques, Business Development & Global Perspectives

Hair transplantation is a surgical technique that moves individual hair follicles from a part of the body called the 'donor site' to a bald or balding part of the body known as the 'recipient site'. The procedure is minimally invasive and involves grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically resistant to balding being transplanted to the bald scalp. It is primarily used to treat male baldness but can also be used to restore hair in other parts of the body including eyelashes, eyebrows and chest hair.

The third volume of Hair Transplant 360 provides surgeons with the latest knowledge and techniques in hair transplantation. Written by an extensive author team from throughout Europe, the USA and Canada, this comprehensive guide consists of eighty chapters describing new technologies and advances in existing procedures.

The book includes numerous clinical photographs and illustrations, and accompanying DVDs demonstrate various hair transplant procedures.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to hair transplantation for surgeons
• Extensive, internationally recognised author team
• Includes DVDs demonstrating surgical procedures
• Volumes one and two published in 2011

Section I: Hair-Transplant Techniques 360

• Hairline-Design Strategies and Techniques
• Micro-Punch Instruments for Recipient-Site Creation
• Preview Long Hair Transplantation
• Follicular-Unit Extraction with the SAFE System: A Dull Dissecting-Tip FUE Device
• Spreader Technique for Donor Harvesting
• Eyelash Hair Transplant
• Eyebrow Hair Transplant
• Surgical Female Hairline Lowering
• Stamp Design for Recipient-Site Creation
• Megasessions, Lateral Slits, and Dense Packing
• Implanters in Hair Restoration
• Long-Term Strategic Planning for Hair-Restoration Surgery in Male Pattern Baldness
• Advanced Transplantation of the Crown: How to Increase Visual Perception of Coverage and Density with Cross-Hatching
• Managing and Correcting Synthetic Hair Transplants
• Pubic Hair Transplants
• Transplantation to the Beard, Chest, and other Areas
• The No-Shave Technique for Follicular-Unit Extraction

Section II: Hair-Repair Techniques 360

• The PASSO Algorithm for Hairline Correction
• Hairline Correction Techniques
• Scalp Repair using Tissue Expanders
• Managing Aesthetic Problems following Hair Transplantation
• Scalp Reductions and the Frechet Triple-Flap Repair
• Correcting Facelift and Other Scars
• Harvesting Follicular Units from the Body for Scalp Repair
• Scalp Micropigmentation: A Valuable Technique for Use in Hair Loss 26. Managing Complications in Hair Restoration 27. Follicular-Unit Extraction Grafts Transplanted into Strip Scars

Section III: Business Considerations For The Hair-Transplant Surgeon 360

• Strategies for Business Development of a Hair-Restoration Practice
• Marketing Your Hair-Transplant Practice
• Management of a Cosmetic Practice
• Running a Successful Solo Practice
• Running a Successful Multiple-Location Solo Practice
• Insights into being Part of a Successful Corporate Practice
• Transitioning from a Private Practice to a Corporate Practice in Hair-Restoration Surgery
• Transitioning from a Corporate to a Solo Private Practice in Hair-Restoration Surgery
• Building and Managing an International Hair-Restoration Practice
• Expanding a Hair-Transplant Business into a Diversified Cosmetic Practice
• Expanding a Cosmetic Practice to Include Hair Restoration
• Malpractice Minimization
• Managing Your Online Reputation and Advanced Internet Marketing
• Perfecting the Patient Consultation
• Leadership, Teamwork, Multiple Profit Centers, and Other Fundamental Business Concepts for a Successful Cosmetic Practice

Section IV: Ancillary Measures 360

• Regenerative Medicine Part I: Usage of Porcine Extracellular Matrix in Hair-Loss Prevention, Hair-Restoration Surgery, and Donor-Scar Revision
• Regenerative Medicine Part 2: Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma
• New Frontiers in Graft-Storage Solutions
• The TrichoScan for Patient Selection
• Bimatoprost for Hair Loss: Initial Studies and Application
• Autocloning by Beard Hair Plucking
• Finasteride Side Effects
• Oral Minoxidil
• Low-Level Laser Therapy

Section V: Difficult Cases 360

• Hair Transplantation on a Patient with a Large Cranioplasty: Special Considerations
• Hairline Plug Correction
• Approach to the Young Patient
• Temporo-Parieto-Occipital Flap Repair
• A Case of Poor Judgment with Traditional Plugs
• Graft Removal, Redistribution, and Reimplantation using Follicular-Unit Extraction
• Mega- and Gigasessions: Restoring Areas 150 cm² and Over
• Repair of Hairline Height after Juri-Flap Surgery
• Hair Transplants in Young Men
• Repair Case of a Wide Donor Scar
• Serial Scalp Reduction
• Management of Donor-Site Necrosis

Section VI: Surgical Assistant 360

• Emergency-Situation Management for Physicians and Staff
• Robotic Follicular-Unit Extraction (The ARTAS System) and the Role of the Surgical Assistant
• Efficiency Versus Effectiveness
• Postoperative Care Do’s and Don’ts
• Follicular-Unit Extraction and the Role of the Surgical Assistant
• The Effects of Graft Injury and Desiccation
• Tools of the Trade
• Efficient Training Techniques
• Hair Transplant 360 for Assistants: Updates

Section VII: Business Considerations for the Surgical Assistant 360

• Starting a Career as a Hair-Transplant Technician
• Cross-Training Strategy between a Surgical Assistant and a Medical Assistant
• Different Career-Path Options for Surgical Assistants
• Coordinating a Combined Dermatological and Hair-Transplant Practice
• The Consultant Role in Hair Restoration
• Staff Management: The Office Manager’s Perspective
• Outline to Running a Successful Solo Practice
• How to Leverage your Staff Skills

DVD Contents

• Preview Long Hair Transplant
• Follicular-Unit Extraction (FUE) with the SAFE System: A Dull Dissecting-Tip FUE Device
• Spreader Technique for Donor Harvesting
• Eyelash Hair Transplant
• Surgical Female Hairline Lowering
• Stamp Design for Recipient-Site Creation
• Implanters in Hair Restoration
• Advanced Transplantation of the Crown: How to Increase Visual Perception of Coverage and Density with Cross-Hatching
• Transplantation to the Beard, Chest, and other Areas
• The No-Shave Technique for Follicular-Unit Extraction
• Scalp Reductions and the Frechet Triple-Flap Repair
• Strategies for Business Development of a Hair-Restoration Practice
• Expanding a Cosmetic Practice to include Hair Restoration
• Regenerative Medicine Part 2: Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma
• Robotic Follicular-Unit Extraction (The ARTAS System) and the Role of the Surgical Assistant
• Update to Hair Transplant 360, Volume 2

Samuel M Lam MD FACS
Director, Lam Institute for Hair Restoration, Plano, Texas, USA