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Unger, Robin et al.: 2023 Hair Transplantation DOI: 10.1055/b-0042-191768
Section V Follicular Unit Extraction Procedure

72B Long Hair Preview Follicular Unit Excision Techniques

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Editors: Unger, Robin; Shapiro, Ronald

Authors: Gupta, Aditya K.; McDonald, Adriane; Noreldin, Ahmed Adel; Bauman, Alan J.; Juliano, Alessandra; Abbasi, Ali; Dua, Aman; Christiano, Angela M.; O’Mara, Angela; Yong, Angeline Anning; Tosti, Antonella; Ruston, Antonio; Nusbaum, Aron G.; Poswal, Arvind; Shahmalak, Asim; Alp, Bayramoğlu; Nusbaum, Bernard P.; Farjo, Bessam; Feriduni, Bijan; Wolf, Bradley R.; Puig, Carlos J.; Varona, Christopher M.; Albertini, Conradin von; Ziering, Craig; Pathomvanich, Damkerng; Josephitis, David; Perez-Meza, David; Mangubat, E. Antonio; Ball, Edward A. M.; Poblet, Enrique; Eisenberg, Eric L.; Wang, Etienne C. E.; Rinaldi, Fabio; Jimenez, Francisco; Krenitsky, Gabriel H.; Williams, Greg; Abaci, Hasan Erbil; Radwanski, Henrique N.; Park, Jae Hyun; Hernandez, Irene; Harris, James A.; Vogel, James E.; Devroye, Jean; Irvine, Jeff; Epstein, Jeffrey; Cooley, Jerry E.; Shapiro, Jerry; Wong, Jerry; Kim, Jino; Jackow, Joanna; Cole, John; Dua, Kapil; Washenik, Ken; Williams, Ken; Erdogan, Koray; Sicco, Kristen Lo; Yagyu, Kuniyoshi; Bloch, Leila David; Santos, Leopoldo Duailibe; Avila, Lorena; Pontes, Luciana Takata; Khanna, Manoj; Avram, Marc R.; Pitchon, Marcelo; Crisóstomo, Márcio; Barusco, Marco N.; Sanseverino, Maria Angélica Muricy; Schambach, Marie A.; Unger, Mark; Speranzini, Mauro; Cole, Megan; Mayer, Melvin L.; Beehner, Michael L.; Neff, Mike; Mohmand, Mohammad H.; Ahmad, Muhammad; Rogers, Nicole E.; Large, Nicole; Farjo, Nilofer; Otberg, Nina; Desai, Nirav V.; Mohebi, Parsa; Frechet, Patrick; Mwamba, Patrick; Shapiro, Paul; Rose, Paul T.; Tesauro, Piero; Kinler, Rae Lynne P.; Rabbani, Ramin; Konior, Raymond J.; Kothottil, Renu; Lemos, Ricardo Gomes de; Mejia, Ricardo; Shiell, Richard C.; Finney, Robert; True, Robert H; Dorin, Robert J.; Haber, Robert S.; Unger, Robin; Shapiro, Ronald; Adajar, Ruel A.; Knudsen, Russell G.; Nadimi, Sahar; Lam, Samuel M.; Vasa, Sanjeev; Tovar, Sara Lea Salas; MD, Sara Wasserbauer; Boden, Scott A.; Keene, Sharon A.; Abbasi, Sheida; Kabaker, Sheldon S.; Kobren, Spencer David; Gabel, Steven; Hwang, Sungjoo “Tommy”; Nakatsui, Thomas C.; Carman, Timothy; Lardner, Tina; Elliott, Vance W.; Mysore, Venkataram; Unger, Walter P.; Rassman, William; Doucet, Yanne S.; MD, Young-Ran Lee; Guo, Zongyou

Title: Hair Transplantation

Print ISBN: 9781626236936; Online ISBN: 9781684202737; Book DOI: 10.1055/b000000335

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Subjects: Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery;Dermatology

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Marie A. Schambach

Summary

Patients do not like to shave their head to perform hair transplantation. This is true for both the donor and the recipient area. The primary reason is that when one shaves, it draws attention to the patient and the procedure is much noticeable to peers and friends. If one does not shave, it is much easier to hide. In the previous chapter, techniques to perform nonshaven follicular unit excision (NS-FUE) transplantation were discussed. However, although the donor area is not shaved, it still involves clever ways of trimming donor hair short. These techniques are discussed in Chapter 72a, Nonshaven FUE Techniques. Nonshaven FUE leaving the donor hair long is a more advanced method of nonshaven hair transplantation. It is also called preview long transplants, and it has been done in follicular unit transplantation (FUT) for a while. For many years, performing this with FUE seemed impossible. This is because you have to figure a way to punch out a graft with a small punch while leaving the hair long. Recently, long hair nonshaven FUE has become a reality. Theoretical benefits are that you (1) get a wow factor immediately post-op, (2) may be able to see the effect of donor harvesting in real time and therefore have better control over done management, (3) have immediate feedback with respect to the look of the recipient area and have better control over planning the recipient area. Negatives are that it is much slower, there is a greater risk of transection and poor survival, and only smaller session can be currently done.

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long hair transplants - preview transplants - FUE long hair transplants - open slot punch - Trivellini long hair punch - oscillation
 
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