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Facial Plast Surg 2023; 39(05): 512-516
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771291
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Hair Restoration Techniques

Jennifer Nicole Shehan
1   Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Jeffrey Howard Spiegel
2   The Spiegel Center, Newton, Massachusetts
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Abstract

Hair restoration is an essential topic in the current management of facial plastic surgery concerns and queries. Advances in hair restoration include oral and topical medications and compounded preparations, injections including platelet-rich plasma, light therapy, and follicular unit extraction methods. This article provides a review of current techniques.

Keywords

hair restoration - nonsurgical management - surgical management - follicular unit transplantation


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Article published online:
28 July 2023

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