Definitions

  • Anesthetic agents – Medication or drugs that can be injected with a needle or rubbed onto and area to make it numb before a surgical procedure. Anesthesia drugs may also be given by mouth, breathed in as a gas, or injected into a vein or muscle to make a patient relaxed or unconscious.
  • Hair follicle – A tube-like indentation in the skin from which a single hair grows.
  • Minigraft or micrograft – Transplantation of a small number of hair follicles, as few as one to three hairs, into a transplant site.
  • Transplantation – Surgically cutting out hair follicles and replanting them in a different spot on the head.

Books

  • Strough, Dow B., and Robert S. Hamber, eds. Hair Replacement-Surgical and Medical. St. Louis: Mosby-Yearbook, 1996.
  • Unger, Walter P., ed. Hair Transplantation. 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1995.

Periodicals

  • Bernstein, R. M., and W. R. Rassman. “Follicular Transplantation: Patient Evaluation and Surgical Planning.” Dermatologic Surgery (B2S) 23, no. 9 (Sept. 1997): 771-784, 801-805.
  • Brady, D. A. “Chest Hair Used As Donor Material in Hair Restoration Surgery.” Dermatologic Surgery 23, no. 9 (Sept. 1997): 841-844.
  • Byron, C. “Hair Raising.” Men’s Health 10, no. 6 (July/Aug. 1995): 72-77, 112, 114.
  • Chang, L. Y., et. al. “Use of the Scalp as a Donor Site for Large Burn Wound Coverage: Review of 150 Patients.” World Journal of Surgery 22, no. 3 (Mar.1998): 296-300.
  • Fischer, David. “The Bald Truth.” U.S. News & World Report (4 Aug. 1997): 44-50.

Organizations

  • American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. 401 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-4267. (313) 527-6713.
  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20005. 800-332-3223.

Products

  • MD Hair Products – Hair re-growth products, skin care products, shampoos, vitamins, books, volumizing treatments, hair loss concealers, and so much more.