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The density issue in hair transplantation
1Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA.
Background:
Modern hair restoration procedures may involve, individually or in combinations, flaps, grafts consisting of plugs, slits, strips, minigrafts, or micrografts, with or without alopecia reduction.
Objective:
To review the density achieved using mini-micrografting technique compared with that accomplished by plug methodology.
Methods:
Hair counts per square centimeter were done on both mini-micrografted and plug cases from the author's practice.
Results:
Comparable density (terminal hair per square centimeter) was noted to occur with either technique but accomplished with fewer sessions using mini-micrografting methodology and relatively dense packing of grafts.
Conclusion:
The density issue is a nonissue if comparable numbers of hair are transplanted per square centimeter.