Keratinocyte growth factor-1 (KGF-1) is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family
FGF7 and is expressed in normal and wounded skin. KGF-1 is massively produced in the …

Background Early use of follicular unit excision (FUE) as a method of hair transplantation
was limited by high rates of hair follicle transection. This hurdle has been overcome by …

Follicular unit excision (FUE) requires the careful excision of hair-bearing follicular units. The
follicle can only be detached from the skin once the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous …

Hair transplantation surgery has dramatically improved over the past decade thanks to the
emergence of new techniques of follicular unit transplantation (FUT) and follicular unit …

There are a number of basic principles that every hair transplant surgeon should know
regardless of which FUE hair transplant technique he or she uses. In this article, we explore a …

Background The psychological impact of hair loss in male pattern baldness and in women
with generalized thinning has been the subject of many past studies. The relationship …

Rotating and Oscillating Extraction: When rotation followed by oscillation is employed during
penetration of the punch. Rotational speed, arc of rotation, ramp (amplitude from starting …

… by Parsa Mohebi, MD … Figure 1: Illustrates the improvement of psycho-social variables
quantified in the Mohebi/Rassman Study of hair restoration patients in 2008. … Mohebi …

METHODS FUT, which is the technique of transplanting hair in its natural groupings of follicular
units, was used exclusively in this study. In this technique, a horizontal strip of donor skin …

Technological innovation in follicular unit excision (FUE) has made graft harvesting more
efficient than ever, allowing surgeons to increase the number of grafts they can obtain in a …