Patient Selection, Hair Transplant Design, And Hairstyle

May 1992 in “ The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology ”

O’Tar T. Norwood

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Studysummary This article discusses patient selection and procedural design for hair transplant surgery without reporting new clinical results; it also considers how hair transplant designs can align with various hairstyles.

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