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Pages 291-306 (May 2010)
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Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation: Current Technique
Técnica actual del trasplante de pelo de unidades foliculares
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F. Jiménez-Acosta
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Clínica Dr. Jiménez Acosta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Since 1959, when Norman Orentreich described the phenomenon of donor dominance in androgenic alopecia and opened the way to hair transplantation, the field of hair replacement surgery has been evolving continuously. Advances in the last 15 years, and particularly the microscopic dissection of donor strips into follicular units, have eradicated the idea that follicular transplantation is an aggressive procedure that produces an artificial result. Hair transplantation procedures involving the transplant of only follicular units can now achieve natural, undetectable, and reproducible results, very different from the outcomes achieved with earlier techniques. Consequently, there is no excuse today for not offering hair transplantation to patients with androgenic alopecia, both male and female, who are good candidates for this technique. This review provides a general overview of the current procedure for follicular unit hair transplantation.

Keywords:
Hair transplantation
Follicular unit hair transplantation
Follicular unit extraction
Micrografts
Resumen

Desde que en 1959 Norman Orentreich describiera el fenómeno de dominancia donante en la alopecia androgenética, abriendo así el camino a los trasplantes capilares, el campo del trasplante de pelo ha estado en permanente evolución. Con los avances surgidos en estos últimos 15 años, principalmente con la disección microscópica de los injertos en unidades foliculares, se ha conseguido desterrar la idea de que el trasplante es una técnica agresiva que produce un resultado artificial. Gracias al uso exclusivo de unidades foliculares como el único elemento de trasplante, el trasplante de pelo se ha convertido en una técnica con resultados naturales, indetectables y reproducibles, muy diferentes a los alcanzados con las técnicas anteriores. Por todo ello, hoy día no existe excusa para dejar de ofrecer la posibilidad del trasplante a aquellos pacientes con alopecia androgenética, tanto hombres como mujeres, que sean buenos candidatos al mismo. En este artículo de revisión describimos de forma general el procedimiento actual del trasplante de pelo con unidades foliculares.

Palabras clave:
Trasplante de pelo
Trasplante de unidades foliculares
Extracción de unidades foliculares
Microinjertos
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