Ethnic considerations in hair restoration surgery

Abstract

Patients of different ethnicities have specific characteristics that are essential for hair transplant surgeons to understand so that aesthetic results can be achieved. In this article, the approaches of follicular unit extraction and follicular unit grafting or strip hair transplants for pattern hair loss are reviewed, along with the procedures of eyebrow and beard transplants and surgical hairline advancement/forehead reduction surgeries, within various ethnic groups.

Keywords: Asian hair; Ethnic hair transplant; Eyebrow transplantation; Follicular unit extraction; Hair transplant; Hispanic hair transplant.