Review of the OLSW: 17TH ANNUAL ORLANDO LIVE SURGERY WORKSHOP: March 16-19, 2011, Orlando, FL

Puig, Carlos J.; Niedbalski, Robert; Boden, Scott A.; Mohebi, Parsa

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“…While the etiology of white hair is still unknown, it is understood to be a manifestation of the aging process and progressive dysfunction of melanin pigment in melanocytes 4 . Since white hairs are not only similar in color to skin, but also transparent, they can be easily injured during the delicate and highly specialized process of punching or preparing follicular units.…”

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An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units

Moon

Choi

2017

Arch Plast Surg

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There exist some restrictions and difficulties in performing follicular unit extraction (FUE) in white-haired patients, for several reasons. In this paper, we introduce a novel technique for visualizing white hair during the punching procedure and graft preparation in FUE for white-haired patients. In white-haired older male patients, we dyed the surrounding scalp skin purple with a gentian violet solution-stained toothpick. Our method has several advantages: surgeons can easily focus on the center of the follicular unit and rapidly perform punching, they can recognize the condition of the harvested follicular units during FUE, and the hair transplant team can secure a clear view for trimming and loading into the implanter. We suggest that scalp dyeing in difficult FUE procedures, especially in patients with white hair, may be a simple method that provides a good visualization for donor site harvesting and for microdissection.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%