Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians

Damkerng Pathomvanich MD FACS: Private practice at DHT Clinic, Bangkok, Thailand: Director Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery approved by ISHRS: Founder AAHRS (Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeon): First president AAHRS: Member ISHRSKenichiro Imagawa MD, phD : Private practice at Yokobi Clinic Yokohama, Japan : FISHRS, Diplomate American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Founder AAHRS

• Part 1. Anatomy and Biology.- 1. The Asian Continent: Its Origin and Evolution.- 2. Practical anatomy in hair transplantation.- 3. Hair Characteristics of East and Southeast Asians.- 4. Hair characteristics of South Asians.- 5. Hair characteristics of West Asians.- 6. Diseases of the hair and scalp in Asians that are of interest to hair surgeons.-7. Differential diagnosis of male and female pattern hair loss.- 8. Stem cell:  Current and Future State.-  9. Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection Therapy .- 10.Holding Solutions, Conditions, and Additives to Optimize Hair Follicle Viability and Function.- Part 2. Instrument.-11. Dermoscopy.- Part 3. Different hairline in Asians.-12.Hairline design in South Asians.- 13.Hairline design in West Asians.- 14.Naturally occurring hairlines in non-balding oriental men of East and South-East Asian origin.- 15.Hairline design in East and South East Asians (ESEA).- Part 4. Pre and post operative care.-16. Peri and intra operative care.- 17. Anesthesia and techniques of administration.- 18. Post-operative care.- Part 5. Donor Harvesting: Strip Harvesting (FUT).-19. Strip Harvesting (FUT).- 20. Laser lax for donor closure.- 21. Follicular transection in strip harvesting.- 22. Hair alignment in donor closure.-23. Upper and lower trichophytic closure with wavy two-layered closure for optimal hair transplantation scar.- 24. Asymmetric dermal suture (deep suture of the two-layer closure).-25. How to approach donor harvesting in wavy hair.- Part 6. Donor harvesting: Follicle unit extraction (FUE).-<26. FUE: Basic and advanced techniques.- 27. Follicular unit extraction in East Asians.- 28. FUE in SouthAsians.- 29. FUE experiences in West Asians.- 30. NeoGraft™: My experience in Asians.- 31. Robotic follicular unit extraction.- 32. Hidden transection by follicular unit extraction (FUE) .- 33. Non-shaven follicular unit extraction in East Asians: Pros and cons.- 34. Gigasession with FUT: Refining the technique for optimal results.-35  Giga Sessions with Combination of FUT and FUE in Asians. .-36. Gigasessions with FUE: How to avoid complications.- Part 7. The recipient site.-37. Recipient site planning and design.-38. Optimizing the efficiency of recipient area estimation.-39. Graft preparation with digital video microscope.- 40. Depth control scalp board.-41. How to manage slippery grafts?.-42. Implanter pen: How to select a good one and its uses.-43. Different techniques of graft insertion.-Part 8. Complications in hair transplantation.-44. Complications in general.-45. Complications from strip harvesting.-46. Recipient site complications.-47. Complications in FUE.-48. Folliculitis in hair transplantation: Dermatologist’s point of view.-49. Post-Op folliculitis: Another perspective.- 50. Prevention and treatment of postoperative folliculitis.-51. Does Epinephrine influence post-surgical effluvium.-Part 9. Hair restoration of special consideration.-52. Hair transplantation for hairline correction in Asian women.-53. Hair transplantation in transexual males.-54. When to consider scalp advancement.-55. When and how to restore temporal point recession.-56. Crown restoration: Indications, technique and design.-Part 10. Body hair transplantation.-57. Eyebrow transplantation in East and Southeast  Asians.-58. Eyebrow transplantation inWestern Asians.-59. Eyelash transplantation.-60. Beard hair transplantation.-61. Pubic hair transplantation.-62. Body hair transplant.-63. Hair transplantation to the axillae.-Part 11. Selected Categories in Hair Transplantation.-64. Hair transplantation in mainland China.-65. Should we do hair transplantation in the poor candidate?.-66. The keys to achieving optimal results.-67. Should hair transplantation be performed in scalp psoriasis?.-Part 12. Ancillary Treatment Modality of Hair Loss.-68. Current and future medical treatment of androgenetic alopecia.-69. LLLT: Does it work.-70.Retrospective analysis of nutrition status for Asian female pattern hair loss patients.-71. Nutritional correction for hair loss, thinning of hair and achieving new hair regrowth.- 72. Low anabolic profile in assessing a patient's overall hair loss.-73. Aging hair in asians and caucasians.-74. .-75. Training module in hair restoration surgery, a simple method for beginner surgeons and assistants.-76.  Hair Prosthesis.