Single Hair Transplantation for Cicatrical Eyebrow Alopecia.

Choi, Won Suk; Suhk, Jung Hoon; Kim, Tae Bum; Yang, Wan Suk

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2007;34(5):647-652.
Published online September 1, 2007.

Single Hair Transplantation for Cicatrical Eyebrow Alopecia.

Won Suk Choi, Jung Hoon Suhk, Tae Bum Kim, Wan Suk Yang

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dong Kang General Hospital, Ulsan, Korea. artpsyang@yahoo.co.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
Single hair transplantation for eyebrow loss has been considered as a good method of achieving natural appearance of eyebrow. To date, however, no study has reported the survival rate following single hair transplantation for cicatricial eyebrow alopecia. METHODS: We performed single hair transplantation using Choi hair transplanter for 49 cases of scarring eyebrow loss from March 2003 to March 2006. Of these cases, 33 could be under a follow-up postoperatively for more than seven months. These 33 cases comprised 20 men and 13 women. Mean follow-up period was 12 months (7-36 months). In 17 patients(51.5%), 100 to 200 hairs were unilaterally transplanted.
RESULTS
Following initial hair transplantation, the surgical outcome was excellent in 11 cases(33.3%), good in 12 cases(36.4%), fair or poor in the remaining ten cases(30.3%). All procedures were done under intravenous sedation and local or regional block anesthesia. It took about one and a half hours for us to transplant 200 hairs. The shape of eyebrow was aesthetically acceptable with a good direction and an ideal inclination of hairs. No patients developed notable complications, while 30 percent had a low survival rate.
CONCLUSION
Single hair transplantation using Choi hair transplanter is a safe, effective surgical method for scarring eyebrow loss.

Keywords: Choi hair transplanter; Scarring eyebrow loss and single hair transplantation