An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units
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....
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-4c065819cc5640659cd53c796c582f8d2022-12-22T02:55:34ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Archives of Plastic Surgery2234-61632234-61712017-03-01440217017210.5999/aps.2017.44.2.170780An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular UnitsMin Seon Moon0Jong Pil Choi1Department of Plastic Surgery, JP Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, JP Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, KoreaThere 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2017.44.2.170hair colorandrogenic alopeciagentian violet |
| spellingShingle | Min Seon Moon Jong Pil Choi An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units Archives of Plastic Surgery hair color androgenic alopecia gentian violet |
| title | An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units |
| title_full | An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units |
| title_fullStr | An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units |
| title_short | An Innovative Scalp-Dyeing Technique with Gentian Violet Solution During Follicular Unit Extraction for White-Haired Follicular Units |
| title_sort | innovative scalp dyeing technique with gentian violet solution during follicular unit extraction for white haired follicular units |
| topic | hair color androgenic alopecia gentian violet |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2017.44.2.170 |
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