Abstract
Strip excision is by far the most common method currently used for donor harvesting in hair restoration surgery throughout the world [1–6]. Although there are many different techniques in strip excision, almost all are blind techniques. The surgeon’s skill and experience are required in keeping the scalpel blade parallel to the hair shaft to minimize transection. What appears to be a straight hair may have the root curved in an unpredictable direction. Hair follicles are arranged not in orderly but in random rows. Even hairs in the same follicle may be found in different planes and angles. The worst scenario is obviously the curly hair where it is impossible to parallel the blade with the hair shaft. Hair transection during blind cutting is inevitable.
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Pathomvanich, D. (2010). A Refined Open Donor Harvesting to Minimize Follicular Transection. In: Pathomvanich, D., Imagawa, K. (eds) Hair Restoration Surgery in Asians. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99659-0_23
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