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Aesth Plast Surg (2014) 38:205206 DOI 10.1007/s00266-013-0265-3
EDITORS INVITED COMMENTARY NON-SURGICAL AESTHETIC
Micropigmentation: Camouaging Scalp Alopecia and Scars in Korean Patients
W. Lampeter
Received: 13 December 2013 / Accepted: 13 December 2013 / Published online: 11 January 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2014
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The use of tattooing as an adjunct to reconstructive procedures and scar treatments is well documented in the plastic surgery literature [1, 2]. As Dr. Park and his coauthors have persuasively illustrated, it also is applicable for improving the cosmesis of male-pattern baldness (MPB) and female-pattern hair loss (FPHL). Oftentimes used as a complementary measure for hair transplantation, tattooing may have certain applications as a primary nonsurgical treatment for individuals disinclined to a surgical approach, as described in the published report [3].
Having been graciously invited by Dr. Spinelli to comment on this publication, I submit for your consideration several concepts gathered from my personal experience tattooing scars and scalp alopecia over the years. In contrast to the published report, which compiles data on exclusively Korean patients, my demographics to date have been predominately in the treatment of Caucasians, as well as in various other combinations of racial heritage. I believe, however, that the techniques of tattooing have many commonalities applicable...