Hair transplantation

✍ Scribed by Goepfert, Helmuth

• Book ID: 102235186
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1985
• Weight: 66 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-6403
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.2890070402

✦ Synopsis

The scars of injury, the marks of time, and the blemishes induced by genes are considered unsightly by those who bear such traces. As in beauty, the quality of life is in the eyes of the beholder. Much has been written about the emotional impact and the psychological pain that scars bring to bear. Today, more than ever, the art of surgery strives to erase what we term "ugly" and attempts to conform the patient's image as closely as possible to certain "ideals.