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Article: A hair-raising tale. (baldness)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
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There are many remedies, potions, and promises for combating baldness, but little in the way of genuinely satisfying results. Even the "miracle" of hair transplantation offers only limited aesthetic appeal, with results often marked by scarring, a cobblestone texture to the scalp, and an artificial look.
Now, however, an innovative microsurgical technique offers men and women the promise of a natural looking head of hair with a minimal amount of discomfort. "Microsurgery enables the surgeon to minimize problems," indicates Carlos Oscar Uebel of the Plastic Surgery Clinic, Porto Alegre, Brazil. His work is based on the use of micro-graft and mini-graft hair ...