Suzan Sirinturk
Ege University, Turkey
Title: Study of the frontal hairline patterns for hairline design and hairline restoration
Biography
Biography: Suzan Sirinturk
Abstract
Hair transplantation has been a highly effective technique in reducing wide foreheads and recontouring the hairline. Creating a natural hairline is one of the most important elements in hair transplant. This study discusses the need to design a natural hairline. Standard photographs of the forehead region were obtained from two hundred Turkish young adults. The hairline contours were classified into five groups as round, M-shaped, rectangular, bell shaped and triangular shapes. Measurements of forehead region such as height of the forehead, width of the forehead and supra-orbital region were calculated as reference points. In women and men; the average height of the forehead was 58.3±6.6 mm, 61.4±9.7 mm; average width of the forehead was 129±14.4 mm, 137.1±18 mm and average of supra-orbital region was 125.3±13.5 mm, 133.9±15.9 mm, respectively. The incidence of hairline shapes was seen as round (28%, 27%), M-shaped (19%, 46%), rectangular (30%, 31%), bell-shaped (5%, 4%), and triangular (18%, 2%). There were significant gender differences in the aesthetic rankings of hairline contours. Compared with women, both of the measured average forehead reference lengths displayed a significantly greater value in men. Our results clearly showed a sex difference in the predominant type of shape; the M shape was most common and the triangular type was poorly classified in men, whereas the rectangular hairline was the most common type in women.