Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research
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Study of the frontal hairline patterns for hairline design and hairline restoration

International Conference on Anatomy and Physiology

August 11-13, 2016 Birmingham, UK

Suzan Sirinturk, Hassan Bagheri, Figen Govsa, Yelda Pinar and Mehmet Asim Ozer

Ege University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Anat Physiol

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.

Biography :

Suzan Sirinturk was graduated from Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University in 2012. She studied at the Department of Medical Genetics between 2009 and 2011 for a part-time internship program. She is now a Research Assistant at the Department of Anatomy, Medical Faculty of Ege University in her second year, studying for PhD degree.

Email: dr.suzan.sirinturk@gmail.com