see-through phenomenon

The visual effect that hair imparts to the viewer when transplanted onto an exfoliated, bald scalp

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see-through phenomenon

Cosmetic surgery The visual effect when hair is transplanted onto an exfoliated expanse in the chrome-domed; STH is more prominent in dark-haired coves and more common in Pts with severe alopecia, in whom donor sites themselves are threadbare. See Plugginess.

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