A method of implanting synthetic hair fibers in a person's scalp using a medical suturing needle attached to either one or a plurality of medically inert synthetic hair fibers having knots tied in the length of fiber at intervals of about ten inches. The fiber is threaded in serpentine fashion through a person's scalp below the skin where the knots are left in the third skin layer. The loops formed by the fibers above the skin are subsequently cut at their approximate center and/or the end proximate the needle so that the resultant appearance is that of a normal head of hair. The skin heals about the implanted fiber and holds it in place.

A method of treating baldness by inserting strands of natural or synthetic hair into the scalp by suitable penetration means is disclosed. The method essentially involves passing a U-shaped loop of hair through the tissue beneath the scalp so that the base of the U protrudes therefrom and engaging the base of a second U-shaped strand with the first strand following which the first strand is pulled in the reverse direction so that the interengaged portions are disposed beneath the scalp in the insertion pathway. The method also includes the alternative of performing a unit of two interlocking strands whose true ends have been joined chemically, thermally, mechanically or electronically and inserting the units beneath the scalp with their opposed ends projecting from the penetration openings. The methods further contemplate applying a biodegradable tissue adhesive or tissue inert material at the point of interconnection of the strands or to join the free ends of the units and further contemplates the possible steps of applying similar material adjacent the perforation points where the strands were inserted into the scalp. Suitable apparatus such as skewers having various strand carrying pockets and various configurations are also disclosed to implement the method.

A method of treating baldness is disclosed which includes the implantation of strands of natural or artificial hair beneath the scalp and into the subcutaneous tissue. The method contemplates pre-forming the strands of hair into a U-shaped loop which can be implaced beneath the scalp by means of a penetration instrument in an arcuate or concave configuration with respect to the scalp for improved retention properties. Apparatus is also disclosed for carrying out the method which will facilitate engaging and implanting the hair in the manner just described and which is also capable of readily disengaging the hair from the penetration instrument for removal of the instrument and which is further capable of injecting tissue adhesives and hemostatic agents into the tissue surrounding the hair to stabilize it and assist the healing and anchoring process. It is also possible to perform the method of this invention without pre-forming the strand except to the extent that it is formed when placed on the penetration instrument.

A method of treating baldness by inserting strands of natural or synthetic hair into the scalp by suitable penetration instrument is disclosed. The method essentially involves passing a U-shaped loop of hair through the tissue beneath the scalp so that the base of the U protrudes therefrom and engaging the base of a second U-shaped strand with the first strand following which the first strand is pulled in the reverse direction so that the interengaged portions are disposed beneath the scalp in the insertion pathway. The method also includes the alternative of preforming a unit of two interlocking strands whose true ends have been joined chemically, thermally, mechanically, or electronically and inserting the units beneath the scalp with their opposed ends projecting from the penetration openings. The methods further contemplate applying a biodegradable tissue adhesive or tissue inert material at the point of interconnection of the strands or to join the free ends of the units and further contemplates the possible steps of applying similar material adjacent the perforation points where the strands were inserted into the scalp. Suitable apparatus, such as skewers having various strand carrying pockets and various configurations, are also disclosed to implement the method.

A method of treating baldness by inserting strands of natural or synthetic hair into the scalp by suitable penetration means is disclosed. The method essentially involves passing a U-shaped loop of hair through the tissue beneath the scalp so that the base of the U protrudes therefrom and engaging the base of a second U-shaped strand with the first strand following which the first strand is pulled in the reverse direction so that the interengaged portions are disposed beneath the scalp in the insertion pathway. The method also includes the alternative of performing a unit of two interlocking strands whose true ends have been joined chemically, thermally, mechanically or electronically and inserting the units beneath the scalp with their opposed ends projecting from the penetration openings. The methods further contemplate applying a biodegradable tissue adhesive or tissue inert material at the point of interconnection of the strands or to join the free ends of the units and further contemplates the possible steps of applying similar material adjacent the perforation points where the strands were inserted into the scalp. Suitable apparatus such as skewers having various strand carrying pockets and various configurations are also disclosed to implement the method.