Advances in Hair Transplantation: Longitudinal Partial Follicular Unit Transplantation

January 2015 in “ Current problems in dermatology ”

Coen G. Gho, H. A. Martino Neumann

Partial Longitudinal Follicular Unit Transplantation PL-FUT hair transplantation follicular unit hair regeneration androgenic alopecia scarring alopecias frontal fibrosing alopecia minimally invasive hair transplant hair regrowth male pattern baldness scarring hair loss FFA

Studysummary This review discusses partial longitudinal-follicular unit transplantation (PL-FUT) for hair loss and notes its potential to multiply hair follicles while preserving donor areas, but reports no new clinical results.

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