Body-Hair Transplant for Cicatricial Alopecia

March 2012 in “ Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas ”

Teresa Meyer-González, C. Bisanga

body-hair transplant cicatricial alopecia Norwood class III alopecia hair transplant strip method follicular units occipital region parieto-occipital region scar area keloids scalp hair donor area

TLDR Body-hair transplant successfully improved scarred areas and frontal hair density without visible chest scarring.

In the 2012 case report, a 30-year-old man with Norwood class III alopecia who had previously undergone a hair transplant using the strip method received a body-hair transplant to reconstruct a donor strip scar and reinforce the frontal area. The patient had a low follicular density in the occipital region, so a combination of follicular units from the occipital region and chest was used. A total of 335 follicular units were harvested from the chest and 600 from the parieto-occipital region. The body hair follicular units were implanted at a density of 17 units/cm² in the scar area. Six months post-procedure, over 80% of the units had survived in the scar, and the hair was practically indistinguishable from scalp hair in terms of thickness and length. The donor area on the chest healed without visible scars or keloids, resulting in a satisfactory cosmetic outcome. The case highlights the potential of body-hair transplantation for cicatricial alopecia, despite it being a controversial technique with few published case reports.

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