Clinical Features of Patients Treated With Hair Transplants in Female Pattern Hair Loss

January 2024 in “ Annals of Dermatology ”

Dea Kwan Yun, Dongho Kim, Chung Juhyun, Kyujin Yeom, Myung Hwa Kim, Mi Soo Choi, Geun Park, Jae Hyun Park, Jisup Ahn, Jae‐Yoon JUNG, H.S. Cho, Sungjoo Hwang, B. C. Park

hair transplantation female-pattern hair loss follicular unit transplantation folliculitis telogen effluvium analgesia surgical techniques hair transplant FPHL FUT

TLDR Hair transplants are highly satisfactory for treating female-pattern hair loss.

This study evaluated hair transplantation (HT) in 195 Korean women with female-pattern hair loss (FPHL), with a mean age of 49.1 years. Most participants had mild to moderate hair loss, and 88.2% reported over 75% satisfaction, especially with a higher number of transplanted hairs. Common complications included pain, facial edema, folliculitis, and telogen effluvium, with pain and folliculitis more frequent in the follicular unit transplantation (FUT) group. The study emphasizes the importance of proper analgesia, surgical techniques, and patient counseling, despite limitations like a small sample size and retrospective design. It suggests HT as a highly satisfactory treatment for FPHL and calls for further large-scale research.

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