Using the Follicular Unit Extraction Technique in Treatment of Male Androgenetic Alopecia

    November 2024 in “ BMC Surgery ”
    Fang Wang, Ying Chen, Yang Chen … Wei Zhang
    Studysummary This article notes the increasing incidence of androgenetic alopecia in males and the growing acceptance of follicular unit extraction as a treatment, but reports no new clinical results.
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