Hair Restoration Surgery in Patients with Pubic Atrichosis or Hypotrichosis

From 2001 to 2005, a study was conducted on 507 Korean women, aged 41.3 years on average, who had pubic atrichosis (22.7%) or hypotrichosis (77.3%). The study found that 81.7% of atrichosis patients had a family history of the condition. The primary reason for undergoing hair restoration surgery was a sense of inferiority to the same sex (73.8%). The average number of transplanted hairs was 929.3, with the modified horizontal type being the most common design pattern used (87.0%). The average survival rate of single-hair grafts on the pubis was 73.6%. The study concluded that pubic hair transplantation surgery is a suitable cosmetic procedure for patients with pubic atrichosis or hypotrichosis, particularly for addressing their inferiority complex.