October 2024 in “Dermatologic Surgery” In this review, researchers found that while exosomes show potential for treating hair loss with rare side effects reported among 125 patients, larger clinical trials with consistent manufacturing standards and regulatory oversight are needed to confirm efficacy and ensure safety.
February 2024 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses the evidence for platelet-rich plasma in hair restoration and skin rejuvenation, highlighting its benefits but noting a lack of consensus on best practices and protocols.
April 2023 in “Dermatologic surgery” This study found that using histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution with adenosine triphosphate and deferoxamine for hair graft preservation significantly reduced postsurgical shedding compared to Ringer solution, enhancing patient satisfaction.
1 citations
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July 2022 in “Clinical dermatology review” This review elaborates on follicular unit extraction as a hair restoration procedure and provides a detailed step-by-step guide but does not present new clinical results.
1 citations
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August 2021 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study reviewed 31 men with androgenetic alopecia who underwent hair transplantation using a robotic recipient site creation device, finding it to be as fast and consistent as manual methods and demonstrating high safety and patient satisfaction.
June 2021 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Tissue-engineered grafts can help regenerate hair follicles.
30 citations
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April 2021 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review explains the evolution and current techniques of follicular unit transplantation for hair restoration, identifying conditions suitable for surgery and offering guidelines for dermatologists to assess candidate suitability, focusing on male and female pattern hair loss.
1 citations
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January 2021 in “Dermatological reviews” This review discusses advancements in hair transplantation surgery and its capacity to achieve excellent results with trained surgeons; it does not report new clinical findings.
13 citations
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June 2020 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open” This study found that preserving hair grafts in platelet-rich plasma before implantation significantly improved hair density, graft uptake, and hair thickness compared to saline preservation in hair transplantation patients.
184 citations
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December 2018 in “Nature Communications” This study demonstrated that enhancing human skin constructs with hair follicles through engineered cell organization and vascularization improved hair growth in immunodeficient mice, suggesting potential advances for treating alopecia and chronic wounds.
27 citations
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September 2017 Pubic hair transplantation can improve self-esteem in those with sparse pubic hair.
8 citations
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January 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” This commentary honors Shoji Okuda's pioneering but overlooked work on hair transplantation techniques from 1939, detailing comprehensive experiments that were rediscovered and translated into English decades later.
23 citations
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September 2014 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports that a robotic device effectively harvests hair follicles with a 95.1% yield in Korean patients undergoing hair restoration surgery.
25 citations
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September 2014 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that hair transplantation using round grafts improved hair growth in African American women with end-stage CCCA, showing no postoperative scarring in the donor or recipient areas.
107 citations
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December 2013 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This review summarizes the anatomical and physiological aspects of human hair and its clinical significance, but does not report new research findings.
13 citations
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March 2013 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses the evolution and current practices of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) in hair restoration surgery, reporting comparable patient outcomes to Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), though noting controversies in its adoption.
17 citations
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June 2011 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This abstract provides no results; it contains subscription and journal information and does not discuss any study or findings.
54 citations
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August 2009 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review outlines the steps of contemporary hair transplantation surgery, including the roles of medications and nonsurgical options, but it reports no new clinical findings.
16 citations
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June 2009 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This abstract does not contain research results or findings.
27 citations
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January 2008 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This review examines the progression of hair restoration techniques from early methods to modern follicular unit transplantation and presents no new clinical results.
16 citations
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May 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article describes efforts in the field of hair restoration to achieve complete results in fewer sessions, but it does not report new clinical outcomes.
1 citations
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October 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review summarizes expert opinions on the use of approved pharmacologic treatments alongside hair transplantation, highlighting their potential to enhance hair density and regrowth speed while reducing further hair loss, but reports no new clinical trial results.
24 citations
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September 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study describes the anatomy of arrector pili muscles in scalp hair follicular units, proposing a model where a single muscle structure is shared by all follicles within a unit.
153 citations
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August 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This paper introduces the Follicular Unit Extraction procedure and its accompanying FOX Test, finding that 60% of tested patients were suitable candidates for this minimally invasive hair transplantation method.
138 citations
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March 2001 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses the relationship between perceived stress and hair loss or graying, exploring hair follicles as a model system but reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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September 2000 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article shares the story of Mr. Chung Ki Paek, as presented at the Japan Society of Hair Restoration Surgery's annual meeting, and reports no new clinical results.
15 citations
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March 2000 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Hair transplantation has evolved since 1822, with significant advancements by key figures and widespread international growth.
67 citations
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September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article explores aesthetic techniques in follicular hair transplantation, emphasizing natural-looking results and plans to present a case study, but it reports no new clinical findings.
72 citations
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September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses follicular transplantation for hair restoration, highlighting the importance of evaluating patient suitability and careful planning to achieve excellent cosmetic outcomes, but reports no new research findings.
6 citations
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September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study demonstrated that transplanting hair from the chest to the balding scalp is a viable alternative when scalp hair is depleted, with successful graft take and inconspicuous donor site healing.
172 citations
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December 1994 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This study introduces a hair transplantation method combining elliptical excision and micrografting, suggesting it provides significant cosmetic improvements for androgenetic alopecia.
9 citations
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July 1992 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article discusses advancements in hair restoration techniques over 25 years, emphasizing a shift towards natural, undetectable results with the use of small grafts and reevaluated design philosophies, but reports no new clinical results.
7 citations
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June 1992 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This discussion reviews hair transplantation as a treatment for thinning, hairline restoration, or scar coverage in females, offering no new clinical findings.
