New Idea for Hair Transplantation to Preserve More Donor Hair Follicles

    May 2019 in “ Medical Hypotheses ”
    Hsi-An Chen, Jiun-Yit Pan, Chiao-Ching Chiang … Wen-Tsao Ho
    Studysummary This article discusses the potential of using vitrified hair follicles from younger men with a family history of male pattern baldness to increase donor availability for future hair transplantation, and reports no clinical results.
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