A New Universal Follicular Unit Excision Classification System for Hair Transplantation Difficulty and Patient Outcome

    June 2022 in “ Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology ”
    Sanusi Umar, Paul Shitabata, Paul T. Rose … Miguel Andrés Capó Martí
    Studysummary In this study, researchers introduced the Sanusi FUE Score Scale to better predict and grade the difficulty of follicular unit excision hair transplantation by accounting for diverse hair and skin types, with further validation needed.
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