Is There a Rationale for the Drugs Used in Hair Transplantation Surgery?
September 1998
in “
Dermatologic surgery
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TLDR Hair transplant surgeons did not agree on which drugs to use except for local anesthetics, and there was no strong evidence supporting their drug choices.
In 1998, a study aimed to understand the prescribing patterns and rationale for drug use among hair transplant surgeons by sending questionnaires to 16 surgeons in the United States and Canada, with 14 responding. The study found significant variations in the drugs prescribed for hair transplantation surgery (HTS), with general agreement only on the use of local anesthetics. There was no consensus on the use of agents affecting bleeding, pre- and postoperative analgesics, antibiotics, corticosteroids, or minoxidil. The review of the literature revealed an absence of randomized controlled studies to support these prescribing practices, highlighting a lack of evidence-based medicine in the field of HTS at that time.
