8 citations
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January 2015 in “Scars, burns & healing” This review discusses surgical and non-surgical options for hair restoration in burn alopecia, highlighting follicular unit extraction and transplant as preferred methods but reports no new clinical findings.
August 2003 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic Dermatology” The authors reported that fiber hair implants provided excellent results in over 85% of patients with permanent alopecia, with mild complications and a yearly fiber failure rate below 20%.
December 2025 in “Russian Journal of Skin and Venereal Diseases” In this study, researchers found that patients with non-scar alopecia exhibited thinner hair sacs and root sheaths compared to a control group, with significant thinning observed in cases of alopecia areata.
26 citations
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December 2013 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” In this study, micropigmentation was reported to be an effective method for camouflaging hair loss and scalp scars in Korean patients, with high satisfaction in 42 out of 43 cases.
80 citations
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March 2000 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study found that the Verhoeff-Van Gieson stain effectively distinguishes scarred from non-scarred dermis and aids in classifying types of permanent alopecia based on elastic tissue patterns.