July 2026 in “Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum” This study concluded that non-shaven follicular unit extraction with a pre-trimming method and large session transplantation is a safe and effective treatment for advanced androgenetic alopecia.
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March 2017 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open” This study found that both pretrimmed and direct nonshaven follicular unit extraction techniques are effective for hair transplantation, with pretrimmed having a higher calculated density and longer time requirement than direct.
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November 2018 in “Annals of Plastic Surgery” This article presents a surgical approach for nonshaven follicular unit extraction in hair transplantation, describing its application across various conditions with an average graft transection rate of 8.2%.
June 2024 in “Journal of Dermatology & Cosmetology” This comparison study identified non-shaven FUT long hair (FUL) restoration as potentially offering more aesthetic benefits and fewer scars than FUE or conventional FUT for treating various types of alopecia.
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March 2019 in “Archives of Plastic Surgery” This study found that hair transplantation effectively corrected altered hairlines and scarring arising from midface-lifting surgery, achieving high patient and physician satisfaction scores without adverse events.