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July 2000 in “PubMed” This article describes an organized diagnostic approach for identifying nonscarring and scarring alopecias to aid family physicians in making accurate in-office diagnoses, but it reports no new clinical findings.
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December 1997 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” CTE can distort results in hair growth trials, so exclude it carefully.
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April 2000 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” The document suggests fixing common hair transplant issues by combining artistic principles with plug reduction, recycling, and additional micrograft transplantation, while also potentially using arnica to help with post-operative swelling.
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July 2013 in “InTech eBooks” This article reviews the differences between scarring and non-scarring alopecias and describes diagnostic methods but reports no new clinical findings.
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December 1997 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” The document concludes that doctors should monitor children's brain development when treating hemangiomas with interferon alfa and consider stopping the treatment if problems arise, while also exploring drugs that might counteract side effects.
January 2014 in “Pathology” RET mutation is important in familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, and BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma is linked to more aggressive cancer and higher death rates.
January 2014 in “Pathology” Non-scarring hair loss can be diagnosed with two 4mm punch biopsies, one cut vertically and the other transversely.
August 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A scalp biopsy is essential for accurately diagnosing alopecia, with a 4-mm punch biopsy sectioned horizontally being the recommended technique according to this study.
March 2021 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” A man unhappy with his old hair restoration got a new, natural-looking hairline using a combination of follicular unit extraction and punch graft reduction.
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April 2020 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This study reviews advancements in hair restoration surgery, noting that follicular unit excision significantly improves outcomes by enabling graft harvesting without scarring and reporting a graft transection rate under 4% when conducted with advanced equipment.
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August 2011 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This abstract provides no specific research findings; it appears to contain journal subscription information and other non-research content.
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January 1985 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” The document recommends careful planning and techniques for successful punch hair grafting in hair restoration.
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January 1985 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” The paper concludes that for natural-looking hair restoration, it's important to create an irregular hairline, use appropriately sized and angled grafts, and ensure a snug fit between grafts and recipient sites.
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June 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This article reviews various topics discussed at a workshop on hair disorders, focusing on hair biology, diagnosis, and challenges in therapy evaluation, without presenting new clinical findings.
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June 2008 in “Springer eBooks” Understanding hair follicle structure is key for treating hair disorders and could help develop new treatments.
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November 2009 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the history of modern hair restoration surgery beginning with Dr. Norman Orentreich's introduction of the macrograft technique in 1959 and reports no new clinical results.
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December 2006 in “Archives of dermatology” This abstract contains no research findings and pertains only to website navigation and policies.
June 2020 in “International Journal of Women’s Dermatology” This case report highlights the importance of considering frontal fibrosing alopecia in young women, emphasizing early diagnosis to preserve hair and limit inflammation.
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March 1995 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study concluded that combining vertical and transverse sections of scalp biopsy specimens improves diagnostic yield for certain hair disorders without increasing costs.
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September 2012 in “Dermatologic Surgery” The conclusion is that normal scalp hair counts for Taiwanese people were established, showing age-related differences but not sex or scalp location differences.
December 2012 in “Journal of dermatological science” This study observed that Langerhans cells and melanocytes migrated to hair follicle sites during human embryogenesis, suggesting that Langerhans cells acquire immunoregulatory properties there.
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May 1995 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article provides contact information for a dermatology department and an international hair restoration society but reports no clinical research results.
This study found that structural changes in the stroma surrounding hair follicles and skin laxity are associated with the appearance of large pores, regardless of ethnicity or age.
27 citations
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September 2008 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study describes patients with moderate to severe scarring alopecia of the scalp margin and suggests that traction is not the sole cause for this condition, as half of the patients had no history of harsh hairstyling practices.
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December 2001 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This study reports that horizontal sections of scalp biopsies improve the diagnosis of alopecia areata, especially when characteristic inflammatory infiltrates are missing.
January 2016 in “Springer eBooks” The document concludes that there are various causes and treatments for hair loss, with hair transplantation being a notable option.
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January 2024 in “Updates in clinical dermatology”
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June 2008 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Transplanting chest hair into scalp scars may effectively treat wide donor scars in hair restoration.
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March 2008 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Transplanting chest hair into scars can effectively treat wide donor scars from hair restoration surgery.
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July 2011 in “Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery” This case report describes a serious complication of follicular unit extraction, where donor-site necrosis led to cicatricial alopecia, but was successfully treated with two-stage surgery using tissue expanders.