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.
May 2020 in “Hair transplant forum international” This commentary expresses personal frustration with the social isolation necessitated by COVID-19, particularly highlighting the hardship within the hair restoration surgery community, and presents no research findings.
3 citations
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March 2009 in “Hirosaki University Repository for Academic Resources (Hirosaki University)” This study in hairless rats suggests that the deletion of specific hair keratin genes contributes to hypotrichosis and highlights the strain's potential as a model for hair follicle research.
April 2024 in “Facial plastic surgery clinics of North America” This description of over 700 primary beard hair transplants emphasizes the importance of specific techniques like graft dissection, site angulation, and aesthetic design to achieve natural-looking results, according to the author's experience.
September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article reviews different grafting strategies for hair restoration surgery in extensive baldness and suggests uniform density grafting offers less detectable results, especially under adverse grooming conditions.
January 2012 in “International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery” This abstract describes an online consultation case and provides no new research findings.
1 citations
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May 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This piece outlines three aesthetic issues affecting patients after grafting but doesn't include any new results.
February 2023 in “EAS Journal of Medicine and Surgery” This study found that among the Idoma people of Benue State, Nigeria, approximately two-thirds have a curved (widow's peak) hairline, with this shape being predominant across both genders.
June 2023 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)”
September 1997 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the author's experience attending the annual Italian Society for Hair Restoration meeting and does not report any scientific findings.
August 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This research underscores the critical need to recognize and study how the fear or reality of hair loss profoundly influences patients' medical decisions, including refusing cancer treatments or altering reproductive plans.
1 citations
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January 1993 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” Surgical hair restoration has improved since 1959, with new techniques like minigrafts, micrografts, and scalp reductions creating more natural hairlines and reducing bald skin, despite some risks and potential for scarring.
8 citations
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March 2019 in “Progress in Human Geography” This paper explores how hair functions as a geographical lens to redefine the body's borders, influencing perceptions of identity and power.
1 citations
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January 2014 in “Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study found that follicular unit extraction for Asian female hairline surgery produced satisfactory aesthetic results without leaving a linear scar, contrary to some surgeons' beliefs about its limitations.
June 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” In this case report, a 23-year-old male with a circular alopecia patch in the beard, diagnosed as Dushivishajanya Indralupta in Ayurveda, showed significant improvement, including new hair growth, after 10 days of Ayurvedic Shamana and Shodhana therapies.
March 2014 in “Hair transplant forum international” This abstract discusses a collaboration between the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons and another group, but it reports no new research findings.
5 citations
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January 1985 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” Flap surgery is effective for treating male baldness, offering immediate results with dense hair growth.
21 citations
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January 2000 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study introduced a new classification method for male pattern baldness in Korean men, detailing six types that could guide hair restoration surgery and further research.
March 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This commentary discusses the unique business aspects of hair restoration surgery and notes it is viewed skeptically by some in traditional medicine, offering no new empirical results.
2 citations
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July 2013 in “PubMed” This case report details a 17-year-old female with anorexia nervosa who presented with a large, irregular area of pubic hair loss exhibiting various hair and skin abnormalities.
November 2007 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article describes a graft preparation technique for hair restoration using a donor strip, but it does not present new clinical findings.
1 citations
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July 2022 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Baricitinib was effective in treating hair loss in adults with alopecia areata according to patient feedback.
This article discusses techniques to reduce donor incision scars in follicular unit hair transplants for androgenic alopecia but reports no new clinical findings.
3 citations
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January 1966 in “PubMed”
5 citations
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October 2018 in “Burns” This study found that long-term morbidity from scalp skin harvesting for grafts is low, with high patient satisfaction, and androgenetic alopecia is unlikely to uncover underlying harvest-related hair loss.
July 2022 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article offers a conversational update on the field of hair restoration but reports no new research findings.
23 citations
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March 2001 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article reviews treatment options for male androgenetic alopecia, including minoxidil, 5 alpha reductase inhibitors, and hair transplantation, but reports no new clinical findings.
May 2014 in “Hair transplant forum international” This spotlight highlights the Brazilian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery and shares the positive experiences of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery members with their Brazilian colleagues, reporting no new findings.
September 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that after four weeks of daily use, the roughness of the hair surface significantly decreased, as shown through quantitative image analysis using HIROX.
2 citations
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November 2007 in “Hair transplant forum international” This abstract introduces the concept of follicular units (FUs) in the human scalp but presents no new research findings.