8 citations
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July 1984 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This study found that using a specific donor row configuration with suturing improves both short-term and long-term scarring, allowing 10-15% more grafts to be taken while maintaining finer donor scars.
2 citations
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January 2022 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article introduces the Follicular Unit Excision-Linear Ellipse (FUE-LE) technique, which integrates both FUE and the linear ellipse method for optimal hair restoration, but presents no new clinical results.
September 2017 in “Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery” This study presents an economical and user-friendly training module using common materials and goat skin to teach the steps of the strip method for hair follicle harvesting and implantation.
3 citations
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August 2011 in “InTech eBooks” This article discusses the applications and contraindications of skin grafts in wound treatment and reports no new research findings.
10 citations
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May 2019 in “Archives of Plastic Surgery” In this study, postoperative pain was reported to be significantly less severe in patients who underwent follicular unit extraction compared to those who had follicular unit transplantation.
November 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This study discusses the advantages and disadvantages of two hair graft harvesting methods, strip follicular unit transplantation and follicular unit excision, highlighting their implications for creating effective surgical plans for hair restoration without providing specific new results.
1 citations
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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.
This article presents a training module for hair transplantation practice using nonliving models, including goat skin, to mitigate donor hair loss during medical training, but it reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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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.
June 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” The commentary suggests that using a single-scar technique for hair transplants can give good cosmetic results, but some surgeons hesitate to use it despite ways to address their concerns.
January 2014 in “Plastic Surgery” In this study, the authors describe a new technique using the Ventralex hernia patch for simultaneous umbilical hernia repair during abdominoplasty, observing its application in 11 female patients.
33 citations
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September 1998 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article proposes a classification for small graft transplants that includes technical factors to improve communication and facilitate comparative studies, reporting no new clinical results.
4 citations
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May 2002 in “Aesthetic Surgery Journal” This review discusses hair transplantation advances for female alopecia, offering a classification system and various techniques, while emphasizing preoperative evaluation and addressing the psychological impact and expectations of hair restoration in women.
4 citations
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November 2017 in “Hair transplant forum international” In this study, the researchers noted that approximately 15% of hair transplant procedures are performed on women, with candidacy being determined by specific anatomical conditions and hair loss types, such as medium-stage androgenetic alopecia or a high frontal hairline.
15 citations
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December 2007 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This review discusses past hair transplantation techniques for androgenic alopecia and current research to improve results, but it reports no new clinical outcomes.
3 citations
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January 2010 Refined open donor harvesting techniques can reduce hair follicle damage in hair restoration surgery.
October 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses combining follicular unit excision (FUE) and linear strip excision (LSE) donor harvesting methods to optimize graft yield while minimizing donor depletion, but provides no new clinical results.
6 citations
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May 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article discusses various techniques to achieve a cosmetically attractive single donor scar in hair restoration surgery, reporting no new clinical findings.
June 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article presents techniques that help hair restoration surgeons achieve aesthetically pleasing single donor scars after multiple surgeries, enhancing the viability of the single-scar technique.
6 citations
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March 1996 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” This article discusses a strip donor harvesting technique for hair transplantation and reports no clinical results; the author highlights the importance of anatomical knowledge for successful scar excision.
1 citations
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September 2016 in “Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery” This article describes a modified follicular unit extraction technique using a reverse rake scalp elevator, which may reduce follicular transection rates in hair transplantation from the lower occipital donor region.
October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This chapter examines common and less common complications associated with the strip method of hair transplantation and discusses management strategies, but it does not report new clinical results.
December 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This chapter reviews the technical and artistic considerations for maintaining high-quality cosmetic outcomes in patients undergoing follicular unit excision for hair transplantation and provides no new clinical results.
9 citations
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December 1984 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This article discusses a new method for harvesting donor hair grafts that uses a small area to yield a maximum number of grafts, emphasizing cosmetic improvements with layered suture closure, but reports no clinical results.
13 citations
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September 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article discusses various repair techniques for hair transplants, emphasizing meticulous methods to improve cosmetic outcomes when donor hair is limited, but it presents no new clinical results.
November 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This article reviews advances in hair restoration techniques, highlighting the rise of follicular unit excision (FUE) as the dominant method over strip harvesting but also noting concerns about untrained practitioners and resulting complications.
7 citations
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November 2021 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study describes a novel FUE device that may perform successfully across various patient scenarios, adapting to differences in skin firmness, thickness, and hair curliness.
10 citations
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July 2017 in “Archives of Plastic Surgery” This study found that hair diameter varies significantly within the occipital safe donor area, with thicker hair in the upper sections and thinner hair in the lower sections.
October 2015 in “Journal of Bioresource Management” This study suggests that plucked human hairs can be used to culture hair follicle cells in vitro, offering a potential, cost-effective alternative to traditional hair transplantation for treating male baldness.
3 citations
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June 2022 in “Cells” This study reports improved methods for harvesting and processing keratinocytes from plucked human hair, enhancing their utility in generating donor-specific induced pluripotent stem cells more efficiently and reliably.