4 citations
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November 2006 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that the survival of transplanted transected hair follicles is related to the level of transection, but their growth at the recipient site is not satisfactory, leading to a recommendation against transplanting sectioned parts.
This case report describes an increase in crown hair coverage using body hair transplantation from the chest and suprapubic regions, suggesting these as viable donor sites but emphasizing the need for standardized patient selection and follow-up.
25 citations
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May 2011 in “Annals of Plastic Surgery” This study reported that follicular unit extraction using nonhead hair sources like the chest or beard may successfully restore hair density and achieve aesthetically pleasing results in severely bald men with limited head donor hair.
November 2005 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article reviews methods such as stem cell implantation to enhance hair transplant donor supply but reports 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.
47 citations
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November 2010 in “Vox Sanguinis” This study found that a targeted iron supplementation program prevented anemia and improved blood return rates among premenopausal female blood donors with iron deficiency.
29 citations
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September 1997 in “PubMed” This paper reviews follicular hair transplantation techniques and planning, emphasizing careful evaluation and long-term strategy for achieving excellent cosmetic results.
24 citations
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August 2013 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This review discusses scalp micropigmentation techniques and their customization to individual patients, but reports no new clinical results.
17 citations
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October 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article provides a guide for surgeons on repairing poorly executed hair transplants, emphasizing meticulous techniques and optimal use of limited hair supply to achieve cosmetic improvements.
October 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article offers practical guidance on specific techniques for surgical hair restoration repairs, emphasizing meticulous techniques and optimal use of limited hair supply to achieve improved cosmetic results.
51 citations
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July 2008 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This article proposes two new categories of cicatricial alopecia—“unstable” and “stable”—and suggests surgical excision as preferred over hair transplantation, especially for unstable cases.
72 citations
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September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses follicular transplantation for hair restoration, highlighting the importance of evaluating patient suitability and careful planning to achieve excellent cosmetic outcomes, but reports no new research findings.
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.
July 2008 in “Expert Review of Dermatology” This review discusses common mistakes in follicular unit transplantation and provides guidance for practitioners to enhance patient outcomes, but reports no new clinical results.
March 2021 in “Dermatological reviews” This review found that hair transplantation, particularly techniques like follicular unit extraction, has become a preferred and successful surgical strategy for treating androgenetic alopecia, despite undergoing continuous development without standardized recommendations.
12 citations
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February 2007 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses advancements in surgical hair restoration techniques, highlighting that modern follicular unit hair transplanting now achieves much more natural and undetectable results than previous methods, but reports no new clinical findings.
8 citations
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January 2003 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This study reports that follicular unit grafting techniques, specifically creating a frontal forelock, achieved excellent and undetectable results in patients with advanced male pattern hair loss, leading to high patient satisfaction.
January 2013 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the role of hair restoration surgeons in balancing various aspects of their practice, but it reports no new results.
February 2007 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses the history and evolution of hair restoration surgery from the 1990s to today and reports no new clinical results.
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.
October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This study highlights that beard hairs are a preferred nonscalp donor source for hair transplantation, especially when scalp donor supply is insufficient due to severe androgenetic alopecia, with careful planning and technique needed to minimize scarring and enhance outcomes.
March 2014 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article mentions an interesting case of a donor site from a previous issue, but reports no new research findings.
October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This chapter discusses the mathematical and artistic aspects of hair transplant surgery, emphasizing the critical role of the donor area; it reports no new clinical results.
June 1997 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” This article discusses two donor site reharvesting methods that may allow further hair restoration sessions and improve donor scar aesthetics but reports no new clinical results.
March 2024 in “Journal of functional foods” This study found that both marine and bovine collagen peptides may help prevent hair loss by supporting epithelial hair follicle stem cell functions, with marine peptides maintaining hair in the growth phase and bovine peptides increasing stem cell presence in hair follicle regions.
231 citations
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July 2008 in “Nutrition reviews” This review discusses environmental epigenomics and its potential impact on gene regulation and phenotypic outcomes, using the Avy mouse model to illustrate nutritional and environmental effects on the fetal epigenome without presenting new findings.
15 citations
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May 2004 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This article discusses follicular cell implantation as a potential solution for hair restoration limitations, but notes inconsistencies and challenges in human applications, reporting no new clinical results.
July 2007 in “Clinical Risk” The claimant sued for negligence after a hair treatment caused harm and distress, and the defendant responded after legal action started.
1 citations
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October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This review discusses body hair transplants as a supplement to scalp donor hair in hair restoration, but reports no clinical results; the authors note variability in outcomes and suggest it helps patients with limited scalp donor resources.
October 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, the researchers found that scalp hair follicles affected by female pattern hair loss are poorly vascularized, likely affecting nutrient delivery, but capable of nutrient uptake when supplemented.