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This study found that low-level laser therapy at 8 J/cm2 improved cosmetic surgical scar healing in canines after thoraco-lumbar hemilaminectomy compared to controls.

This review highlights that autologous platelet concentrates, particularly platelet-rich fibrin, have shown potential to enhance healing and outcomes in both dental and medical applications, including injury recovery and aesthetics.

This review discusses the role of advanced platelet-rich fibrin (A-PRF) in oral and maxillofacial surgery, highlighting its potential benefits for healing, pain relief, and graft integration, with a need for more clinical trials to confirm long-term effects.

This article provides an extensive overview of hair anatomy, physiology, pathology, and various medical and surgical treatments for alopecia but presents no new experimental findings.

This chapter reviews the role of hair transplantation in gender affirming procedures for transitioning patients but reports no new clinical findings.

This article discusses the role of hair restoration surgeons in balancing various aspects of their practice, but it reports no new results.

This study observed that among patients with Myhre syndrome, those with the SMAD4 gene variant p.Arg496Cys experienced fewer symptoms like hearing loss, while those with the p.Ile500Thr variant often had severe aortic hypoplasia, highlighting the diverse symptom progression and genetic factors of this rare condition.

This review discusses the causes and preventive measures of limb amputations, emphasizing the importance of specialized surgical teams to improve function and aesthetics, but provides no new clinical findings.

This study found that botulinum toxin type A significantly reduced skin flap necrosis in rats exposed to cigarette smoke, suggesting it may help improve flap viability in smokers.

This report describes successful scalp resurfacing using serial tissue expansion with a tissue expander in two patients with large lesions, suggesting this method can effectively treat extensive hairless scalp areas.

This study found that local heterologous leukocyte-rich platelet-rich plasma improved distal skin flap viability in rats by reducing necrosis compared to the control group.

This case report describes a flap advancement technique following skin expansion as a successful method to address primary essential cutis verticis gyrata, preserving hair growth and improving cosmetic outcomes.

In this case report, the authors described how a 27-year-old male developed scarring and penile shortening after a previous lengthening procedure, which was successfully repaired using a pedicled superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap combined with a novel hybrid technique.

This study found that topical minoxidil can be effective in preventing flap necrosis during latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction in patients who have undergone neoadjuvant chemoradiation.

This article reviews the current basic science of angiosome theory and flap delay, applying this knowledge to modern scalp flap procedures, without reporting any new clinical findings.

This article reviews the use of the Juri procedure for transferring hair to bald scalps, achieving satisfactory cosmetic results in all patients over two years, but reports no new clinical findings.

This case report highlights the successful use of the Bardach modification of the curved tripod flap for repairing cicatricial pressure alopecia, offering a natural appearance and effective tension distribution in scalp reconstruction.

This study found that the "flying-wings" expanded scalp flap technique effectively restored hemiscalp defects in children following burns, achieving pleasing aesthetic results and proper hair growth direction with minimal complications.

In this study, researchers developed a new variant of the Mercedes flap with releasing incisions for reconstructing medium-sized scalp defects, demonstrating complete defect closure without complications in three patients following a single operation with excellent aesthetic outcomes.

This article explains that proliferating trichilemmal tumors, originating in the hair follicle, can exhibit low-grade malignant potential, and recommends wide excision to minimize recurrence risk, but reports no new clinical findings.

This study reports that the composite galeal frontalis pericranial flap can be successfully used for reconstruction in anterior cranial base surgery, effectively sealing cerebrospinal fluid leaks, while minimizing complications like numbness and skin necrosis.

This article discusses the temporo-parieto-occipital flap for scalp reconstruction and reports no new clinical results; the authors emphasize its specific reconstructive indications.

In this report, researchers highlighted the snail flap as a highly reliable and minimally invasive reconstructive technique that preserves hair and requires minimal hospitalization, making it suitable for elderly or frail patients with moderate scalp defects.

In this case report, successful scalp reconstruction was achieved for a 67-year-old man using a super thin DIEP flap, a technique adapted from breast reconstruction that shows promise in head and neck surgeries for improving wound contour and skin coverage.

In this study, researchers found that using electromagnetic radiation in the EHF range enhanced the engraftment of skin flaps in rats by improving microcirculation and reducing necrosis, with greater effects observed when paired with systemic ozone therapy.

This article discusses the Sacred Heart version of the bilobed flap for scalp reconstruction to close small defects without skin grafts and reports no new clinical results.

In this study, an innovative flap procedure was described that may effectively treat extensive frontal baldness through a 180° rotation of a midline occipital flap, aligning hairs naturally.

Doctors successfully rebuilt a sideburn using skin and hair from near the ear in one surgery.

This case report describes a new approach in which staged follicular unit extraction hair transplantation onto a free flap successfully addressed severe alopecia following scalp reconstruction, providing high patient satisfaction and expanding options for post-oncologic alopecia management.

This study concluded that the inferiorly based nasolabial flap is an effective and reliable option for reconstructing oral cavity defects in patients with oral submucous fibrosis, achieving significant improvements in mouth opening without serious complications.