8 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” This review discusses the development of surgical hair restoration techniques and highlights the potential of hair follicle cell cloning to address current limitations.
8 citations
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January 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This review discusses the use of the human-on-mouse xenograft model for studying the human hair follicle cycle and emphasizes its utility for pharmacological testing, without reporting new clinical results.
April 2026 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This review highlights the varied therapeutic applications of punch-based techniques in dermatologic surgery, noting consistent evidence for follicular unit extraction in androgenetic alopecia, but more mixed results for scar treatment, vitiligo, and chronic wounds, warranting further standardized research.
May 2013 in “Hair transplant forum international” The article discusses a complication that occurred during a follicular unit extraction hair restoration procedure, presenting an opportunity for the author to learn from the experience and reports no new research findings.
January 2019 in “Hair transplant forum international” In this study, using sterile gloves during hair restoration surgery did not reduce scalp contamination compared to clean gloves due to the natural microbiome of the scalp.
October 2015 in “CRC Press eBooks” This review discusses various surgical techniques for treating androgenetic and scarring alopecia and highlights the importance of understanding scalp anatomy and hair physiology, but it does not present new clinical results.
September 2021 in “CRC Press eBooks” This review discusses the clinical and trichoscopic features of lichen planopilaris and notes its potential underdiagnosis prior to hair transplant, but it reports no new findings.
2 citations
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January 2013 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” This review discusses surgical and future therapeutic options for cicatricial alopecia and reports no clinical results; the authors emphasize the need for more options for patients without active disease signs.
1 citations
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January 2006 in “Dermatologic Surgery” The SAFE System may reduce hair transplant transection rates but has been critiqued for not being as minimally invasive as claimed.
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.
June 2022 in “Al-Azhar International Medical Journal /Al-Azhar International Medical Journal” This study found that autologous emulsified fat followed by hair transplantation using FUE was more effective than FUE alone in improving outcomes for patients with cicatricial alopecia after six months.
14 citations
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March 2019 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This review discusses hair restoration procedures for transgender patients undergoing gender transformation surgery and describes the authors' surgical approach but reports no clinical outcomes.
7 citations
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January 2019 in “Methods in molecular biology” This chapter describes methods for creating engineered skin substitutes with chimeric hair follicles using human and murine cell grafts in immunodeficient mice, but reports no clinical outcomes.
1 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery” This review discusses techniques for harvesting follicular units, medical treatments for androgenetic alopecia, and potential future advancements in hair restoration therapy, but it reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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January 2010 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” This edition of the journal reviews major advances in hair restoration surgery, documenting increased popularity and technique improvements, but reports no new clinical results; the authors highlight ongoing challenges and call for balanced patient counseling.
May 2026 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” In this study, researchers developed a novel bio-enhanced hair transplant technique that, among 10 patients, provided aesthetically pleasing outcomes with minimal downtime, linear increases in density over nine months, and uneventful donor area healing with no visible scarring.
June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study traces the history and evolution of hair transplantation, highlighting key developments from Dr. Okuda's 1939 techniques to today's FUT and FUE methods, while noting ongoing challenges like high costs and societal stigma despite increasing market acceptance.
This review discusses hair transplantation as a permanent treatment for androgenetic alopecia, emphasizing the importance of stabilized hair loss, skilled surgical teams, and realistic expectations, while calling for more quantitative evidence from controlled trials.
March 2009 in “Medical & surgical dermatology” Women with androgenetic alopecia have fewer terminal hairs, phenol in nail surgery is safe, and a new hair transplant method is faster and less damaging.
11 citations
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January 2013 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This article reviews central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, including its various forms and potential multifactorial causes, but provides no new clinical findings.
10 citations
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June 2019 in “Transplant infectious disease” This case study reported TSPyV DNA detection in blood and urine samples before trichodysplasia spinulosa skin lesions developed in a kidney transplant patient under immunosuppressive therapy.
2 citations
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August 2019 in “Journal of skin and stem cell” This review discusses how targeting apoptosis pathways in hair and skin cells can inform the development of novel therapies, but it reports no clinical findings.
January 2024 in “JCEM case reports” In this clinical case report, a man with Birt Hogg Dube syndrome presented with parathyroid cancer, the first such case according to the authors, highlighting a potential link between Folliculin gene mutations and parathyroid cancer development.
9 citations
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February 2013 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This article reviews options and principles for reconstructing defects of the scalp, skull, orbit, and maxilla, but reports no new clinical results.
January 2010 in “Elsevier eBooks” Hair transplantation is a treatment for hair loss mainly caused by genetics, with various techniques and potential complications, and results visible after 8-12 months.
3 citations
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January 2015 in “Indian journal of burns” This study observed that postburn hair transplants, using follicular unit micro grafting, can effectively restore facial hair and scalp regions, with eyebrow and mustache restoration yielding the highest patient satisfaction.
15 citations
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October 2017 in “Dermatologic Clinics” This abstract discusses advancements in hair transplantation technology, highlighting the role of robotics and follicular unit extraction/grafting in achieving excellent clinical outcomes, with adjuvant treatments like platelet-rich plasma, lasers, and stem cells potentially improving the durability and appearance of results.
March 2026 in “Journal of Surgical Case Reports” In this case report, a 46-year-old man developed scalp necrosis with infection following FUE hair transplantation, possibly due to factors like smoking, long surgery duration, dense grafting, and secondary infection. Early recognition and treatment prevented further tissue loss, but the patient had residual scarring.
2 citations
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January 1974 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” Unknown factors significantly affect hair growth in skin grafts.
22 citations
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April 2011 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This report describes two cases where lichen planopilaris may have compromised the hair follicles in both donor and recipient areas following follicular unit transplantation.