September 2018 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open” This study observed that gluteal augmentation via liposuction and fat grafting in 200 female patients achieved a desirable waist-hip ratio of around 0.7, reporting lower morbidity and lasting results, with patient satisfaction measured through questionnaires and photographs.
5 citations
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April 2005 in “Clinics in Plastic Surgery” This article reviews the use of micrografts and minigrafts for hair restoration in various conditions, enhancing aesthetic outcomes, but it does not provide new clinical findings.
This report describes two cases where lichen planopilaris compromised hair follicles in both donor and recipient areas after follicular unit transplantation, emphasizing the need for a biopsy if lichen planopilaris is suspected.
July 2026 in “Plastic and Aesthetic Research” This review highlights the wide-ranging clinical uses of autologous fat transplantation in regenerative medicine, noting its advantages such as easy harvesting, tissue integration, and stem cell abundance, and discusses its future in personalized therapeutic regimens for tissue repair.
3 citations
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June 1993 in “Hair transplant forum international” This abstract reports on a presentation at a meeting that detailed the hair restoration of a patient with Norwood Class 5 pattern using 1,325 four-haired minigrafts, but it provides no clinical results.
10 citations
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July 2001 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses challenges in hair restoration surgery and reports no new clinical results.
August 2023 in “Dermatologic Surgery” In this case study, a successful allogeneic hair transplantation was performed using follicles from a kidney transplant donor on a severely bald recipient already on long-term immunosuppressive therapy, suggesting a potential new option for select patients with donor supply limitations.
1 citations
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September 2019 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” In this case report, researchers observed that scalp injection of adipose tissue may have a positive effect on hair regrowth in a patient with trauma-induced alopecia.
October 2024 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This study evaluated the effects of autologous micrografts for androgenetic alopecia, reporting moderate improvements in hair loss reduction and hair density among most patients after treatment, with satisfactory results noted in patient satisfaction and treatment tolerability.
2 citations
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May 1998 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study observed that rhomboid minigraft techniques in hair restoration surgery improved graft stability and reduced complications compared to traditional rectangular minigrafts.
6 citations
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June 2018 in “Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” In this cadaveric study, lipofilling was found easier to perform on the face than the scalp, whereas nanofat grafting was particularly suited for precise injections in scalp areas, suggesting a combination of techniques could aid in treating alopecia.
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.
2 citations
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July 2022 in “The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences” This study demonstrated that the immunomodulatory drug FTY720 may enhance the survival of allogeneic fat grafts in mice by reducing immune rejection and improving neovascularization.
8 citations
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July 2014 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses key surgical techniques for optimal graft growth in hair transplantation and presents no new research findings.
June 2023 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” In this study, a combined technique of mini-punch grafting and follicular hair transplant was used on five patients with stable hairline vitiligo, resulting in satisfactory repigmentation and hair regrowth within the hairline while preventing hair loss and achieving repigmentation outside it.
11 citations
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June 2008 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Transplanting chest hair into scalp scars may effectively treat wide donor scars in hair restoration.
1 citations
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August 1988 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study describes a unique case of hair transplantation between monozygotic twins to address congenital, nonprogressive alopecia caused by follicular aplasia in one twin.
8 citations
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May 2003 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the importance of preparing and storing human hair follicle grafts during micrograft transplantation in hair restoration surgery and reports no new research findings.
57 citations
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July 2018 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that prevascularizing dermal matrices with adipose tissue-derived microvascular fragments improved vascularization and allowed earlier successful skin grafting in a bradythrophic wound model.
2 citations
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May 2002 in “PubMed” This review explores follicular unit micro-graft hair transplants for androgenetic alopecia, emphasizing their painless and permanent hair restoration capabilities, but it presents no new clinical findings.
August 2018 in “Analysis of the application of various variants of bone plasty in victims with intraarticular fractures (Transplantology)” In this study, follicular microautotransplantation was found to be an effective outpatient surgical treatment for scarring alopecia, with transplanted follicles showing an average engraftment rate of 93.8% and providing a good cosmetic outcome that improves patients' quality of life.
26 citations
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January 2016 in “Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery” Hair transplant combining scalp and beard hair with PRP was successful for scarring alopecia.
January 2022 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery”
May 1994 in “Hair transplant forum international” This review discusses advancements in hair restoration surgery, particularly highlighting the significant impact of using large numbers of small grafts, but reports no new clinical results.
Since 1995, we only use Follicular Unit Transplantation for hair restoration and stopped using minigrafting/micrografting techniques.
52 citations
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February 2012 in “Plastic Surgery International” This review describes techniques for successful skin grafting and variations of the procedure, reporting no new clinical results.
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.
2 citations
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August 1994 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This article discusses the hair transplantation process and product, but reports no new experimental results; the author is Leonard M. Dzubow.
July 1998 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Various techniques and tools for hair restoration were presented in 1998, including a mathematical model for donor area, use of lasers in surgery, methods for controlling grafted hair direction, and ways to increase graft yield. Satisfaction rates were around 39%, and studies showed trauma and dehydration can damage hair follicles.
2 citations
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May 2018 in “International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery” The new system makes hair transplants faster and more precise.