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.
June 1997 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” This review discusses the application of improved hair transplantation techniques for women and notes that 70% of females with androgenetic alopecia are candidates for this treatment; it reports 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.
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.
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.
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.
4 citations
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January 2020 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This case report highlights keloid formation as a rare complication at the donor site after follicular unit extraction hair transplantation, suggesting practitioners should be aware of procedure-associated risks.
2 citations
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August 2013 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This article reviews strategies for planning and executing follicle graft harvesting using the strip technique, discussing procedural details but reporting no new clinical findings.
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.
3 citations
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December 2008 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” This article discusses the historical search for the cause of hair loss and its treatments, highlighting the popularity of hair restoration surgery for addressing androgenic alopecia, but reports no new clinical results.
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.
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.
January 2016 in “Georg Thieme Verlag eBooks” Hair transplantation in East Asians needs special techniques to ensure natural results and prevent complications due to their unique hair and scalp characteristics.
2 citations
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October 1997 in “Dermatologic Clinics” This article reviews the impact of hair loss on facial appearance and self-esteem without presenting new clinical findings, highlighting the importance of treatments like hair transplantation surgery.
August 2014 in “Plastic Surgery” This article discusses topics presented at the Canadian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 41st Annual Meeting and reports no new clinical findings.
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.
8 citations
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March 1994 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” The author reports that using Total Excision Techniques in hair transplant surgeries increased graft yield by at least 50%, with minimal scarring in the donor area.
1 citations
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November 2009 in “Cambridge University Press eBooks” This article reports that follicular unit extraction is a minimally invasive hair restoration technique that avoids linear scarring and reduces donor-site pain compared to traditional strip harvesting methods.
5 citations
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February 2019 in “Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” Hair loss can be reversed or even cured using advanced hair restoration techniques, with rare complications like swelling and bleeding.
14 citations
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July 2009 in “Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery” This review discusses recent developments in hair restoration, highlighting the continued prominence of follicular unit strip surgery and the growing literature on the relatively new technique of follicular unit extraction, without presenting new clinical results.
November 1995 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article describes a concentric mini-micrografting method for extensively bald patients that achieves natural-looking hair restoration and maintains a normal appearance at all stages of treatment.
November 2020 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study conducted in a hair restoration clinic found that using the vertical scalp mobility method resulted in a significantly greater number of hairs available from the donor strip compared to the horizontal method, with an increase of approximately 970 hairs (P < .05).
8 citations
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January 1998 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” This review discusses the advancements and ongoing controversies in hair transplantation techniques, reporting no new clinical results, but highlights the evolving methods for improving natural appearance in male-pattern baldness and female alopecia.
17 citations
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January 1996 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study suggests that the tumescent technique effectively provides anesthesia and reduces bleeding during hair micrografting, eliminating the need for multiple needle injections or nerve blocks.
4 citations
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August 2018 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study observed that actual harvested grafts in hair transplantation yielded more 1-hair follicular units and fewer 3-hair follicular units than originally estimated, with older age and multiple procedures limiting donor scalp harvesting.
7 citations
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October 2011 in “International Surgery” This article reviews the evolution of hair restoration surgery, discusses a specific technique used at the authors' center, and suggests possible future innovations, but it reports no new clinical results.
February 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Best hair transplant results happen when tissues are least damaged.
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.
3 citations
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February 1996 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article argues against the widespread use of isolated frontal forelock hair transplantation for most patients, suggesting more extensive coverage is often a reasonable option.
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.