September 2024 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This case report detailed a successful treatment involving contracture release and expanded neck flap reconstruction for a patient with severe neck contracture and beard alopecia from past thermal burns, highlighting improved skin quality and hair regrowth following follicular unit extraction.
26 citations
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February 2011 in “Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery” Technique effectively treats deformities, achieves re-pigmentation, and releases scar contractures.
June 2002 in “Surgery (oxford)” This review discusses the post-burn deformities seen after healing from acute burns and emphasizes the need for integrated, multidisciplinary management to prevent these sequelae; it reports no new clinical results.
2 citations
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January 2017 in “Recent clinical techniques, results, and research in wounds” This study found that adding galeotomies to subgaleal tissue expander placement for post-burn alopecia resulted in faster scalp expansion and reduced complications of expander extrusion.
January 2026 in “International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery” In this case study, a 35-year-old male with severe burn-related scalp injuries underwent successful reconstruction through tissue expansion, skin grafts, and multiple hair transplant sessions, resulting in satisfactory aesthetic and functional recovery.
4 citations
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November 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that filamin A plays a crucial role in fibroblasts' ability to sense and respond to mechanical stimuli, significantly affecting wound closure and fibroblast-mediated processes in mice.
July 2022 in “The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This study concluded that using platelet-rich plasma in follicular unit extraction for post burn alopecia is beneficial, offering fewer hazards and complications, and a shorter recovery time compared to other hair restoration procedures.
April 2020 in “The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” In this retrospective study of 29 patients with scalp burn alopecia, researchers utilized a simple method involving tissue expansion to reconstruct the temporal and lateral sideburn areas, resulting in satisfactory, symmetrical, and standardized aesthetic outcomes according to both objective and subjective evaluations.
1 citations
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January 2018 This article discusses the lifelong challenges of burn reconstruction and emphasizes the importance of personalized surgical techniques and strong patient-surgeon relationships, but it reports no new clinical results.
November 2025 in “Journal of Clinical Medicine” This study found that platelet-rich plasma may improve patient-reported outcomes for scar symptoms like pain and itching at six months, although no significant changes in scar appearance were observed at three months.
September 2025 in “Modern medical technology” This study reports that hair transplantation using follicular unit extraction and direct hair implantation can effectively restore scalp hair in post-burn alopecia, achieving natural hair direction and satisfactory growth density.
September 2025 in “Scientific periodicals of Ukraine” This study observed that follicular unit extraction combined with direct hair implantation successfully restored hair in a patient with multifocal post-burn alopecia, achieving nearly natural growth density and patient satisfaction.
9 citations
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June 2014 in “Journal of Craniofacial Surgery” The authors concluded that using an expanded temporoparieto-occipital scalp flap for sideburn reconstruction provides satisfactory hair direction and inconspicuous scars in both the donor and recipient areas, with few complications.
April 2020 in “The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This study concluded that both follicular unit extraction and scalp expanders are effective for hair restoration in secondary cicatricial alopecia when tailored to patient-specific factors.
21 citations
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August 2020 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This meta-analysis suggests that stem cell therapy may reduce burn wound area and improve healing-related factors in preclinical models, indicating potential for future clinical studies on burn treatment.
55 citations
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October 2009 in “Clinics in Plastic Surgery” Burn reconstruction improves with new techniques, materials, and tissue engineering.
6 citations
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July 2017 in “Clinics in Plastic Surgery” This article reviews the management of head and neck burns across different phases but presents no new clinical results.
6 citations
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October 2021 in “Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery” In this study, eyebrow restoration using FUE-harvested single hair follicle grafts was explored, emphasizing the importance of donor hair selection, placement technique, and postoperative care in achieving optimal results, while highlighting challenges such as scarring and skin perfusion.
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.
18 citations
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March 2018 in “Archives of Plastic Surgery” This article reviews the use of superficial temporal artery island flaps for facial reconstruction and provides a systematic approach for managing composite facial defects, reporting no major complications in 72 patients.
May 2017 in “InTech eBooks” This article reviews the follicular unit extraction technique in hair transplantation for androgenetic alopecia and other hair loss conditions, noting it can effectively meet patient expectations but reports no new clinical data.
20 citations
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July 2008 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This review discusses various nonfollicular scalp conditions causing secondary scarring or permanent alopecia and highlights the importance of specific diagnoses and treatments but reports no new results.
November 2023 in “Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences” This study found that eyebrow transplantation, when performed with meticulous technique and innovative approaches to address donor density and hair angle issues, resulted in high patient satisfaction and aesthetic outcomes, with a low complication rate.
June 2008 in “Springer eBooks” The document concludes that permanent hair loss conditions are complex, require early specific treatments, and "secondary permanent alopecias" might be a more accurate term than "secondary cicatricial alopecia."
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.
1 citations
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February 2020 in “International Surgery Journal” This study found that medical students have limited awareness and understanding of plastic surgery beyond cosmetic procedures, prompting the development of new educational modules to enhance their knowledge.
6 citations
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July 2021 in “Microbial biotechnology” This study found that combining LED yellow light with an engineered strain expressing CXCL12 improved wound healing and reduced inflammation in a mouse model of scald wounds.
48 citations
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March 2019 in “Frontiers in Physiology” This review discusses the typical wound healing process in skin and the oral cavity, and emphasizes the research focus on achieving scarless healing in adult skin, but reports no new clinical results.
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.
November 2025 in “IECCMEXICO” This review found that adipose-derived stem cells and stromal vascular fraction have robust clinical benefits in aesthetic surgery, particularly in facial rejuvenation, scar treatment, and volumetric restoration, with favorable safety profiles.