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An 8-year-old girl with Rapunzel syndrome had a hairball removed from her stomach and intestines and recovered well after surgery.

Lasers in hair transplantation show promise but are not yet standard, with current methods causing some side effects and needles still being preferred for creating recipient sites.

The document concludes that hair transplantation for Asians should consider unique scalp and hair traits, use small grafts, and combine surgery with medication like finasteride and minoxidil for best results.

Modern hair restoration techniques offer natural results with minimal complications.

Hair transplant surgeons did not agree on which drugs to use except for local anesthetics, and there was no strong evidence supporting their drug choices.

Scalp expansion is an effective way to reconstruct the scalp with good cosmetic outcomes.

A new hair loss classification for women improves treatment, but careful patient selection is crucial for successful hair transplantation.

The Rapid Fire Hair Implanter Carousel may allow faster hair transplants with less bleeding and similar healing and growth compared to manual methods.

Adding chemotherapy to tamoxifen improves survival for older breast cancer patients with positive nodes.

Dermabrasion is a skin resurfacing technique with specific steps and potential complications.

Ovarian steroid cell tumors should be considered in adults with hirsutism and high testosterone, with surgery as the main treatment.

Older men with postoperative urinary retention are more likely to need future bladder procedures.

A hand-held dermatoscope helped differentiate between pressure-induced alopecia and alopecia areata in a young patient, who then experienced hair regrowth within a month.

Additional surgeries are often needed to fix facial issues in patients with orofacial clefts.

Using a gel head pad during surgery can cause hair loss in children.

The document concludes that more inclusive research involving the transgender community is needed, especially on the neovaginal microbiome of trans women.

Hair restoration for East Asians should consider their unique characteristics like head shape, hair thickness, and hair density, and use modified procedures and treatments to minimize scarring and maintain hair density.

FUE hair transplantation is a minimally invasive method for treating hair loss.

Laser hair removal uses lasers to target and damage hair follicles to reduce hair growth.

Hair transplantation can effectively restore a natural-looking hairline when properly planned and executed.

Body and beard hair can be used for hair restoration in severely bald patients, but the technique is complex and costly.

The conclusion is that bilateral lateral scalp reduction has a high risk of severe complications, leading doctors to stop using it.

Beard hair transplantation is generally satisfying, requires 250-800 grafts, uses FUE to avoid scars, needs careful planning, has some risks, and hair regrowth starts after 4-6 months.

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) causes less postoperative pain than follicular unit transplantation (FUT), but pain from both methods decreases significantly within two days.

The book guides surgeons on effective hair restoration techniques, including PRP, to achieve the best results.

Following hair transplant surgery, proper self-care is crucial for successful recovery and hair growth.

Scalp reduction can improve hair distribution in certain baldness cases but requires careful patient selection and understanding of facial structure.

The ARTAS robotic system for hair restoration is efficient with fewer cuts than manual methods, but it's limited to certain hair types and can still leave scars.

Skin grafts are effective for chronic leg ulcers, especially autologous split-thickness grafts for venous ulcers, but more data is needed for diabetic ulcers.

Skin grafting is a key procedure for repairing skin defects, with the success depending on the right graft choice, donor site management, and aftercare.