September 2024 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This report describes ARTAS, a robotic hair transplant technology with advanced mechanical and recognition capabilities, which has gained popularity in China since 2016 due to its ease of use and efficient hair follicle harvesting.
January 2023 in “Springer eBooks” Using one's own blood platelets and fat can improve facial and hair appearance without surgery.
March 2006 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the challenges hair restoration physicians face in obtaining the perfect donor strip for hair transplants, with no new findings reported.
September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article reviews different grafting strategies for hair restoration surgery in extensive baldness and suggests uniform density grafting offers less detectable results, especially under adverse grooming conditions.
December 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This research outlined techniques for local anesthesia in follicular unit excision hair transplantation, highlighting that using ring blocks can significantly reduce pain and enhance patient comfort, making it the preferred method over nerve blocks unless ring blocks are insufficient.
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September 2001 in “The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal” This case report describes successful moustache restoration in an 18-year-old with a cleft lip scar using single-follicular-unit graft hair transplantation, highlighting its application in corrective cosmetic surgeries.
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May 2005 in “Hair transplant forum international” This study evaluated the effectiveness of follicular units and growth factors derived from autologous platelet-rich plasma in improving hair growth and density in 23 male patients with pattern hair loss.
October 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This case report describes a new approach in which staged follicular unit extraction hair transplantation onto a free flap successfully addressed severe alopecia following scalp reconstruction, providing high patient satisfaction and expanding options for post-oncologic alopecia management.
November 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This article reviews advances in hair restoration techniques, highlighting the rise of follicular unit excision (FUE) as the dominant method over strip harvesting but also noting concerns about untrained practitioners and resulting complications.
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.
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September 2001 in “The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal” This case report describes a successful restoration of moustache hair in an 18-year-old patient with a cleft lip scar using single-follicular-unit graft hair transplantation in one procedure.
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May 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article outlines a method for achieving natural-looking hair direction and density in hair transplants using specific parting and incision techniques, without accelerating hair loss in the recipient area.
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November 2016 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the follicular unit excision process in hair restoration, focusing on the balance between donor site wounding and graft retrieval, and provides no new clinical data.
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June 2005 in “Ophthalmology Clinics of North America” Follicular unit transplantation treats hair loss and restores eyebrows with short recovery and natural results.
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July 2007 in “Hair transplant forum international” This study reported that using platelet-rich plasma as a storage medium for hair grafts in hair restoration surgery may improve graft survival rates and accelerate healing.
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April 2010 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This review discusses the current procedure for follicular unit hair transplantation, emphasizing its natural and reproducible results, but does not report new clinical findings.
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.
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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.
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October 2010 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This abstract is a placeholder and contains no research findings; it only includes journal-related navigation and subscription information.
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September 2017 in “Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft” In this randomized controlled trial, occipital donor sites for split-thickness skin grafts showed superior re-epithelialization, reduced pain, fewer complications, and better cosmetic outcomes compared to femoral donor sites.
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June 2018 in “Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences” This report describes a case where previously poorly implanted hairs were successfully recycled through follicular unit extraction to improve hair density and patient satisfaction in androgenetic alopecia.
January 2026 in “International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery” This study reports that a novel multimodal approach, combining tattoo machine–assisted drug delivery of hair loss treatments with oral and topical medications, may enhance hair density and thickness in androgenetic alopecia patients, though larger controlled studies are needed to confirm these early findings.
17 citations
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January 2018 in “Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery” This article discusses various issues and controversies in hair transplantation, including ethical considerations, the debate between follicular unit transplantation and excision, the concept of a safe donor area, the use of platelet-rich plasma, and the minimum qualifications needed for practitioners.
January 2022 in “International Microsurgery Journal” In this case report, the authors described how a 27-year-old male developed scarring and penile shortening after a previous lengthening procedure, which was successfully repaired using a pedicled superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap combined with a novel hybrid technique.
June 2017 in “International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry” This study found that using retroauricular full-thickness skin grafts in vestibuloplasty contributed to successful cosmetic and functional outcomes in dental implant rehabilitation for patients with mandibular gunshot injuries.
November 2024 in “BMC Surgery” This article notes the increasing incidence of androgenetic alopecia in males and the growing acceptance of follicular unit extraction as a treatment, but reports no new clinical results.
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November 2003 in “Annals of Plastic Surgery” This study reports successful restoration of congenital pubic alopecia using tissue transfers from the temporoparietal scalp, noting significant hair growth in the transplanted tissue.
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July 2005 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” Hair transplantation successfully treated a woman's hair loss caused by a tight ponytail.
April 2024 in “Facial plastic surgery clinics of North America” This description of over 700 primary beard hair transplants emphasizes the importance of specific techniques like graft dissection, site angulation, and aesthetic design to achieve natural-looking results, according to the author's experience.