June 2026 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This study examined five patients with cicatricial alopecia treated using the follicular unit extraction technique, finding an average graft survival rate of 64.2% and acceptable transection rates, despite the procedure's challenges compared to non-scarring alopecia.
8 citations
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July 1984 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This study found that using a specific donor row configuration with suturing improves both short-term and long-term scarring, allowing 10-15% more grafts to be taken while maintaining finer donor scars.
1 citations
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July 1999 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” The article discusses how to fix bad results from hair restoration surgery, with different doctors suggesting methods like adding more grafts, moving transplanted hair, or using smaller grafts.
June 2026 in “Journal of Craniofacial Surgery” This study reports a case of a 47-year-old man who developed scalp necrosis after undergoing hair transplantation abroad, highlighting the importance of recognizing and managing this rare but serious complication to improve outcomes in hair transplantation practices.
12 citations
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April 2020 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This study reviews advancements in hair restoration surgery, noting that follicular unit excision significantly improves outcomes by enabling graft harvesting without scarring and reporting a graft transection rate under 4% when conducted with advanced equipment.
87 citations
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February 2004 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” In this study, researchers achieved complete reepithelialization and hair growth on a burn-injured scalp using a tissue-engineered dermal template with early micrograft hair follicle implantation.
June 2017 in “JPRAS Open” This case report describes a successful hair transplant surgery using the follicular unit extraction method to restore a bald area following scalp tumor resection and skin grafting, highlighting its utility in such complex cases.
27 citations
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January 2006 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that the SAFE System may improve follicular unit extraction by reducing follicle transection rates and broadening patient eligibility, with only minor adverse reactions reported.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that post-hematopoietic cell transplantation epidermal grafting significantly reduced chronic wound size in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
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.
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.
14 citations
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May 2011 in “Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America” This article discusses the growing focus on long-term outcomes in burn care, emphasizing the importance of coordinated team approaches in burn reconstruction, but it presents no new clinical findings.
May 2026 in “International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology” This study found that infiltrating dilute adrenaline into the recipient area during implanter-based FUE hair transplantation significantly reduced intraoperative bleeding, improving graft precision and visualization, without major safety concerns among the 50 patients observed.
June 2023 in “Clinical Case Reports” This report describes a woman with microcystic adnexal carcinoma who underwent successful excisional surgery and hair transplantation, which may be beneficial for treating surgical scars.
10 citations
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December 1999 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This case report describes how a combined nude and hair-bearing full-thickness skin graft was used after micrographic surgery to achieve a cosmetically satisfactory reconstruction of a large eyebrow defect.
7 citations
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July 2022 in “Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery” This study describes a management approach for scalp electrical injuries, emphasizing thorough debridement as key to successful reconstruction outcomes.
July 2013 in “Hair transplant forum international” This report describes the integration of follicular unit extraction (FUE) into a medical practice and notes a learning curve for both the physician and staff, but presents no 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.
March 2021 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” A man unhappy with his old hair restoration got a new, natural-looking hairline using a combination of follicular unit extraction and punch graft reduction.
1 citations
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May 2004 in “Hair transplant forum international” This piece outlines three aesthetic issues affecting patients after grafting but doesn't include any new results.
13 citations
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August 2016 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that intradermal injection of normal saline before follicular unit extraction significantly reduced wound size and skin mass removed compared to acute extraction, suggesting it minimizes skin injury in this procedure.
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.
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.
October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This chapter reviews causes of poor scarring in hair restoration procedures and discusses methods for improving donor site scars, reporting no new clinical results.
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.
14 citations
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March 2017 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open” In this study, various types of minor hair follicle damage were observed during follicular unit extraction, with paring and hair bulb injury being more apparent under microscopic examination.
3 citations
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June 2020 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that dense-packing megasession follicular unit extraction is a safe and effective method for treating extensive scarring alopecia, with a graft survival rate of 85% and high patient satisfaction.
June 2016 in “American Journal of Cardiology” This review discusses the preliminary results of using rotational thrombectomy for acute dialysis-access graft occlusion in the upper extremity, reporting no new clinical outcomes.
August 2021 in “Chinese journal of burns” This study found that combining FUE transplantation with rb-bFGF gel and minoxidil tincture significantly improved hair survival, reduced hair loss, and increased patient satisfaction in cicatricial alopecia treatment, compared to FUE alone, with fewer adverse effects reported within 12 months post-surgery.
1 citations
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December 2024 in “Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery” FUE is better than FUT for mustache reconstruction in cleft lip patients.