This source highlights how hair transplantation serves as a key component in gender-affirming procedures for transgender individuals, outlining specific approaches like hairline feminization and beard transplantation for enhancing feminine or masculine appearance and concealing surgical scars. Results and outcomes are not detailed in this abstract.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” This lecture summarizes current knowledge on robotic surgery, examining its advantages and limitations compared to traditional methods, and highlights the need for further research and training in the field.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” This study highlights the transformation in aortic aneurysm treatment over the last 30 years, noting the shift from open surgery to endovascular methods, which reduce surgical risks and improve outcomes.
October 2023 in “Egyptian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” This narrative review examined various surgical and non-surgical methods for managing postsurgical scars in patients with cleft lip and palate, aiming to mitigate the aesthetic and functional impacts of these scars in affected individuals.
January 2012 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” This commentary discusses informal observations of poor or worsening outcomes in some patients after hair transplant surgery for androgenetic alopecia, suggesting the need for further research.
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August 2012 in “The international journal of transgenderism/International journal of transgenderism” This publication reviews the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's Standards of Care for supporting transgender and gender nonconforming people, with adjustments needed for diverse global contexts and no new clinical results.
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January 1941 in “Annals of Internal Medicine” Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism is rare and can be managed with dihydrotachysterol.
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December 2016 in “International Journal of Women's Dermatology” This review discusses the unique dermatologic needs of transgender individuals during transitioning and emphasizes the importance of accommodating care in medical settings; it reports no new clinical results.
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March 2001 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article reviews treatment options for male androgenetic alopecia, including minoxidil, 5 alpha reductase inhibitors, and hair transplantation, but reports no new clinical findings.
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January 2010 This article discusses advances in hair restoration surgery techniques but reports no new findings, noting potential challenges for new surgeons who face increased demands in time and labor.
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July 2022 in “Advances in Wound Care” This review discusses the roles of fibroblasts in foreign body response and highlights the need for further research on their specific functions to improve antifibrotic and regenerative therapies.
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November 2008 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses the common issues with unnatural appearing hair transplants and presents potential treatment approaches, but does not provide new clinical results.
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January 2015 in “Scars, burns & healing” This review discusses surgical and non-surgical options for hair restoration in burn alopecia, highlighting follicular unit extraction and transplant as preferred methods but reports no new clinical findings.
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February 2004 in “Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie” Pressure from surgical headrests can cause temporary hair loss in liver donors.
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April 1994 in “Archives of Otolaryngology-head & Neck Surgery” This article discusses scalp tissue expansion as a superior reconstructive option for large defects over traditional skin grafts and flap methods, but reports no new clinical outcomes.
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March 2014 in “Annals of Pharmacotherapy” This case report suggests that anidulafungin may be associated with hair loss, highlighting the need for physicians to monitor this potential adverse effect.
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June 2019 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses the use of medical tattooing in the head and neck region as a minimally invasive option for individuals seeking to improve cosmetic appearance without surgery, and reports no new clinical results.
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July 2018 in “Journal of Craniofacial Surgery” This study found that adding inferior turbinate reduction to septorhinoplasty improved nasal function significantly more than septorhinoplasty alone, based on visual analogue scale scores and acoustic rhinometry measurements.
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July 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This review reports that pressure-induced alopecias, occurring from ischemic pressure, are often reversible without treatment if diagnosed promptly, but prognosis varies with severity and treatment timing.
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February 2023 in “Journal of Athletic Training” This review discusses the role of athletic trainers in the medical affirmation and care of transgender and gender-diverse individuals, but it reports no new research findings; the authors emphasize the need for interprofessional collaboration.
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April 2019 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study examined how different surgical techniques tailored to individual patient characteristics affected outcomes in secondary female hairline correction surgery, finding that patient-specific approaches can lead to satisfactory results.
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May 2018 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open” This article describes the 2017 ISPRES World Congress in Dubai, highlighting its focus on fat grafting and regenerative surgery, and reports no new research results; future collaboration with ASPS is anticipated.
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January 2008 in “Hair transplant forum international” This editorial emphasizes the importance of recognizing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during surgery beyond the commonly focused concern of anesthetic toxicity, but it does not present new findings.
June 2026 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that systemic testosterone exposure in transgender individuals with XX genotype alters skin biology, increasing androgen and estrogen receptor-positive cells, collagen density, and fibronectin expression while reducing immune cells, which could affect surgical outcomes by promoting a male skin phenotype.
November 2024 in “IP Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study found that the severity of acute donor site effluvium after hair transplants was significantly correlated with the number of grafts extracted and longer surgery durations.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” PP405 may help hair growth by activating hair follicle stem cells.
April 2024 in “Cancer Research Statistics and Treatment” This personal narrative recounts Sreeparna Majumder's journey through a challenging battle with thymic carcinoma and other health issues while maintaining her engineering studies and later pursuing an MBA, highlighting her resilience and the unwavering support from her family and friends.
October 2023 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This review discusses combining follicular unit excision (FUE) and linear strip excision (LSE) donor harvesting methods to optimize graft yield while minimizing donor depletion, but provides no new clinical results.
October 2023 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes ALP elevation in a patient with severe OA that normalized after bilateral knee replacements, highlighting a potential link between OA and ALP levels.
May 2023 in “Journal of drugs in dermatology” Most transgender patients getting laser hair removal before gender-affirming surgery are already on hormone therapy, which might affect the hair removal process.