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Hair restoration techniques like follicular unit transplant surgery and follicular unit extraction are effective, with ideal graft placement density between 20-30 units per cm². Medications like Minoxidil and Finasteride can help maintain and regrow hair.

Hair restoration can sometimes result in unnatural-looking hair, wide scars, and poorly designed hairlines, but these issues can be corrected with careful planning, various techniques, and possibly medical therapy.

The book concludes that treating acne scars requires a variety of methods and patience, with no single best way to classify or treat them.

Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) can give great results and patient satisfaction when done carefully and by a skilled surgeon.

Modern hair restoration techniques have evolved from punch grafting to methods like micro-grafting and follicular unit transplantation, but they are labor-intensive, expensive, and can lead to patient dissatisfaction. Future treatments may involve cloned hair follicles and drugs like finasteride.

Surgical hair restoration involves moving hair from a non-balding area to a balding area, with the transplanted hair not subject to male pattern baldness. Medications can slow hair loss and regrow some hair, but successful treatment needs careful planning, skill, and ethical responsibility due to progressive hair loss and limited donor hair.

A new scalp surgery technique leads to significantly thinner scars.

Nested PCR can reliably identify fungal infections when traditional methods fail.

A woman with vitiligo had a rare fungal infection around her vitiligo patch and it improved with antifungal cream.

Tinea incognito in Iran commonly affects adults and mimics other skin conditions.

A man in Japan got better from a scalp fungal infection using terbinafine.

Some cases of tinea capitis, a fungal scalp infection, can look like scarring hair loss due to the body's immune response and the fungus itself.

Animal research has greatly advanced dermatology.

Hair follicle damage happens during hair transplants and can impact success; better surgical methods are needed.

Caragana korshinskii seed oil effectively treats fungal skin infections.

Terbinafine is the most effective treatment for tinea capitis, a scalp infection often confused with other conditions.

Hair transplantation techniques have improved over 12 years, with follicular unit grafting providing more natural results and potential future advances in automation and genetics.

Ringworm around the eyes often gets misdiagnosed, leading to eyelash loss, but antifungal treatment can improve the condition.

The chapter explains common scalp conditions, including infections, infestations, and tumors.

A rare scalp disease causes hair loss, pus-filled nodules, and scarring.

New antifungal treatments for a children's scalp infection are effective and safe, but it's not decided if they will become the preferred option over the old treatment.

Most tinea capitis cases in Rotterdam were caused by Trichophyton violaceum, mainly affecting Moroccan immigrant children.

The rise in tinea capitis cases in Stockholm is linked to increased African immigration.

Most tinea capitis cases in southern Taiwan were in adult women, mainly caused by Trichophyton violaceum.

A man got a scalp infection from synthetic hair implants because the procedure wasn't done by a doctor and was poorly managed.

Ringworm in cattle can be effectively treated with Povidone iodine and Whitefield ointment.

A Chinese-Japanese boy had a rare fungal infection on his scalp and skin, likely caught in China.

Fungal infections can cause hair loss in lupus patients and should be considered even if rare.

A young man was initially misdiagnosed with a scalp condition but was found to have a fungal infection, which improved with antifungal treatment.

Proper antifungal treatment is crucial to avoid misdiagnosis and prevent scarring alopecia.