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ArticleWorld journal of plastic surgery2021

Head and Neck Restoration in Scar Alopecia: Hair Transplantation in Scalp, Eyebrows, Beard and Mustache.

Ahmad Noori, Mina Rabiee, Davood Mehrabani, Mohammad Reza Namazi

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Article in World journal of plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. [Hair transplantation in wound healing and scar repair in special areas].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmad NooriDepartment of Hair Transplantation, Novin Iran Clinic, Shiraz, Iran.
Mina RabieeDepartment of Hair Transplantation, Novin Iran Clinic, Shiraz, Iran.
Davood MehrabaniBurn and Wound Healing Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohammad Reza NamaziResearch Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord · IRNovindiet Clinic · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Alberta · CA

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Abstract

backgroundSurgical management of hair loss has become an increasingly challenging procedure, when dealing with scar alopecia. We investigated the efficacy of hair transplantation in patients with head and neck scar alopecia.

methodsFrom 2016 to 2018 in Shiraz, Iran, all patients with scar alopecia in head and neck were evaluated for efficacy of follicular unit extraction (FUE), follicular unit transplantation (FUT) or a combination of two methods from donor sites in scalp and beard various hair-grafts were compared.

resultsFifty-six patients were enrolled. Most of them were between 31 and 40 yr old (48.3%) and male (71.4%). Trauma, burn, surgical excision of adjacent skin, radiotherapy and leishmaniasis were the registered causes. Scars were visible in scalp (39.3%), beard (28.6%), eyebrow (21.4%), and moustache (10.7%) regions. FUE (87.5%), FUT (10.7%) and a combination (1.8%) were the used methods. One-hair-grafts were used in eyebrows (100%), moustache (100%), beard (88%) and scalp (7.9%), while 2-hair-grafts in beard (6%) and scalp (47.4%) and 3-haired grafts in beard (6%) and scalp (44.7%) transplantations.

conclusionIn head and neck scar alopecia, hair transplantation was selected based on type and depth of scar. FUE was targeted when huge grafts were not needed, including beard, moustache, and eyebrow, while FIT was used when extensive scars were present in scalp. One-hair-grafts were mostly applied for eyebrow, moustache and beard, 2-hair- and 3-hair- grafts for beard and scalp transplantation. These findings can be added to the literature when FUE, FIT, or their combination are targeted in hair restoration of scar alopecia in head and neck.

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BeardEyebrowHair transplantationMustacheScalpScar alopecia

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