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ArticleInternational wound journal2026

From Hair to Healing: Follicular Unit Transplantation for Chronic Ulcer Management-A Case Series.

Francisco Jimenez, Aditya K Gupta, Jerry Cooley, Adriana Peña-Escobar, Mesbah Talukder

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Article in International wound journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Francisco JimenezMediteknia Clinic, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Aditya K GuptaMediprobe Research Inc., London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-7723
Jerry CooleyCooley Hair Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Adriana Peña-EscobarUnidad Cirugía Plástica, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
Mesbah TalukderSchool of Pharmacy, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0691-640X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scalp follicular unit (FU) transplantation is a highly effective yet underutilised minimally invasive technique for promoting healing in chronic and recalcitrant cutaneous wounds. In this case series, five patients with long-standing nonhealing leg ulcers of mixed etiologies were treated exclusively with single FU grafts harvested from the scalp with a 0.9-1-mm punch. Complete re-epithelialization occurred in three cases by 6, 3 and 1 month, respectively, while the remaining two cases showed marked partial improvement at 6 months, with reduction in ulcer area and pain. Overall, all five patients experienced a favourable clinical outcome. Case reports suggest that the transplantation of a minimum of 4 FU grafts/cm

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Hair FollicleLeg UlcerScalpWound HealingAdultAgedChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment Outcomechronic ulcerschronic woundsfollicular unit extractionhair follicle graftinghair transplantationwound healing

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PMID42274200
PMCPMC13255142

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