Full-thickness Scalp Injury Due to Hair Braiding and Weave

Full-thickness scalp necrosis secondary to hair weave placement is a rare but serious complication of a common hairstyle. The defects can be large and may necessitate complex reconstruction with hair-bearing tissue. We report on the case of a young woman with extensive scalp loss following tight spi...

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Autores principales: Grunzweig, Katherine, Keys, Kari A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000456
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description Full-thickness scalp necrosis secondary to hair weave placement is a rare but serious complication of a common hairstyle. The defects can be large and may necessitate complex reconstruction with hair-bearing tissue. We report on the case of a young woman with extensive scalp loss following tight spiral braiding. The case description illustrates this relatively unknown complication, its treatment, and possible preventative measures.
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spelling pubmed-45602102015-10-22 Full-thickness Scalp Injury Due to Hair Braiding and Weave Grunzweig, Katherine Keys, Kari A. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Report Full-thickness scalp necrosis secondary to hair weave placement is a rare but serious complication of a common hairstyle. The defects can be large and may necessitate complex reconstruction with hair-bearing tissue. We report on the case of a young woman with extensive scalp loss following tight spiral braiding. The case description illustrates this relatively unknown complication, its treatment, and possible preventative measures. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4560210/ /pubmed/26495190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000456 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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