Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia

BACKGROUND: Eyelash leucotrichia is cosmetically disfiguring condition and remains a therapeutic challenge in successful management of vitiligo. AIMS: To study the efficacy of eyelash transplantation in management of eyelash leucotrichia associated with vitiligo. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen patie...

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Autores principales: Chatterjee, Manas, Neema, Shekhar, Vasudevan, Biju, Dabbas, Disha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398010
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.184042
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author Chatterjee, Manas
Neema, Shekhar
Vasudevan, Biju
Dabbas, Disha
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description BACKGROUND: Eyelash leucotrichia is cosmetically disfiguring condition and remains a therapeutic challenge in successful management of vitiligo. AIMS: To study the efficacy of eyelash transplantation in management of eyelash leucotrichia associated with vitiligo. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen patients with eyelash leucotrichia were treated with follicular unit transplantation. Improvement in leucotrichia was evaluated using objective assessment. RESULTS: Out of fifteen patients, good to excellent response was seen in 13 patients (86.67%), fair in one patient (6.66%) and poor in one patient (6.66%). CONCLUSION: Eyelash transplantation is safe and effective method for eyelash leucotrichia.
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spelling pubmed-49244222016-07-08 Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia Chatterjee, Manas Neema, Shekhar Vasudevan, Biju Dabbas, Disha J Cutan Aesthet Surg Original Article BACKGROUND: Eyelash leucotrichia is cosmetically disfiguring condition and remains a therapeutic challenge in successful management of vitiligo. AIMS: To study the efficacy of eyelash transplantation in management of eyelash leucotrichia associated with vitiligo. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen patients with eyelash leucotrichia were treated with follicular unit transplantation. Improvement in leucotrichia was evaluated using objective assessment. RESULTS: Out of fifteen patients, good to excellent response was seen in 13 patients (86.67%), fair in one patient (6.66%) and poor in one patient (6.66%). CONCLUSION: Eyelash transplantation is safe and effective method for eyelash leucotrichia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4924422/ /pubmed/27398010 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.184042 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Neema, Shekhar
Vasudevan, Biju
Dabbas, Disha
Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia
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title_full Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia
title_fullStr Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia
title_full_unstemmed Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia
title_short Eyelash Transplantation for the Treatment of Vitiligo Associated Eyelash Leucotrichia
title_sort eyelash transplantation for the treatment of vitiligo associated eyelash leucotrichia
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398010
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.184042
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