Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation

Hair transplantation, a generally regarded as a safe surgical modality for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia, is not without its potential risks and complications. A case of an extensive keloid formation at donor site following follicular unit extraction is discussed. Hair transplant surgeons s...

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Autores principales: Garg, Shimona, Kumar, Anand, Tuknayat, Ankita, Thami, Gurvinder Pal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932067
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_54_17
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author Garg, Shimona
Kumar, Anand
Tuknayat, Ankita
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description Hair transplantation, a generally regarded as a safe surgical modality for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia, is not without its potential risks and complications. A case of an extensive keloid formation at donor site following follicular unit extraction is discussed. Hair transplant surgeons should be aware of this significant potential complication, especially in patients having previous keloidal tendencies to avoid such disastrous outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-55966502017-09-20 Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation Garg, Shimona Kumar, Anand Tuknayat, Ankita Thami, Gurvinder Pal Int J Trichology Case Report Hair transplantation, a generally regarded as a safe surgical modality for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia, is not without its potential risks and complications. A case of an extensive keloid formation at donor site following follicular unit extraction is discussed. Hair transplant surgeons should be aware of this significant potential complication, especially in patients having previous keloidal tendencies to avoid such disastrous outcomes. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5596650/ /pubmed/28932067 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_54_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 International Journal of Trichology 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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Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation
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title_full Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation
title_fullStr Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation
title_full_unstemmed Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation
title_short Extensive Donor Site Keloids in Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplantation
title_sort extensive donor site keloids in follicular unit extraction hair transplantation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932067
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_54_17
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