Hair Transplantation for Treatment of Burn Scars
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Here is a new article from Wang et al from PLA Burn Institute in China that has been recently published on hair transplant for cicatricial alopecia due to burn.
The investigators evaluated one hundred and sixty six burn patients that had some balding patched on the scalp as the result of the burn injury over six years. Hair follicles were obtained from back and side of the scalp and transplanted into the hair-less areas of the scalp. They then made size-matched incision and implanted the grafts into the scarring area. They evaluated the patients in person and through satisfaction survey.
The author of the article reports that in half of the cases, patients have been satisfied with only one hair transplantation procedure, while in another half they needed another hair transplant into the scar within a year after initial hair transplantation surgery. 96.5% of grafts have survived and grew. The authors concluded that the technique of perforating and transplanting follicular-unit hair synchronously is safe and effective with minimal surgical injury and negligible bleeding. Transplanted hair on cicatricial alopecia area with this technique grow well with high survival rate.
I presented the article “Hair Transplants for Neurosurgical Scars” 3 years ago in the annual meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in Las Vegas Nevada. In there we presented a case study of several patients with scalp scar from brain surgery, trauma scar or other neurosurgical scars that have been successfully treated with hair transplantation. Today we see more evidences of treating scars of the scalp, face and other hair bearing areas of the body with hair transplantation.
Parsa Mohebi, M.D. _______________________________
US Hair Restoration _______________________________
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