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· Treatment of Surgical Scars
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TREATMENT OF SURGICAL SCARS

Repair grafting may be undertaken for the therapy of surgical scars, traumatic scars, or other defects. Hair pieces previously attached via sutures or tunnels may necessitate scar excision and follow-up grafting.

Mustache transplants may be utilized to cover cleft palate scars, or surgical or traumatic wounds. Scars on the anterior scalp may be camouflaged with densely placed follicular unit grafts. Single hair grafts may be utilized to treat permanent hair loss in the eyebrows or eyelashes. In these instances, it is paramount that all hairs are of matching consistency and point in the exact direction that once existed in the patient's original natural state, often at an acute angle from the skin.

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25 year-old white female with large traumatic scar on anterior scalp. This was especially amplified as her hair parted exactly at this point when the wind blew or during exercise. (Swinehart, JM. Color Atlas of Hair Restoration Surgery). Same pt., after two micrograft repair sessions of approximately 30 grafts each inserted into this 1 x 2cm area, showing completely undetectable, excellent result. (Swinehart, JM. Color Atlas of Hair Restoration Surgery).

Coronal brow lifts or face lifts may result in the amputation of hair follicles in the sideburn or temporal hairline. Follicular unigrafting and micrografting may be utilized to replace these hairs as well. In these situations, the hairs point acutely inferiorly and must be extremely fine. Cloned hair follicles may be useful in these situations, as these hairs generally are finer than terminal hairs.

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