A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp after several synthetic hair grafts

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Angelo ChiarelliVincenzo Vindigni

Abstract

In the early 1970s a novel method for hair restoration was described and gained a large following: hair implantation of artificial synthetic fibers. Though popular, the procedure faced numerous criticisms from the scientific community by the early 1980s, and several major and minor complications in a large number of patients treated were reported. However, there were no reports of any neoplasms as complications of artificial hair implantation. Thus, we report our experience with a novel case of long-term cutaneous neoplastic degeneration of an artificial hair implantation procedure in order to provide new insight on the complications related to this procedure. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors at http://www.springer.com/00266.

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Sep 1, 2012·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·Manjul Agrawal
Feb 26, 2013·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·Angelo ChiarelliVincenzo Vindigni
Feb 11, 2021·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open·Satoru NakayamaNaoki Morimoto

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