Trichoscopic Findings Post Hair Restoration Surgery

Skin Appendage Disord. 2023 Aug;9(4):306-308. doi: 10.1159/000530856. Epub 2023 Jun 16.

Abstract

Introduction: Trichoscopy is a noninvasive diagnostic method for hair and scalp diseases. Data on trichoscopy post hair restoration surgery are limited, and some authors show no relevant changes.

Case presentation: Trichoscopic findings in 45 patients are described, after being followed for 12 months after hair restoration surgery. They evolved without any hair disease.

Conclusion: Trichoscopy showed some hair shaft abnormalities previously described in alopecia areata and chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

Keywords: Alopecia; Hair restoration surgery; Trichoscopy.

Grants and funding

The research was funded by Dr. Leila David Bloch who performed the surgeries with patients in her clinic.