Complications of fiber implantation for baldness.
Several methods of fiber implantation have been used to reduce pattern baldness, and similar results have been reported: fiber breakage, foreign-body reaction, infection and scarring. Since one method or another tends to predominate in different geographic areas, the physician often is unable to compare the results of the various methods. The two patients described in this article underwent different methods of fiber implantation; serious complications occurred in both. Fiber implantation is an unsafe technique and must be discouraged.
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011108:Polymers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology
D011108:Polymers