title: Hair transplantation using a freely transferred nonhair-bearing skin flap.
abstract: Cicatricial alopecia is a common sequela of burns involving the head region. The authors present a case of an extensive form of cicatricial alopecia in an 18-year-old female patient who sustained a burn to the head at 2 years of age. The patient was treated with combined scalp reduction with the aid of tissue expanders and micrografting of the freely transferred, preexpanded deep inferior epigastric artery nonhair-bearing skin flap. The aim of this article is to show that hair transplantation on the freely transferred nonhair-bearing skin flap may be associated with infection and fat necrosis, and the end result is not satisfactory, as in the cases of hair transplantation on a normal bald scalp.
authors.affiliation: Department of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ağaoğlu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mavili
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kostakoğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure