title: [An new filling material of hair for the application of plastic surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the possibility of hair as a filling material for reconstructive or cosmetic surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sterilized pellets of hairs and silicone were selected and implanted subcutaneously in white rabbits. The clinical trial was carried out in 3 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A thin fibrous capsule, with much few inflammatory cells, was formed around the implanted hair pellets in 3-4 months. The inflammatory cells disappeared in the 9th month. No implant rejection, granulomatous formation or hair degradation was showed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hair may be a valuable filling material for augmentation of the soft tissue.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen 361004, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*