title: Long-term follow-up and unusual findings after microvascular transfer of hair-bearing skin for pubic hair restoration.
abstract: Alopecia in the pubic area can be restored successfully with hair transplantation using minigrafts and micrografts or with free tissue transfer of a hair bearing flap. In this report the authors present the successful transfer of hair bearing tissue from the temporoparietal scalp for the correction of a congenital form of alopecia of the pubic region. In addition, they present long term results of this transfer. Auxiliary procedures such as tissue expansion before or after transferring the flap, hair epilation and minigraft and micrograft transplantation could help to achieve a more natural result. Tissue expansion of the donor site could also be performed to enhance the outcome of the procedure. Of note is the rapid rate of hair growth in the transplanted tissue. This type of reconstruction using a hair bearing temporoparietal flap for restoration of hair to the pubic region is a useful method that can yield good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 9 Alley 23, Lane 76, Ho-Ping East Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hung-chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mardini
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santamaria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D011630:Pubic Bone; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013997:Time Factors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous