title: Regrowth of upper eyelid eyelashes after making a surgical incision on the upper eyelid in a case of severe alopecia areata.
abstract: Alopecia areata can affect only the scalp (alopecia totalis) or whole body (alopecia universalis). The authors report a case of eyelash regrowth induced by a minor surgical procedure in a 44-year-old Caucasian man with alopecia universalis. The mechanism of the regrowth of eyelashes after a surgical procedure remains unanswered and further studies may help elucidate this phenomenon.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust, Bolton, United Kingdom.
authors: Brigid
authors: B
authors: Ning
authors: Aruna
authors: A
authors: Dharmasena
authors: Clare
authors: C
authors: Inkster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000254:growth & development*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male