title: Body hair transplantation in vitiligo.
abstract: Hair transplantation has been used to repigment a stable vitiligo patch. Body hair transplant was done for a 28-year-old male with stable vitiligo with scarring. Peri-folllicular repigmentation was noted at 4 weeks and complete repigmentation of vitiligo patch was achieved at 12 weeks. No recurrence was noted at the end of 3-month follow-up with a good colour match with surrounding skin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report highlighting the effectiveness of body hair transplantation by FUE in focal vitiligo patch with leukotrichia.
authors.affiliation: DERMACLINIX-The Complete Skin and Hair Solution Center, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kavish
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chouhan
authors.forename: Amrendra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Amrinder J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kanwar
keywords: Body hair transplant; follicular unit extraction; leukotrichia; stable vitiligo
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