title: A case report of coup de sabre patient with hair transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Treatment of coup de sabre must remain conservative until the disease is no longer in an active state. When activity has ceased, some operative intervention is safe and effective for the correction of deformity. While hair transplantation showed high survival rates for the correction of cicatricial alopecia, it has rarely reported to be performed for the correction of coup de sabre.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the therapeutic possibility of hair transplantation for the correction of coup de sabre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follicular units consisting of two to three hairs from the patient's occipital scalp were transplanted and followed-up for 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 12 months of follow-up, treatment outcomes showed an 86.7% survival rate and 12-16 cm (mean 14 cm) length of the transplanted hairs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When coup de sabre is no longer in an active state, hair transplantation is a useful method for cosmetic improvement of the alopecia.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou, Affiliated Third Hospital of Hangzhou, Anhui Medical University, Hangzhou Institute of Dermatology and Venereology , Hangzhou , China.
authors.forename: Yeqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou, Affiliated Third Hospital of Hangzhou, Anhui Medical University, Hangzhou Institute of Dermatology and Venereology , Hangzhou , China.
authors.forename: Ai-E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: b Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province , Hangzhou , China.
authors.forename: Junhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016559:Tacrolimus
keywords: Coup de sabre; hair; scleroderma; transplantation