Artificial hair fiber restoration in the treatment of scalp scars.

Background: There is presently no treatment for scalp scars that is fully satisfactory. The modalities of treatment currently in use are surgery, hair transplantation, and micropigmentation. Scalp implantation with artificial hair fibers is used by some physicians as an adjunctive treatment.

Evaluation of polyamide synthetic hair. A long-term clinical study.

Background: Different methods of hair restoration surgery exist: expanders, rotation flaps, autotransplantation and artificial hair implant.

Methods: The authors reviewed 196 patients who underwent hair implantation 2 years before with a highly biocompatible polyamide fiber. Indications, contraindications and complications of the procedure are outlined.