Background: Various types of follicular trauma occur during follicular unit excision (FUE). However, the effects of different types of follicular injury on graft survival have not been reported.
Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the differences in hair follicle survival by the type of follicular injury, including paring, fracture, and bulb injury.
Methods: Seven healthy patients who underwent hair transplant surgery by FUE were enrolled in the study. For each patient, 10 single-hair follicular unit grafts per injury group (paring, fracture, bulb injury, or intact) were differentiated. Using sharp implanters, 10 grafts of each of the 4 injury types were transplanted into mice, and the mice were sacrificed 5 months after transplantation. The skin was excised at each of the 4 locations, and newly formed follicular units were counted and photographed under a microscope.
Results: Of 70 hair follicles in each group, the number of successfully engrafted follicles was 50 (71.43%) in the intact group, 36 (51.43%) in the paring injury group, 9 (12.86%) in the fracture injury group, and 31 (44.29%) in the bulb injury group.
Conclusion: Grafts with minor injury had a lower survival rate than intact grafts. Fractured follicles showed the lowest survival rate.
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