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When Full-Thickness Skin Grafts Are Used, Do the Hair Follicles in the Graft Survive and Grow in the Recipient Area?
asked 7 months ago by watson01 in Milwaukee, WI
Latest answer by Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS
Question viewed 168 times
Tags: follicles, graft, growth
When Full-Thickness Skin Grafts Are Used, Do the Hair Follicles in the Graft Survive and Grow in the Recipient Area?
6 answers to When Full-Thickness Skin Grafts Are Used, Do the Hair Follicles in the Graft Survive and Grow in the Recipient Area?
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Hair Follicles in the Grafts
Typically not, the hair follicles in full thickness grafts usually do not survive, although a small percentage can in fact continue to grow.
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In full thickness skin grafts do hair follicles survive and grow in recipient area?
Yes. If skin graft includes follicles and the follicles have adequate blood supply hair can still be grown.
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Does Hair Survive in a Full-Thickness Skin Graft
There is some survival of the hairs in a full-thickness skin graft, but this is limited with decreased density compared to the original donor area. The follicle survival will depend on the technique and the size of the skin graft.
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Skin Grafts and Hair
When an entire undamaged hair follicle is transferred from one area of the body to another, survival is certainly possible. This is how hair transplants work in a basic sense.
Kevin Ende, MD
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
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When Full-Thickness Skin Grafts Are Used, Do the Hair Follicles in the Graft Survive and Grow in the Recipient Area?
IMHO, this is an unknown. The hair follicles may or may not survive and it will most likely be a combination of both. If you don't want the hair follicles, have the surgeon trim the undersurface of the graft to damage the follicles.
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Unwanted hair transplanted in a skin graft
Sometimes a modest percentage of hair follicles in a full thickness skin graft taken from an area that has hair will survive . This possibility can be lessened by the surgeon trimming off the bulbs of the hair folicles which are on the underside of the graft.
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