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Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 4/2005

01-08-2005 | Letter to the Editor

Extensive Traction Alopecia Attributable to Ponytail Hairstyle and Its Treatment with Hair Transplantation

Author: Derya Özçelik

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 4/2005

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Alopecia is experienced by both men and women in all racial and ethnic populations. It can be nonscarring or scarring alopecia. Telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, traction–chemical alopecia, and androgenetic alopecia are nonscarring alopecias, accounting for more than 90% of all causes of hair loss [8]. Other nonscarring alopecias include trichotillomania, tinea capitis, and hair shaft abnormalities. Scarring alopecia is caused by trauma, infection, discoid lupus erythematosus, or lichen planus [7]. …
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Metadata
Title
Extensive Traction Alopecia Attributable to Ponytail Hairstyle and Its Treatment with Hair Transplantation
Author
Derya Özçelik
Publication date
01-08-2005
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-005-0004-5

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