In performing transplantations o f hair into places scarred and depigmented by discoid lupus erythematosus, it was found that considerable repigmentation in addition to growth o f viable hairs was achieved.T r a n s p l a n t a t i o n o f h a i r was feasibly developed by Orentreich1 and others in the 1950's, and by now is a common and popular procedure for male-pattem and other forms of alopecia. In recent years, it has been repeatedly shown that such transplantations can be successfully ac complished in alopécie areas caused by conditions such as traumatic and surgical scars, pseudopelade, deep pyoder mas of the scalp, lichen planopilaris, discoid lupus erythematosus, and radiodermatitis. ^3 Very little, however, has been reported on repigmentation of leukoderma as sociated with correction of scarred alopecia.We herewith report a favorable result in the form of re pigmentation in addition to transplantation of hair in a case of discoid lupus erythematosus.
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