Clinical and Trichoscopic Correlation of Scalp in Patients Who had undergone Hair Transplantation

Abstract

Hair transplantation and dermatoscopy are two growing fields in dermatology. We present clinical and dermascopic evaluation of patients who had undergone hair transplantation in our institute and also in patients who sought for correction for already performed hair transplantation for various reasons. Scalp examination of donor and recipient zones was done using hand held dermatoscope and assessed for aesthetic outcome and complications if any in these zones. The trichoscopic examination helps dermatologist to look into the tiny intricacies and also to correlate these with clinical examination, which helps the hair transplant surgeon to understand the technical mistakes and correct the defects for perfection. From these observations we can conclude that dermascope is an important pocket tool for hair transplant surgeons. How to cite this article Madura C, Ravipati N, Chandrashekar BS. Clinical and Trichoscopic Correlation of Scalp in Patients Who had undergone Hair Transplantation. Int J Dermoscop 2017;1(1):20-25.

Normal Trichoscopic Findings after Hair Transplantation in Androgenetic Alopecia: A Prospective Case Series

“…Trichoscopy can be very useful for evaluation for hair transplantation (HT), helping rule out simulators of androgenetic alopecia (AGA), such as fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, evaluating donor area (DA), and results after surgery [1, 2]. However, there are only a few reports about normal trichoscopic findings after HT.…”