TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of skin-graft harvesting on hair growth
T2 - Implications for the study of alopecia
AU - Li, L.
AU - Robinson, J. B.
AU - Rohrich, R. J.
PY - 1995/5/30
Y1 - 1995/5/30
N2 - An experiment using guinea pigs was performed to demonstrate the feasibility of repeated skin-graft harvesting as a model system in the study of diffuse alopecia. In response to four split-thickness skin harvests from the same site at 2-week intervals, the number of hairs observed and follicular area doubled, implying a transition of hair follicles from vellus to terminal, compared with ungrafted control skin from the alternate side of the same animals. The guinea pig may serve as a future model for the study of diffuse alopecia because its hair growth patterns are similar to those observed in humans.
AB - An experiment using guinea pigs was performed to demonstrate the feasibility of repeated skin-graft harvesting as a model system in the study of diffuse alopecia. In response to four split-thickness skin harvests from the same site at 2-week intervals, the number of hairs observed and follicular area doubled, implying a transition of hair follicles from vellus to terminal, compared with ungrafted control skin from the alternate side of the same animals. The guinea pig may serve as a future model for the study of diffuse alopecia because its hair growth patterns are similar to those observed in humans.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000637-199505000-00014
DO - 10.1097/00000637-199505000-00014
M3 - Article
C2 - 7639493
AN - SCOPUS:0029053277
SN - 0148-7043
VL - 34
SP - 539
EP - 541
JO - Annals of plastic surgery
JF - Annals of plastic surgery
IS - 5
ER -