02011nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653000900055653002200064653001100086653002200097653000900119653001500128653001100143653001200154653000900166653001600175653003200191653003200223100001200255700001200267700001200279700001200291700001200303700001200315245007800327300001000405490000700415520123700422022001401659       1999                            d  c1999 Aug10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aFemale10aFollow-Up Studies10aHair10aHair Color10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPostoperative Complications10aTransplantation, Autologous1 aLee S H1 aKim D W1 aJun J B1 aLee S J1 aKim J C1 aKim N H00aThe changes in hair growth pattern after autologous hair transplantation.  a605-90 v253 a<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Recently donor dominance has been emphasized in autologous hair transplantation while the influence of the recipient site has been considered negligible. In fact, there have been few studies that show this.</p><p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>This study was performed to examine the influence of the recipient site on transplanted hairs. A clinical study of 19 leprosy patients was performed. These patients had received single hair transplantation due to madarosis and were admitted to The Leprosy Mission, Jesus Hospital, Taegu, Korea, or had visited its outpatient clinic.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>In this study, the rate of growth, thickness of shaft, and graying rate between the transplanted eyebrow hair in the recipient site and scalp hair near the donor site were compared to observe the changes in the growth pattern of the hairs after transplantation.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>For most of the patients, the growth rate and graying rate of transplanted hairs were lower than those of hairs in the donor site.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>It seems that the recipient site may have an influence on the transplanted hairs. Further studies are needed, including clinical, histopathologic, and molecular biological methods.</p>  a1076-0512