Surgical depilation for the treatment of pseudofolliculitis or local hirsutism of the face : experience in the first 40 patients

Forty patients underwent surgical depilation for pseudofolliculitis barbae or local hirsutism of the face during a 15-year period. The operative method and its results and pitfalls are discussed. Although it is not the treatment of choice, this operation is very useful when other therapy has not bee...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) 1991-09, Vol.88 (3), p.446-451
Hauptverfasser:	HAGE, J. J, BOUMAN, F. G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Chin - surgery Female Folliculitis - surgery Hair Removal - methods Hirsutism - surgery Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neck - surgery Postoperative Complications - therapy Retrospective Studies Skin plastic surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Forty patients underwent surgical depilation for pseudofolliculitis barbae or local hirsutism of the face during a 15-year period. The operative method and its results and pitfalls are discussed. Although it is not the treatment of choice, this operation is very useful when other therapy has not been successful. This seems especially true in male-to-female transsexuals.
ISSN:	0032-1052 1529-4242
DOI:	10.1097/00006534-199109000-00011