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A patient from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia had undergone FUT surgery 7 years ago and had good results. He wanted more area to be covered and this time he wanted it to be done with FUE technique only. As he had curly hairs, we performed the Fox Test before doing FUE surgery on him. We took out 10 grafts and we were able to take out 9 intact grafts. So, the result of the test was positive, which meant that he could easily get FUE surgery done. The patient wanted to cover the whole of the remaining scalp. And he was […]

This case study is a part of the education endeavor of AK clinics in which we have earlier also shared some cases and will discuss further as well. This particular case study is about Mr. Singh, 29 years old male who was diagnosed with severe scarring on face in beard due to recurrent nodulocystic acne since last many years. We are hereby presenting the features, causes, diagnosis and treatment that was administered to him. Features: When Mr. Singh first walked in to our clinic, he came with the severe scarring due to acne on the face, especially in the beard […]

FUE in Egyptian There is a wide variety of various characteristics of hair in different parts of world among different races. Here we would like todiscuss various points to be taken into consideration while taking up a case of hair transplant by FUE technique in an Egyptian patient. Case report A 33 years old Egyptian male came to us with progressive patterned hair loss from front part of scalp since last 5 years with positive family history. On examination, thinning of hair was seen in front as well as mid scalp extending up to crown and sparing of hair of […]

Introduction  People of different ethnicities have a lot of variation in their scalp and hair characteristics which need to be taken into consideration while taking up a case of hair transplant. We describe the salient features of the hair characteristics along with modification of the technique of  hair transplant in a Chinese patient. Case Report A 56 year old patient of Chinese ethnicity presented to us with the complaint of baldness in his crown area. He had a positive family history of male pattern baldness in his first degree relative. There was no significant history of any drug intake or […]

In this series, we will take you through real life cases (using assumed names), to give you an in depth understanding of the various conditions that can affect the scalp. This particular case study is about Swati, 55yr old female who was diagnosed with frontal fibrosing alopecia. Given here are the features, causes, diagnosis and treatment that was administered to her. Features: When Swati first walked into our clinic, she came with history of massive hair loss from the frontal side. We observed that hair loss was present over the front part of her scalp almost in a straight line […]

Here is yet another case study involving Samira, who was diagnosed with a condition known as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. In this case study, we will be elaborating on how we diagnosed this condition, went about the treatment and how Samira recovered from the same. When Samira first came to us, we noticed that she had bald patches on her head. After close examination, we were able to see the scarring, which allowed us to decide that her condition was what we call central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) after scalp Biopsy. This is another version of scarring alopecia, and is […]