Evolución de la técnica follicular unit extraction (FUE) / Evolution of the follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique

El microtrasplante capilar, método FUE, es la cirugía para la recuperación capilar que consta en la extracción de unidades foliculares con punches de distintos diámetros y longitudes, desde una zona llamada dadora, generalmente occipital y/o temporal aunque pueden utilizarse otras partes del cuerpo como barba, tórax, abdomen y pubis, para luego de seleccionarse y conservarse en forma adecuada ser implantadas en la llamada zona receptora. Tanto los avances en la técnica como en el uso de instrumental de última generación generan resultados mejores y más naturales, con una recuperación más rápida y menor daño de sus zonas dadoras.

Hair transplant, FUE method, is surgery for hair recovery that consists of the extraction of follicular units with punches of different diameters and lengths, from an area called the donor; usually occipital and/or temporal; although they can be used on other parts of the body such as beard, thorax, abdomen and pubes. After being appropriately selected and preserved, they are implanted in the so-called receiving area. Both advances in technique and in the use of cutting-edge instruments generate better and more natural results, with faster recovery and less damage to the donor areas

Procedimentos estéticos com ênfase na queda capilar / Aesthetic procedures with emphasis on hair loss / Procedimientos estéticos con énfasis en la caída del cabello

A beleza está diretamente ligada ao aspecto dos cabelos, em todos os tempos e todas as culturas. O cabelo ao longo da vida é sujeito a vários tipos de mudanças, sejam elas naturais ou artificiais, conduzidas por uma vontade de mudar, muitas vezes, seja por representar uma nova fase, como também é símbolo de autocuidado, vaidade, sucesso, possuem significativa importância na aparência e autoestima das pessoas e, por isso, a queda capilar pode atingir a qualidade de vida do indivíduo. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar procedimentos estéticos minimamente invasivos e não cirúrgicos com ênfase na queda capilar. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica integrativa, de caráter descritivo nas principais bases de dados em saúde: SciELO, Google Acadêmico, PubMed e livros de medicina, nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol, considerando o período de 2007 a 2022. De acordo com o último censo da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, a queixa de alopecia está entre as dez mais frequentes nos consultórios dermatológicos. As doenças capilares mais importantes estão divididas em dois grupos, as cicatriciais quando a perda de cabelo é acompanhada por cicatrizes resultando em calvície permanente, e as não cicatriciais onde a calvície não é permanente levando a diminuição e o afinamento gradual do cabelo. A alopecia não cicatricial é a mais frequente e as mais comuns entre elas são a alopecia androgenética e o eflúvio telógeno. Muitos pacientes procuram tratamento para melhorar a aparência e a autoestima, que podem estar relacionados a quadros de ansiedade e depressão. Esses tratamentos devem ser individualizados, onde se deve avaliar as características individuais de cada paciente. Os tratamentos capilares estéticos podem contribuir de forma significativa para a redução da baixa autoestima, contribuindo para recuperação da autoconfiança através do crescimento capilar proporcionado pela estética. Sendo assim, conclui-se que os resultados coletados na revisão de literatura foram satisfatórios, de forma onde mostra que os medicamentos, suplementos e tratamentos estéticos na queda capilar vem evoluindo cada vez mais. Contudo, mais estudos acerca do assunto são necessários.

Beauty is directly linked to the appearance of hair, in all times and all cultures. Hair throughout life is subject to various types of changes, whether natural or artificial, driven by a desire to change, often because it represents a new phase, as it is also a symbol of self-care, vanity, success, they have significant importance in people's appearance and self-esteem and, therefore, hair loss can affect the individual's quality of life. In this sense, the objective of this study was to evaluate minimally invasive and non- surgical aesthetic procedures with an emphasis on hair loss. To this end, an integrative bibliographic review was carried out, of a descriptive nature, in the main health databases: SciELO, Google Scholar, PubMed and medical books, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, considering the period from 2007 to 2022. According to the latest census by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, the complaint of alopecia is among the ten most frequent complaints in dermatological offices. The most important hair diseases are divided into two groups, scarring when hair loss is accompanied by scars resulting in permanent baldness, and non-scarring where baldness is not permanent leading to gradual thinning and thinning of the hair. Non-scarring alopecia is the most frequent and the most common among them are androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium. Many patients seek treatment to improve their appearance and self-esteem, which may be related to anxiety and depression. These treatments must be individualized, where the individual characteristics of each patient must be evaluated. Aesthetic hair treatments can contribute significantly to reducing low self-esteem, contributing to the recovery of self-confidence through hair growth provided by aesthetics. Therefore, it is concluded that the results collected in the literature review were satisfactory, in a way that shows that medicines, supplements and aesthetic treatments in hair loss have been evolving more and more. However, more studies on the subject are needed.

La belleza está directamente ligada al aspecto del cabello, en todos los tiempos y en todas las culturas. El cabello a lo largo de la vida está sujeto a diversos tipos de cambios, ya sean naturales o artificiales, impulsados por un deseo de cambio, a menudo, ya sea para representar una nueva etapa, como también es un símbolo de auto- cuidado, la vanidad, el éxito, tienen una importancia significativa en la apariencia y la autoestima de las personas y, por lo tanto, la pérdida del cabello puede afectar la calidad de vida del individuo. En este sentido, el objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar los procedimientos estéticos mínimamente invasivos y no quirúrgicos con énfasis en la pérdida de cabello. Para ello, se realizó una revisión bibliográfica descriptiva integradora en las principales bases de datos de salud: SciELO, Google Scholar, PubMed y libros de medicina, en portugués, inglés y español, considerando el período de 2007 a 2022. Según el último censo de la Sociedad Brasileña de Dermatología, la queja de alopecia está entre las diez más frecuentes en las consultas de dermatología. Las enfermedades capilares más importantes se dividen en dos grupos, las cicatriciales, cuando la caída del cabello va acompañada de cicatrices que dan lugar a una calvicie permanente, y las no cicatriciales, cuando la calvicie no es permanente, dando lugar a un adelgazamiento y reducción gradual del cabello. Las alopecias no cicatriciales son las más frecuentes y entre ellas destacan la alopecia androgenética y el efluvio telógeno. Muchos pacientes buscan tratamiento para mejorar su aspecto y autoestima, que pueden estar relacionados con la ansiedad y la depresión. Estos tratamientos deben ser individualizados, donde se deben evaluar las características individuales de cada paciente. Los tratamientos capilares estéticos pueden contribuir significativamente a la reducción de la baja autoestima, contribuyendo a la recuperación de la confianza en uno mismo gracias al crecimiento del cabello que proporciona la estética. Por lo tanto, se concluye que los resultados recogidos en la revisión bibliográfica fueron satisfactorios, mostrando que los medicamentos, suplementos y tratamientos estéticos para la caída del cabello están evolucionando cada vez más. Sin embargo, son necesarios más estudios sobre el tema.

Dermoscopy - a simple and rapid in vivo diagnostic technique for tinea incognito

Abstract Tinea incognito resulting from corticosteroid abuse is becoming very common in the tropics. Its diagnosis is tricky owing to its confusing morphology, as well as practical and technical issues associated with mycological tests. Dermoscopy has now evolved as a novel diagnostic tool for diagnosing tinea incognito in such challenging situations, since the typical hair changes such as Morse-code hairs, deformable hairs, translucent hairs, comma and cork screw hairs, and perifollicular scaling may be seen despite steroid use, irrespective of mycological results.

Trichoscopy findings in dissecting cellulitis

Abstract Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneous and may present features common to non-cicatricial and scarring alopecia. This article presents the trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis that help in the diagnosis and consequent institution of the appropriate therapy and better prognosis of the disease.

A novel frameshift mutation of Chediak-Higashi syndrome and treatment in the accelerated phase

Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal recessive immunodeficiency disease characterized by frequent infections, hypopigmentation, progressive neurologic deterioration and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), known as the accelerated phase. There is little experience in the accelerated phase of CHS treatment worldwide. Here, we present a case of a 9-month-old boy with continuous high fever, hypopigmentation of the skin, enlarged lymph nodes, hepatosplenomegaly and lung infection. He was diagnosed with CHS by gene sequencing, and had entered the accelerated phase. After 8 weeks of therapy, the boy had remission and was prepared for allogenic stem cell transplantation.

Pili canaliculi as manifestation of giant axonal neuropathy

Abstract Giant axonal neuropathy is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. The condition is characterized by neurons with abnormally large axons due to intracellular filament accumulation. The swollen axons affect both the peripheral and central nervous system. A 6-year old female patient had been referred to a geneticist reporting problems with walking and hypotonia. At the age of 10, she became wheelchair dependent. Scanning electron microscopy of a curly hair classified it as pili canaliculi. GAN gene sequencing demonstrated mutation c.1456G>A (p.GLU486LYS). At the age of 12, the patient died due to respiratory complications. Dermatologists should be aware of this entity since hair changes are considered suggestive of GAN.

Female Pattern Hair Loss: a clinical and pathophysiological review

AbstractFemale Pattern Hair Loss or female androgenetic alopecia is the main cause of hair loss in adult women and has a major impact on patients' quality of life. It evolves from the progressive miniaturization of follicles that lead to a subsequent decrease of the hair density, leading to a non-scarring diffuse alopecia, with characteristic clinical, dermoscopic and histological patterns. In spite of the high frequency of the disease and the relevance of its psychological impact, its pathogenesis is not yet fully understood, being influenced by genetic, hormonal and environmental factors. In addition, response to treatment is variable. In this article, authors discuss the main clinical, epidemiological and pathophysiological aspects of female pattern hair loss.

Clinical presentation of pili torti - Case report

Pili torti also known as ‘twisted hairs’ (Latin: pili=hair; torti=twisted) is a rare, congenital or acquired clinical presentation, in which the hair shaft is flattened at irregular intervals and twisted 180º along its axis. It is clinically characterized by fragile, brittle, coarse and lusterless hairs, due to uneven light reflection on the twisted hair surface. Pili torti may be associated with neurological abnormalities and ectodermal dysplasias. There is no specifi c treatment for this condition, but it may improve spontaneously after puberty. We report a case of pili torti in a child who presented fragile, brittle, diffi cult to comb hair. The patient had no comorbidities.

Síndrome de pelo impeinable / Uncombable hair syndrome

El síndrome de pelo impeinable o pili trianguli et canaliculi es un trastorno estructural del pelo, poco frecuente y de etiología desconocida. Se caracteriza por presentar un pelo rebelde, difícil de peinar. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 9 años de edad con manifestaciones clínicas y hallazgos en la microscopia electrónica de barrido compatibles con esta entidad...

Extração de unidades foliculares: transplante capilar sem cicatriz linear / Follicular unit extraction: hair transplant without linear scar

Introdução: A técnica de extração de unidades foliculares (FUE, do inglês follicular unit extraction), de um a três folículos capilares, dispensa a necessidade de ressecção da área doadora na região occipitotemporal e de outros envolvimentos táticos e técnicos para transformar o material adquirido nessas unidades. Estas são obtidas diretamente, sendo extraídas por meio de pequenos cilindros ocos (punches), com diâmetro variando de 0,8 mm a 1mm, mediante incisão circular ao redor de cada unidade folicular no couro cabeludo e, subsequente, extração. Método: Foram avaliados e acompanhados, durante 24 meses, 77 pacientes submetidos a transplante de unidades foliculares, aplicado na correção de áreas de alopecia dos mais diversos tipos (androgênica, em cicatrizes de áreas pilosas, transplantes em supercílios, em pequenas áreas de calvície). Destes, 12 eram do sexo feminino e 65 do masculino, com idades que variavam de 19 a 65 anos; sete pacientes foram operados para correção de cicatrizes inestéticas e alargadas, decorrentes de transplantes capilares anteriores, realizados por técnicas convencionais. Os cuidados transoperatórios na manipulação das unidades foliculares são mais acurados, dada a sutileza de suas estruturas. Resultados: Apesar do tempo cirúrgico aumentado, não existe cicatriz linear e as áreas doadoras são menos visíveis e totalmente camufláveis pelos cabelos adjacentes no período de 3 a 5 dias de pós-operatório, mesmo com os cabelos raspados. Conclusão: O método exige maiores cuidados quanto aos procedimentos táticos e técnicos de manipulação e à obtenção das unidades foliculares.

Introduction: Follicular unit extraction (FUE), which involves harvesting a follicular unit containing between one and three hair follicles, prevents the need for donor area resection in the occipitotemporal region for hair transplantation. This method also avoids the need to dissect the material acquired into follicular units. In this method, the follicular units are directly obtained and extracted using small hollow cylinders (punches) with a diameter of 0.8­1 mm through a circular incision around each follicular unit on the scalp. Method: Over 24 months, we evaluated 77 patients with various forms of alopecia (including androgenic and scarring hair loss, eyebrow loss, and small bald areas) who underwent follicular unit transplant. Twelve patients were women and 65 men, with ages ranging from 19 to 65 years. Seven patients underwent the procedure to correct unsightly and extended scars caused by previous hair transplants performed by conventional techniques. This method requires greater intraoperative care in handling the follicular units to avoid damaging them. Results: Although the surgical time was increased, no linear scarring was observed, and the donor areas were less visible due to being masked by adjacent hairs from 3 to 5 days after surgery. This was the case even with shaved hair. Conclusion: Although this procedure requires greater care in handling and obtaining follicular units, FUE enables hair transplants without a linear scar. As such, this method has many clinical indications.

Pelo lanoso generalizado: reporte de un caso / Generalized woolly hair: case report

Introducción: El pelo lanoso (PL) es una rara alteración del tallo piloso que puede ser localizada o generalizada y puede asociarse a alteraciones cutáneas o extracutáneas. Objetivo: Analizar un cuadro clínico de muy escasa frecuencia y enfatizar la importancia del examen físico en el enfrentamiento de ésta. Caso clínico: Preescolar de tres años de edad con pelo fino, claro, corto y rizado. En los antecedentes familiares, destacaba la madre con historia de alopecia desde la infancia y disminución de la velocidad de crecimiento del pelo del cuero cabelludo; cuadro compatible con pelo lanoso generalizado forma hereditaria, sin anomalías asociadas. Conclusiones: El pelo lanoso es una rara anormalidad del tallo piloso. El diagnóstico de certeza se obtiene mediante la microscopía electrónica, sin embargo, el uso de la dermatoscopía constituye una buena herramienta diagnóstica en la práctica diaria. Puede asociarse a anomalías cutáneas y extracutáneas, por lo cual el enfrentamiento clínico y estudio complementario es primordial para descartar anomalías asociadas.

Introduction: Woolly hair (WH) is a rare abnormality of the hair shaft that can be localized or generalized and may be associated with cutaneous or extracutaneous abnormalities. Objective: To analyze a rare clinical case and emphasize the importance of physical examination. Case report: A three year old child with fine, light, short and curly hair is reported. Regarding family history, his mother reports alopecia since childhood and decreased growth rate of the hair of the scalp. The clinical picture is compatible with generalized hereditary woolly hair without associated anomalies. Conclusions: Woolly hair is a rare abnormality of the structure of the scalp hair. Electron microscopy allows the definitive diagnosis, however the use of dermoscopy is a practical and effective diagnostic tool in everyday practice.

Dermoscopic evaluation of therapeutic response to an intralesional corticosteroid in the treatment of alopecia areata.

Background: Intralesional corticosteroids are the treatment of choice for adults with less than 50% of scalp area involvement with alopecia areata. The sensitivity of picking up clinical response to treatment by clinical examination is very variable and has inter individual variation. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of alopecia areata and to use dermoscopy to identify signs of early clinical response and adverse effects. Methods: Seventy patches in 60 patients were injected with steroid at 4 weeks interval and followed up for 24 weeks. Treatment response was evaluated using regrowth scale (RGS). Heine DELTA 20; dermatoscope was used to assess disease activity, response to treatment and side effects. Results: Twenty eight patients responded early and achieved RGS of 4 within 12 weeks and 29 patients responded late and achieved RGS of 4 within 24 weeks of initiating therapy. There were 3 patients who did not achieve RGS of 4 at 24 weeks. Late and incomplete responders showed statistically significant association with family history of alopecia areata (p < 0.0001), presence of recurrent disease (p = 0.0147) and presence of nail changes (p = 0.0007). Dermoscopically, 60 patches demonstrated regrowth of new vellus hair at 4 weeks. Tapering hair disappeared maximally at 4 weeks. At 12 weeks, complete disappearance was seen in tapering hairs, broken hairs and black dots whereas for yellow dots to disappear completely in all patches it took 16 weeks. The adverse effects were observed at an earlier stage using dermoscopy than clinically. Conclusion: Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide is efficacious for treatment of localized patchy alopecia areata. Dermoscopy is very useful to identify signs of early clinical response, adverse effects and markers of disease activity.

Pityriasis amiantacea: clinical-dermatoscopic features and microscopy of hair tufts / Pitiríase amiantácea: aspectos clínicos e dermatoscópicos e microscopia dos tufos capilares

Pityriasis Amiantacea, also known as pseudotinea amiantacea, is a clinical syndrome which affects the scalp, having a reaction pattern reported to occur in several inflammatory dermatoses. The authors seek to establish the correlation between its clinical, dermoscopic and light microscopy features through the analysis of scale- encrusted hair tufts submitted to histological processing.

A pitiríase amiantácea, também chamada de pseudotínea amiantácea, é compreendida como uma síndrome clínica que acomete o couro cabeludo. Representa um padrão de reação a diversas dermatoses inflamatórias. Os autores procuram estabelecer a correlação entre características clínicas, dermatoscópicas e de microscopia ótica, através da análise do tufo de cabelos agregados pelas escamocrostas, submetido a processamento histológico.

A importância do exame tricológico no diagnóstico da alopecia areata / The importance of trichological examination in the diagnosis of alopecia areata

Neste artigo, destacam-se os aspectos propedêuticos da alopecia areata, em especial, os encontrados na dermatoscopia, ferramenta muito útil para o diagnóstico. A dermatoscopia facilita a detecção precoce das alterações características dos cabelos na alopecia areata, como: pelos em ponto de exclamação, pelos cadavéricos, fuzzy, pelos tipo velo e pontos amarelos.

In this article we discuss the propedeutic aspects of alopecia areata, especially those found by dermatoscopy, an invaluable tool for diagnosis of the condition. Dermatoscopy facilitates the early detection of the characteristic changes in alopecia areata hair such as exclamation-point hairs, cadaverous hair, fuzzy hair, vellus type hair and yellow spots.

Perda pilosa por líquen plano pilar após transplante capilar: relato de dois casos e revisão da literatura / Hair loss due to lichen planopilaris after hair transplantation: a report of two cases and a literature review

Alopecia androgenética é tratada com frequência por meio de microtransplante capilar, téc nica em que os fios transplantados geralmente não caem, pois mantêm características da área doadora, mais resistente. O líquen plano pilar é uma alopecia cicatricial com permanente destruição pilosa. Este artigo relata dois casos de lesões compatíveis com líquen plano pilar em áreas receptora e doadora póstransplante. A dominância da área doadora foi aparentemente sobrepujada pelo líquen plano pilar, que deve ter gerado a queda dos fios. Relatos semelhantes são raros. À suspeita de líquen plano pilar, devese biopsiar o couro cabeludo e evitar o transplante durante a atividade da doença.

Androgenetic alopecia is often treated by follicular unit transplantation, a technique that involves minimal risk of hair loss because of the more resistant nature of the donor area. Lichen planopilaris is a cicatricial alopecia that causes permanent destruction of hair follicles. We report two cases of post-transplantation lesions compatible with lichen planopilaris in both recipient and donor areas. The quality of the hair follicles in the donor area was apparently compromised by lichen planopilaris, the probable cause of hair loss. Similar reports are rare. When lichen planopilaris is suspected, a biopsy of the scalp must be performed to avoid transplantation during disease activity.

Woolly hair generalizado: caso clínico e revisão da literatura / Generalized woolly hair: case report and literature review

O termo woolly hair, ou cabelo lanoso, refere-se a uma variante anormal de cabelo, que pode ser parcial ou generalizado. As variantes de woolly hair generalizado são raras e podem ocorrer isoladamente ou associadas a outras alterações cutâneas e extracutâneas. Desta forma, nestes doentes, é necessário a exclusão de certos síndromes, como o de Noonan e cardiofaciocutâneo (CFC), que cursam com importante morbilidade e mortalidade. É descrito o caso clínico de uma criança com woolly hair generalizado e queratose pilar, mas que, após avaliação dos vários órgãos e sistemas, não foi encontrada qualquer alteração ou característica associada a esses síndromes.

The term woolly hair, or tightly curled hair, refers to a structural anomaly of scalp hair, which can be partial or generalized. Generalized woolly hair variants are rare and can occur in isolation or in association with other cutaneous and extra-cutaneous abnormalities. Thus, it is important to dismiss in these patients the diagnosis of syndromes such as the Noonan syndrome and Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, which have high morbidity and mortality rates. We report the clinical case of a 7 year-old boy with generalized woolly hair and keratosis pilaris. After an evaluation of organs and systems, no alteration or characteristics associated with these syndromes were found.

Caracterización del tricograma en pacientes chilenos / Characterization of trichogram in Chilean patients

Introducción: El tricograma consiste en extraer pelos del cuero cabelludo que luego son examinados mediante un microscopio para determinar qué porcentaje de éstos se encuentra en telógeno, anágeno o catágeno. Objetivos: Caracterizar el tricograma en pacientes chilenos y determinar las diferencias existentes entre los porcentajes de anágeno y telógeno entre cuero cabelludo normal y la zona de menor densidad. Material y Métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo y retrospectivo de análisis de tricogramas diferenciales de cuero cabelludo. Resultados: Las diferencias del porcentaje de anágeno y telógeno entre cuero cabelludo normal y la zona de menor densidad fueron estadísticamente significativas.

Introduction: Trichogram consists in removing hair follicles from the scalp and examining them under a microscope to determine the percentage of them that are in telogen, anagen or catagen. Aim: To characterize trichogram in chilean patients and determine the differences in anagen and telogen percentages between normal scalp and a lower density zone. Material and Methods: Observational, descriptive and retrospective study of the analysis of differential trichograms of the scalp. Results: The differences in anagen and telogen percentages between normal scalp and the lower density zone were statistically significant.Key words: Trichogram, anagen, telogen.