Four Cases of Cutaneous Complications after Artificial Hair Implantation / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

The implantation of synthetic fibers into the human scalp to simulate natural hair has been shown to cause severe complications and be a possible danger to human health. The complications are frequent and include pain, pruritus, hemorrhage, infection, facial swelling, loss of natural hair, scarring and possible malignant degeneration of the surrounding scalp. We report herein four typical cases of severe cutaneous complications after artificial hair implantation.