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Segmental vitiligo (SV) has been identified as a type of vitiligo starting early on in life with a rapidly progressive depigmentation in the affected area. Surgical modalities have shown better outcomes in SV compared with medical therapies. Perifollicular repigmentation being the mode of pigment spread after surgical treatments, follicular unit extraction graft surgery has shown complete repigmentation with minimal postoperative scarring. We present a case of SV where hair transplant surgery was done using scalp hair and pubic hair grafts at different times achieving complete repigmentation with photochemotherapy.
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Keloids and hypertrophic scars remain one of the more difficult treatment concerns for clinicians. A variety of therapies have been used in the past with moderate success. On occasion, combination therapy has been used to treat these lesion, in an attempt to lessen the symptoms of pain and pruritus that often accompanies keloids and hypertrophic scars, as well as treating the actual lesions themselves. A novel triple combination injection process is introduced here in an attempt to further reduce the signs and symptoms of these lesions. The combination includes 5-fluoruracil, triamcinolone acetonide, and hyaluronidase. All three work in concert to treat keloids and hypertrophic scars, and this is the first work at looking at these medicines given together, at the same time, in a series of recalcitrant keloids and hypertrophic scars. The positive results warrant further investigation and hope for those with keloids and hypertrophic scars.
