Korean Journal of Dermatology  2002;40(12):1594-1597

Four Cases of Cutaneous Complications after Artificial Hair Implantation.

Hee Chang CHOE 1 ; Hye Jeong CHOI ; Young Min PARK ; Hyung Ok KIM ; Chung Won KIM ; In Gang JANG

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Keywords

Artificial hair implantation; Cutaneous complication

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

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.