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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 257-258 |
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Intraoperative electrosurgical depilation of a skin graft
Danielle P Dubin, Ethan T Routt, Matthew J Lin, Richard L Torbeck, Hooman Khorasani
Division of Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Correspondence Address:
Danielle P Dubin
234 E 85th Street, 5th Floor, New York.
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_31_20
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Full-thickness skin grafts harvested from hair-bearing areas may negatively impact cosmetic outcomes if the recipient site is hairless. Intraoperative depilation of unwanted hair follicles using an electrosurgical device can permanently remove hair with a single treatment and improve overall cosmesis. |
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