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Case Reports

. 2016 Apr 25:16:ic14.

eCollection 2016.

Hair Braiding-Induced Scalp Necrosis: A Case Report

Zachary Borab¹, Madeleine Gantz¹, Michael Mirmanesh², Hengli Lin³

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¹ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, Sacramento, CA.

PMID: 27162561
PMCID: PMC4847120

Case Reports

Hair Braiding-Induced Scalp Necrosis: A Case Report

Zachary Borab et al. Eplasty. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 25:16:ic14.

eCollection 2016.

Authors

Zachary Borab¹, Madeleine Gantz¹, Michael Mirmanesh², Hengli Lin³

Affiliations

¹ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, Sacramento, CA.

PMID: 27162561
PMCID: PMC4847120

No abstract available

Keywords: hair braiding; hair braiding scalp necrosis; scalp necrosis; traction alopecia; traction-induced scalp necrosis.

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