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Post-op Folliculitis: Another Perspective

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Folliculitis occurs commonly after hair transplantation. It is known that there are many methods to prevent and treat folliculitis. I will discuss the major cause of post-op folliculitis and how to prevent it impeccably.

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  1. Dr. Hwang’s Hair Clinic, ICT Tower, 13, Dosandaero-1-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06035, South Korea

    Sungjoo Tommy Hwang M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. DHT Clinic Private Practice, Bangkok, Thailand

    Damkerng Pathomvanich

  2. Yokobi Clinic Private practice, Yokohama, Japan

    Kenichiro Imagawa

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Hwang, S.T. (2018). Post-op Folliculitis: Another Perspective. In: Pathomvanich, D., Imagawa, K. (eds) Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56547-5_49

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