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Reflections on how wound healing-promoting effects of the hair follicle can be translated into clinical practice.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Feb 2015
Jimenez Francisco, Poblet Enrique, Izeta Ander
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Clinicians have long reported that hair-bearing areas tend to heal more rapidly than those lacking hair follicles. In the past decade, numerous scientific studies have corroborated clinical evidence, showing a direct nexus between the human hair follicle and the wound healing process. The migration of epithelial follicular stem cells to the skin surface to help in the wound re-epithelialization and the effect of...
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