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  2. Hidradenitis suppurativa - Wikipedia

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    Hidradenitis suppurativa can take the form of growths on the skin that are extremely painful and debilitating. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), sometimes known as acne inversa or Verneuil's disease, is a long-term dermatological condition characterized by the occurrence of inflamed and swollen lumps. [2][3] These are typically painful and break ...

  3. Hidradenitis - Wikipedia

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    Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic cutaneous condition originally thought to be primarily characterized by suppurative inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands. [ 3 ] : 710 Recent evidence supports that the primary event is follicular hyperkeratosis and obstruction, [ 4 ] but the term hidradenitis supperativa has continued to be used in ...

  4. Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp - Wikipedia

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    Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, also known as dissecting folliculitis, perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens of Hoffman, perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, or folliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, is an inflammatory condition of the scalp that can lead to scarring alopecia, which begins with deep inflammatory nodules, primarily over occiput, that progresses to coalescing ...

  5. List of ICD-9 codes 680–709: diseases of the skin and ...

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    682.7 Cellulitis / abscess, foot. 682.9 Cellulitis / abscess, unspec. 683 Lymphadenitis, acute. 684 Impetigo. 685 Pilonidal cyst. 685.0 Pilonidal cyst w/ abscess. 685.1 Pilonidal cyst, unspec. 686 Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue. 686.0 Pyoderma.

  6. Hair transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Hair transplantation is a surgical technique that removes hair follicles from one part of the body, called the 'donor site', to a bald or balding part of the body known as the 'recipient site'. The technique is primarily used to treat male pattern baldness. In this minimally invasive procedure, grafts containing hair follicles that are ...

  7. Scalp reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    The posterior scalp skin thickness is 1.48 mm; [3] the temporal scalp is 1.38mm; [3] and the anterior scalp thickness is 1.18 mm. [3] The scalp contains approximately 100.000 hairs. [citation needed] Hair lines make scalp reconstruction difficult because the hair lines must be respected to attain a satisfying aesthetic result. [4]

  8. Non scarring hair loss - Wikipedia

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    Dermatology. Non scarring hair loss, also known as noncicatricial alopecia is the loss of hair without any scarring being present. [1] There is typically little inflammation and irritation, but hair loss is significant. This is in contrast to scarring hair loss during which hair follicles are replaced with scar tissue as a result of inflammation.

  9. Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis - Wikipedia

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    Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) usually is a cutaneous complication of chemotherapy, but it can also occur for other reasons. It consists of fever and non specific skin lesions. It consists of fever and non specific skin lesions.