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November 2018 in “Annals of Plastic Surgery” Nonshaven follicular unit extraction is a good hair transplant option that doesn't require shaving and can transplant up to 3000 grafts daily.
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October 2013 in “Methods in molecular biology” These methods help understand DNA changes in mouse skin.
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