Figure 1.

Staged reconstructive treatment. Stage 1: 3 expanders were serially inflated until adequate expansion (at least twice the surface area of alopecia) was attained (A). Stage 2: scarring tissues were excised and the expanded hair-bearing flaps were advanced to the defect (B). Hair grafts were harvested from excessive hair-bearing scalps excised from the flaps and replanted (C). For patients with less satisfactory results, hair transplantation was performed in stage 3 into hairline area, secondary scar and uncovered small alopecia areas (D).