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Scalp Mesotherapy

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Hair mesotherapy is useful for some scalp diseases. In general reaches good clinical outcomes when conducted by expert dermatologists. Hair mesotherapy is used as an adjunct to conventional treatments for some scalp diseases. As a monotherapy, however, it is indicated when there are contraindications for the well-established treatments or unresponsiveness to them. In general, scalp mesotherapy reaches good clinical outcomes when conducted by an expert professional on that technique.

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  • Hair mesotherapy
  • Hair intradermal therapy
  • Lebel needle
  • Growth factors
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  1. Dermatology Department, UFCSPA, Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Renan Minotto

  2. Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Rodrigo Vettorato

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Minotto, R., Vettorato, R. (2020). Scalp Mesotherapy. In: Costa, A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Procedures . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78265-2_111

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