Oral-Cavity Hair Growth After Free-Flap Transfer: Case Report

ABSTRACT

It sometimes happens that hair will grow well after a free-flap transfer. But this is a report of an experience of excessive hair growth after reconstruction of a middle pharyngeal defect, using a free, vascularized, radial, forearm flap. This is a relatively rare occurrence.

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