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Hair removal by a depilatory does not affect survival in rodent experimental flaps
M F Angel1, M Jorysz, G Schieren
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
The current study looked at the effect of topically applied hair depilatory agent Nair on flap survival. In a 10 x 3-cm dorsal rat flap model, there were no statistically significant differences in survival noted on postoperative day 7 between control skin and flaps receiving 6 to 24 minutes of Nair preoperatively. Therefore, hair depilation by Nair can be used safely in this model.