The Association Between Scalp Laxity, Elasticity, and Glidability and Donor Strip Scar Width in Hair Transplantation—A New Elasticity Measuring Method

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TABLE 1.

Difference in scar width according to elasticity

TABLE 2.

Correlations between variables

		Scar	Center	Left side	Right side	Laxity	Elasticity	Glidability	Incision width	Incision length
Scar width	r	1
Scar width	p
Center	r	.920	1
Center	p	.000^***
Left side	r	.946	.806	1
Left side	p	.000^***	.000^***
Right side	r	.922	.765	.816	1
Right side	p	.000^***	.000^***	.000^***
Laxity	r	.312	.335	.267	.270
Laxity	p	.003^**	.001^**	.012^*	.011^*
Elasticity	r	.257	.332	.163	.231	.758
Elasticity	p	.016^*	.002^**	.128	.030^*	.000^***
Glidability	r	.079	.009	.153	.047	.385	-.304
Glidability	p	.465	.934	.154	.667	.000^***	.004^**
Incision width	r	.102	.139	.065	.085	.615	.479	.213
Incision width	p	.347	.199	.550	.435	.000^***	.000^***	.048^*
Incision length	r	.224	.222	.202	.202	.435	.369	.128	.503	1
Incision length	p	.037^*	.039^*	.060	.061	.000^***	.000^***	.239	.000^***