<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tse, Flora</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ng, Bertram</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immediate Post-Operative Folliculitis: A Foreign Body Reaction, Not an Infection</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">193-199</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.33589/35.6.193</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immediate post-operative folliculitis (IPF) refers to the development of inflammatory lesions such as pustules or papules around the transplanted hair follicles shortly after a hair transplant procedure, typically within the first 1–7 days. This condition can arise due to one of two primary mechanisms: 1) foreign body reaction or 2) surgical trauma. This is generally self-limiting in nature and does not involve bacterial infection. Proper differentiation from infective folliculitis, which typically occurs later, is critical for appropriate management.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>