For > 6 months after the procedure, the recipient site was observed for graft take, presence of secondary contraction, and color and texture match. Secondary contraction in particular was checked by tracing and scanning the graft skin immediately after the procedure and at 6 months (or more) after the operation and outlining the data on Adobe Illustrator CS6. A plug-in computer software “Hakariya” (Comnet Co., Ltd., Kobe, Japan), which can be used for automatically calculating square measure, circumference and length, and settings of scales on Adobe Illustrator CS6 was downloaded. The square measures of the graft skin were calculated according to the set scale, thus contraction rate was confirmed (Fig. 1 ). Contraction percentages were defined as follows: <5% : “no contraction,” 5%–30% : “mild contraction,” and >30% : “contraction.”
Regarding color and texture match of the recipient site, results were defined as follows: good: mild pigmentation/both patient and physician are satisfied; fair: mild pigmentation/either patient or physician is dissatisfied; and poor: severe pigmentation.
Regarding color and texture match of the recipient site, results were defined as follows: good: mild pigmentation/both patient and physician are satisfied; fair: mild pigmentation/either patient or physician is dissatisfied; and poor: severe pigmentation.