Why Can’t I Just Find a Donor to Give Me Hair and Take Medication?
Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible to transplant hair from the arms or legs (or other parts of the body) into the scalp. If not physically possible, than please state why?
Second question: If I had a willing donor, could I get hair grafts from him, and take organ-rejection medication for the rest of my life to stop the loss of these new hairs? I know these meds may cause hair loss but wouldn’ts till I come out ahead, keeping most of the donor-transplanted hairs?
Body hair transplants are possible, but the texture of the hair will be different and arm/leg hair doesn’t grow to the same length as scalp hair. So while it is possible, the results aren’t as natural looking in my opinion.
Person to person transplants are also possible with anti-rejection medication, but the health risks from those medications are too great. These anti-rejection meds are reserved for life saving transplant patients, not for cosmetic procedures. I can’t imagine any doctor willing to do this, knowing the patient’s health would be put at a tremendous risk.
I don’t think transplanting a hair from legs, arm or other part of the body to the scalp would be a great idea; what would be it looks like if it grows. I can’t really imagine what it would be look like; maybe another hair from scalp transferred to another scalp might be a little possible nowadays.
Anyone that’s watched Arrested Development and the character Tobias Fünke’s battle with his “graft v. host syndrome” after a luscious hair transplant would think twice about receiving third person hair donations ;)