Can’t I Have Body Hair Transplanted to Scalp If I Don’t Intend My Hair to Be Long?

Hi am 30 years old with a norwood 6 level of baldness. I currently shave my hair with a razor. As i have an extremely large amount of body hair and i guess limited donour hair on my head, is body to head transplant possible? Would it be possible for the transplant to cover the crown as well as the front of the head? What is meant by resting phase for hair and how does that vary from the head and the body? I dont intend on growing my hair long and i would like to keep it at a buzz cut so it would not matter if the transplanted hair was to go frizzy or curly. But i am concerned if there will be a noticeable difference between my current head hair and the transplanted hair. Would i still be able to razor my head after i had a hair transplant? would the be any scars or signs of a hair transplant?

I don’t know why you’d want to just guess about the availability of your scalp donor hair. Have you been examined by a doctor? Body hair transplants (BHT) are technically possible, but they are not something I’d recommend for multiple reasons that I’ll try to explain simply. Body hair is not the same as scalp hair — it looks different, it feels different, it grows different. Even if the procedure is a technical success, it’s not going to give you natural looking results like you can achieve by using hair from the back of your head. Plus, I don’t know enough about your hair loss (donor, density, etc) to really be able to know if you’re even a candidate for any kind of hair transplant surgery.

As you seem to be aware, body hair does not grow at the same rate as scalp hair and about half of transplanted body hair is in a dormant state (see more on that here). Scarring in the recipient area depends on the skills of the surgeon and staff… but if you’re going to shave your head in the future why would you even want a hair transplant? Wouldn’t that be like getting a nose job right before you decide to take up boxing as a sport?