My trip to Antarctica was interesting, to say the least. Lots of penguins of all sizes and colors, a few seals and whales, and some very nice scenery. There were long periods at sea, so I sat down with a good set of books on my Kindle and filled the days well. As for body […]
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Snippet from the article: Read the rest at the NY Times — A New Approach to Treating Hair Loss The article is about Dr. Sanusi Umar’s amazing work as a pioneer in body hair transplants (BHT). He has privately reported procedures of 10,000 grafts in one sitting using body hair. These procedures are done through […]
Body hair transplantation (BHT) should be considered as a last resort (if you’re out of scalp donor hair, for example). It’s not just an issue of growth cycle, but the texture of body hair is different than that of scalp hair. The idea is to have the most natural looking result on your head, and […]
I have a hard time understanding how you can distinguish transplanted hair growth from non-transplanted hair growth, as 50% faster growth seems drastic. I have not had patients mention this type of phenomenon, as all hairs (transplanted and non-transplanted) should grow at the same rate if they are the same scalp hairs. If you had […]
At NHI, we do not perform beard hair transplants to the scalp unless the donor supply is depleted. We therefore do not endorse this treatment. Another way to put it is, we do not recommend surgery that we would not want done on ourselves. I realize there are other doctors and clinics that advertise and […]
We do not generally recommend beard hair as a donor supply for transplanting to the scalp unless the donor supply in the back of the head is badly depleted. I realize there are doctors who specialize or advertise in these type of procedures, but it is something we do not recommend. What is making your […]
The transplanted hair almost always takes on the character of its source. In body hair transplants (chest to scalp) the donor hair often changes a bit, getting longer than when it was growing on the chest. There is no memory that I know of, but I do believe that the character of the skin may […]
I think you are referring to the donor area. No surgeon should be creating recipient sites with a punch in modern day hair transplant surgery. If you mean the donor area (back of the head) that has been harvested with 1mm FUE punch, then the logical answer is that the donor area would be depleted […]
I have seen some good results reported from body hair transplants (BHT) so there may be instances where it could be an option, but I don’t generally recommend it due to the variability in texture and growth cycle. I’ve previously written about using scalp and body hair together in transplantation, and remain neutral. My opinion […]
Why would you bother with body hair transplants (BHT) when you can use your scalp hair? Body hair tends to be texturally different. If you truly want a stubble look with real hair, using Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) with scalp hair extracted with FUE is a good way to accomplish this. On the flip side, patients […]
Well, I believe I have answered this many times. Body hair transplants are not considered the gold standard in hair transplant surgery. It generally does not grow the same or have the same texture. I realize that there are doctors who perform body hair transplantation (BHT) surgery, but if I were you, I would ask […]
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 […]
If Androgel (an androgen that may increase your body’s DHT levels) causes hair loss, it will only affect the genetically susceptible hairs. The transplanted hairs taken from the donor area are not affected by androgen (DHT).
If pubic hair were transplanted to the head, it would grow and be very curly. I actually performed a pubic hair transplant to a patient. The pubic hair was mixed in with scalp hair and placed into the crown in a person who had a very limited donor area. It worked well. I have also […]
Ingrown hairs are caused by three factors: Leftover remnants of the hair transplant inside the recipient site, which then go on to produce reactive pustules Hair grafts that are piggybacked one on the other as a result of a technical problem during surgery Folliculitis that evolves into abscess formation Usually, the third one comes about […]
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