I would want to examine you, but GVHD can produce permanent partial hair loss. So the question then is whether the balding spots support a transplanted hair graft. FUE placed into the affected area will address that issue. If the test transplant works, then the analysis of supply vs need of hair can be analyzed. […]
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We’re taking a week off from posting new content — our first break in almost 6 years — so we’re using this opportunity to repost some older articles that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first time around. (Originally published on July 1, 2009.) — Each and every day, I receive emails from readers […]
Of course, you know that I pioneered follicular unit extraction (FUE) and published the first article in the medical literature on the technique in 2002. As for why the press is misreporting information, I don’t know why it happens. Perhaps it’s just laziness on their part. FUE is far from a radical technique and it […]
Body hair is a difficult call for me. I have tried using it and have not done well with it. Aside from the physical characteristics of the body hair, the growth cycles are different from that of scalp hair. There are a few doctors who claim to specialize in using body hair for scalp transplanting, […]
While I do have reservations about using body hair transplants, my biggest problem is when they’re used in the frontal hairline or top of the scalp. That being said, the use of beard hair to transplant into a linear scalp scar (from a hair transplant) is reasonable. The beard hair has a thicker hair shaft […]
As you’re familiar with my issues with body hair transplants (BHT) due to differences in growth cycle, length, and character, I won’t get into it again here. For those unfamiliar with my stance, you can read about it here, here, and here. It is technically possible to do what you’re asking, but whether it adds […]
Well, if you are convinced that is what has happened, what more can I say? I do not know of histamine response connected with hair loss. Maybe you need an allergist or a good diagnosis of what is going on with your hair. Maybe you have diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA), which is causing more thinning […]
I just saw a man that had two hair transplant procedures done a decade ago and then a third procedure done at a clinic just south of Los Angeles, which caused major surgical complications like gangrene of the scalp. This was probably from the use of lasers during the surgery to make the holes, which […]
I would have to examine you to give you any information beyond generalities. There are many men who have depleted their donor areas. The FUE technique can take some hair from depleted donor areas and may be used to move beard hair or even body hair. Regular readers of this site may note that I’m […]
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 […]
It’s actually not a terrible idea. I am not against using body hair to repair a scar on the scalp, provided that you realize that the telogen (resting) phase is very long… which means only about 50% of the hairs will be growing at any point in time. I would want to evaluate you first […]
Vellus hairs are short, fine, light colored, often barely noticed hairs, which develop on most of the human body… and on the scalp they are part of the follicular unit. Some people might call it peach fuzz, and these hairs are not only on your frontal or maturing hairline, but they’re also found almost everywhere […]
An article written by Dr. Michael Beehner in the most recent issue of the Hair Transplant Forum (print newsletter published by the ISHRS) discussed survival of hairs in a hair transplant. He had done a study where he created five 1cm square boxes of grafts on a human volunteer just in front of the crown […]
FUE is not a perfect technique and it has a higher failure rate than the standard strip surgery, as the follicular units are often stripped of fat at the bottom of the grafts. Also, body hair transplants do not work to my satisfaction, because body hair does not grow the way scalp hair does. Body […]
Yes, hair can be implanted into scar tissue to provide a cosmetic benefit. We have done that on many occasions, but the status of the skin is critical in making the determination to go forward. Skin grafts, for example, with no thickness to them may not be able to tolerate hair grafts. Your friend’s issues […]
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