Body Hair Transplant is minimally
invasive procedure; grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically
resistant to balding are transplanted to the bald scalp. It is used to
restore eyelashes, eyebrows, beard hair, chest hair and to fill in
scars caused by accidents or surgery such as face-lifts and previous hair
transplants.
Body hair transplant now a day is
gaining popularity in the patients, in whom adequate donor grafts are not
available. It is essentially the extraction of donor grafts from areas other
than scalp and implanting then into the balding areas of scalp.
Many areas can be used for body
to scalp hair transplant like beard, chest, arms, and legs.
The area for donor should be
selected depending on the hair characters of the recipient area.
The texture, thickness other
characteristic should be kept in mind, along with the direction of growth.
The rate of growth is different
for both the scalp hair and the body hair. Generally body hair grows at slower
pace.
The significance of the use of
body hair comes into play where there is diminished number of donor grafts so body
hairs can be used for filling and increase the density in large areas.
It can also used for repairing
the previous hair transplant and also to transplant in areas like scars from
previous surgery.
