Could you transplant all your body hair?

[phindog]

I was just wondering if this is possible?

I have a very hairy back, chest, legs, arms and balls etc and its all really thick hair. If i were to move all the hair from my body to my head, im positive that id have a full thick head of hair. i know it wouldnt grow as long but id be happy with a thick number 1 or 2 buzz cut.

is there any doctors that will do this? how expensive would it be?

 

[s.a.f]

Yes you can do it and it would be very expensive. Depending on how bald you are, you probably would'nt need to use all your body hair, its much better to use real head hair.

 

[kadosh]

s.a.f
how thick can a good transplant be ?
in terms of hair per cm^2 .

 

[Petchsky]

I'm pretty sure body hair is used as a last resort and mainly to just thicken things up. Dr Umar seems to have done some decent work with Body hair.

 

[Wylie]

Dr. Umar has done over 20,000 body hair grafts, for a full head of hair on butchered patients.

I dont know what the success rate is of yield but I do know that you are looking at over 100K for that type of BHT coverage.

 

[s.a.f]

s.a.f
how thick can a good transplant be ?
in terms of hair per cm^2 .

Depends on the hair characteristics but most top docs aim for 65-90 pcm2. I think Feller said that up to 125 is possible. But your donor would'nt go far at that density.

 

[kadosh]

and what is the density of a non balding scalp ?

 

[s.a.f]

I think its about 100 - 140. :dunno:

 

[Petchsky]

50cm2 can provide good coverage i believe

 

[Avery]

Once you notice you're losing it, you've already lost half! =p

 

[Devender]

I was just wondering if this is possible?

I have a very hairy back, chest, legs, arms and balls etc and its all really thick hair. If i were to move all the hair from my body to my head, im positive that id have a full thick head of hair. i know it wouldnt grow as long but id be happy with a thick number 1 or 2 buzz cut.

is there any doctors that will do this? how expensive would it be?

How bald are you? Are you on any medicines for reducing hairloss yet?
Why do you want to transplant all your body hair?

The correct way is to use a combination of scalp, beard and only the most robust body hair if you have extensive hairloss.

 

[Devender]

50cm2 can provide good coverage i believe

You talking hair or grafts?
45 to 65 grafts per sq cm should give good cover.

 

[phindog]

I was just wondering if this is possible?

I have a very hairy back, chest, legs, arms and balls etc and its all really thick hair. If i were to move all the hair from my body to my head, im positive that id have a full thick head of hair. i know it wouldnt grow as long but id be happy with a thick number 1 or 2 buzz cut.

is there any doctors that will do this? how expensive would it be?

How bald are you? Are you on any medicines for reducing hairloss yet?
Why do you want to transplant all your body hair?

The correct way is to use a combination of scalp, beard and only the most robust body hair if you have extensive hairloss.

I'm pretty thin in the NW6 area and I don have a very thick donor area. This is why I was thinking about BHT. I am using propecia at the moment and have been for the past four years.

 

[Devender]

I'm pretty thin in the NW6 area and I don have a very thick donor area. This is why I was thinking about BHT. I am using propecia at the moment and have been for the past four years.

Have you emailed any doctors with your pictures? There are very few doctors capable of transplanting all the Norwood 6 areas with body + scalp hair. Try Dr. Arvind. He may be able to help.
Heres an example http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=48099

 

[CCS]

50cm2 can provide good coverage i believe

I have about 40 per cm2, and it looks like 1/3 density. I know in the right lighting and angle, I look just like the guys in hair transplant pics, nice and thick. But in any bright lighting it is obvious. You really want 60+. It is a myth that 50% looks like 100%. You can easily tell the difference. 50% just looks OK in some slightings. It has the appearance of hair instead of individual hairs. Just not locks of hair. If you want locks of hair, you want 100 per cm2. I have really course head hair too.

 

[CCS]

The correct way is to use a combination of scalp, beard and only the most robust body hair if you have extensive hairloss.

Would the scars in the beard area be noticeable?

 

[Devender]

The correct way is to use a combination of scalp, beard and only the most robust body hair if you have extensive hairloss.

Would the scars in the beard area be noticeable?

I cant see any. Before my hair transplant, I met 2 other people who had got beard hair taken out. no scars in them made me confident going for my beard session.