Body Hair Transplant Dallas

Body hair transplant can refer to either moving body hair to the scalp or scalp hairs to the body. Body hair to the scalp should only be used as salvage to repair bad hair transplants because the result does not look natural by itself and does not provide enough reliable visual density. To remove beard and chest hair and place it on the scalp requires performing the FUE method of hair harvesting, i.e., removing individual hairs from the chest using a small punch device. When hair is transplanted onto the chest from the scalp, either FUE or FU-strip methods can be used but the latter strip method is more commonly employed. Dr. Lam commonly performs the corrective procedure and successfully uses body hair as the additional donor area to help improve one’s appearance.

FAQs

• Does Dr. Lam ever use body hair transplant as a first-line treatment for scalp hair loss?
  In general, no. Scalp hairs are almost always the preferred method for scalp hair loss. Body hairs don’t look as natural because they don’t have the same texture (usually coarser and kinkier for beard hairs or weak and thinner for chest hairs) as scalp hairs. In addition, the beard and chest hairs don’t grow at the same rate as surrounding scalp hairs. It is ideal to use body hairs in between transplanted hairs. Why not just between natural, untransplanted scalp hairs? Because the fear is that these hairs will be lost and then the beard and chest hairs would just stand in isolation.
• Does Dr. Lam ever use chest hairs over beard hairs as a preferred method for treating scalp hair loss?
  Chest hairs are far weaker visually than beard hairs and grow much more slowly than beard hairs, so when chest hairs are transplanted they may not grow very long. Chest and back hairs are used in reconstructive surgeries when there are no other hairs available to be used.
• Does Dr. Lam ever transplant leg hairs to the scalp?
  Rarely. Typically for men with a lot of hair on the legs, there is usually a lot of beard and chest hair to be used. In these cases, Dr. Lam has to run out of scalp, then beard, then chest before going to the legs. Leg hairs are even weaker, less dense, and grow less than other areas of the body. They are the least preferred areas, not to mention the risk of causing dot-like scars on the exposed legs.
• Are body hairs harvested using a strip method?
  No, all beard, chest, and leg hairs must be removed using the FUE method, i.e., individually one hair at a time using a handheld, rotary punch method. A strip method is never appropriate in the body because it will leave an unsightly scar.
• Can body hairs be harvested using ARTAS robot?
  No, the robot has been designed only for scalp hair harvesting.