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Body hair to scalp transplants - that's an often debated topic.
Used to be 15 years ago and I find doctors still wondering how and whether to do it.
I will like to share my experiences and the methods used.
Please do let me know your queries.
In 2004 to 2007 was a period of extensive collaboration between doctors of the time.
By collaboration I don't mean we helped each other willingly going out of our way...rather it was a situation where we shared our results and methods openly and regularly on online discussion forums.
There was myself, Drs Woods, Cole and later Umar.
It was a healthy exchange that is missing now.
At the same time, new doctors are not fully informed about benefits of bht and the best way to use these additional donor hair, whether from beard or various body donor regions.
I will share some of my works, results and experiences from 2004 onwards.
I will be glad to hear from you.
Following is a patient i operated in December 2005.
He had a strong family history of hair loss progressing to Norwood 6 level.
It is very important to document the growth of the transplanted body hair as well as the scarring, if any, in the body donor areas.
Not all techniques being used to perform body hair transplants are equal.
Therefore, in my opinion, we should demonstrate the exact growth of the transplanted body hair as well as the appearance of the donor area, with clear pictures and videos.
This may help dispel many myths surrounding Body hair transplants.
Following is a case of a patient who went for a small test session of BHT.
Factor 1 - He is a young patient, desirous of a low flat hairline. However, he has a strong family history of hair loss progressing to NW 6.
Factor 2 - He has good body hair growth.
Factor 1 is against him going for such ambitious HTs.
Factor 2 is his only hope, at present, in case he has extensive hair loss at a future date and runs out of scalp donor.
However, its entirely logical on the patient's part to see the efficacy of BHT firsthand, before proceeding further.
The test session was performed in December 2005.
Chest hair grafts were used. They were transplanted so that the growth should not be confused with scalp hair growth.
The patient did not use any Minoxidil in the body donor area nor the recipient areas after the transplant.
The patient is very satisfied with the growth. He first noticed hair growth in the recipient area as early as the 2-month mark.
The extractions were performed by the expanding needle concept.
Above is a self-explanatory picture
Chest hair were transplanted and grew in the isolated area for easy identification.
The other question was about healing of the donor wounds and the method of extraction.
The grafts were extracted by the FUSE technique using the expanding needle concept (ENC).
This picture shows the extraction wounds, the donor area and the healing.
The patient received 50 grafts.
How many grafts a person would require when using body hair grafts depends on -
1. the # of 1,2 and 3 hair grafts.
2. the calibre of the grafts.
The thicker the calibre and the more the 2/3 hair grafts, the less the total # of grafts required.
Typically, the proposed body donor hair should be atleast 50% as thick as the scalp hair, when transplanting on scalp recipient areas (barring the temples and hairline feathering zones).
Regards,
Dr. Poswal
Used to be 15 years ago and I find doctors still wondering how and whether to do it.
I will like to share my experiences and the methods used.
Please do let me know your queries.
In 2004 to 2007 was a period of extensive collaboration between doctors of the time.
By collaboration I don't mean we helped each other willingly going out of our way...rather it was a situation where we shared our results and methods openly and regularly on online discussion forums.
There was myself, Drs Woods, Cole and later Umar.
It was a healthy exchange that is missing now.
At the same time, new doctors are not fully informed about benefits of bht and the best way to use these additional donor hair, whether from beard or various body donor regions.
I will share some of my works, results and experiences from 2004 onwards.
I will be glad to hear from you.
Following is a patient i operated in December 2005.
He had a strong family history of hair loss progressing to Norwood 6 level.
It is very important to document the growth of the transplanted body hair as well as the scarring, if any, in the body donor areas.
Not all techniques being used to perform body hair transplants are equal.
Therefore, in my opinion, we should demonstrate the exact growth of the transplanted body hair as well as the appearance of the donor area, with clear pictures and videos.
This may help dispel many myths surrounding Body hair transplants.
Following is a case of a patient who went for a small test session of BHT.
Factor 1 - He is a young patient, desirous of a low flat hairline. However, he has a strong family history of hair loss progressing to NW 6.
Factor 2 - He has good body hair growth.
Factor 1 is against him going for such ambitious HTs.
Factor 2 is his only hope, at present, in case he has extensive hair loss at a future date and runs out of scalp donor.
However, its entirely logical on the patient's part to see the efficacy of BHT firsthand, before proceeding further.
The test session was performed in December 2005.
Chest hair grafts were used. They were transplanted so that the growth should not be confused with scalp hair growth.
The patient did not use any Minoxidil in the body donor area nor the recipient areas after the transplant.
The patient is very satisfied with the growth. He first noticed hair growth in the recipient area as early as the 2-month mark.
The extractions were performed by the expanding needle concept.
Above is a self-explanatory picture
Chest hair were transplanted and grew in the isolated area for easy identification.
The other question was about healing of the donor wounds and the method of extraction.
The grafts were extracted by the FUSE technique using the expanding needle concept (ENC).
This picture shows the extraction wounds, the donor area and the healing.
The patient received 50 grafts.
How many grafts a person would require when using body hair grafts depends on -
1. the # of 1,2 and 3 hair grafts.
2. the calibre of the grafts.
The thicker the calibre and the more the 2/3 hair grafts, the less the total # of grafts required.
Typically, the proposed body donor hair should be atleast 50% as thick as the scalp hair, when transplanting on scalp recipient areas (barring the temples and hairline feathering zones).
Regards,
Dr. Poswal
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