BODY HAIR TRANSPLANTS
Typically, hair transplant surgeries use healthy donor hair follicles found somewhere on the patient’s head. However, that’s not always the most viable option, for example: in patients with advanced androgenetic alopecia, studies have shown that hairs taken from alternative areas of the body might be an alternative donor source. The majority of hair that covers the human body is fine and short – known as vellus hair – whereas the hairs in from the beard, torso, extremities and pubis are known as terminal hairs and have shown some successful result in hair transplants. The anagen (growth) phase of terminal body hair is much shorter than scalp hair and therefore, the transplant regrowth is thinner and shorter when compared to straight scalp transplants.