This technique is called the FUE technique and is the one we work with at Nordic Hair Clinic. However, not all people have enough hair on their neck to be able to do a successful hair transplant.Then there is a variant of the FUE technique called Body Hair Transplant.With the FUE technique, it is quite possible to take hair from other parts of the body and move it to the head. When doing a body hair transplant, hair is usually taken from the chest.There are different scenarios in which a body hair transplant may be appropriate:
- If the donor area of the neck does not have enough grafts left after a previous hair transplant to be able to provide enough hair follicles.
- A body hair transplant can be used to cover scars on the neck that may have been caused by old transplant techniques such as the FUT method.
- If you have too thin hair in the neck for us to be able to take hair follicles from there and at the same time maintain a natural result on the donation area as the hair grows out.
- When you have significantly more chest hair than normal and would rather take grafts from there than the neck.
Difference Between Body Hair Transplant and Regular FUE
Hair technicians are happy to avoid taking hair from parts of the body other than from the head. The preference is based on the fact that it is much more difficult to extract healthy grafts from other parts of the body.The skin on the scalp is thinner which makes it easier to extract hair follicles from there without the graft taking damage during extraction.The skin in the breast is noticeably softer, which makes it more difficult to extract a healthy graft. However, it is entirely possible with the right technical skill.The grafts that can best be taken from somewhere other than the neck come from the chest. This is why we ideally want to do body hair transplants with grafts from there.You should be aware that the hair quality on other parts of the body is different from the hair on the head.This can cause the hair transplanted in a body hair transplant to have a different structure than your existing hair on the head - to begin with.However, this does not impair the quality of the hair follicle, nor does it make healing difficult.
Do you have the prerequisites for a body hair transplant?
Stop by for a free consultation and we will investigate your potential donation areas. Then we can work out what suits you best.
