Beard Hair To Head Transplant

Hair Restoration Videos| Patient Results
Beard hair to head transplant procedures are an offshoot of body hair transplant, wherein the predominant source of donor hair comes from the beard. Hair restoration has been a topic of concern for well over a century, but the issue of severe baldness, the most devastating degree of hair loss, has only recently become treatable. Facial hair is the leading resource for providing scalp density to patients at the far end of the Norwood scale.

Beard Hair To Head Transplant|Degrees of Baldness|Hamilton Norwood Scale
Beard hair can serve as an extra graft resource. This can be particularly valuable for patients who no longer have enough head hair follicles.

HAIR RESTORATION WITH BEARD HAIR FOLLICLES

This remarkable innovation uses follicular unit extraction as its basis. Follicular unit extraction, or FUE, is one of today’s most sophisticated hair restoration surgeries; known for its minimal invasiveness, its ability to leave only marginal scarring, and now for its progression into the use of non-traditional donor follicles.

Thus, just like FUE, surgeries that use beard hair transplant excises the follicular units one at a time from the male face. The surgeon harvests in a diffuse pattern so as to minimize the appearance of the scars and to avoid leaving any bald patches. The standard tool is a handheld device, which can be manually or electrically powered, with a .8-1.2mm punch at the tip. The viable grafts are retained in a holding solution until the time of implantation.

Beard Hair To Head Transplant |What tools do surgeons use
Electrically powered FUE excision tool.

Why Patients Choose Beard Hair Procedures

As suggested earlier, this revolutionary technique was developed to help those who were consistently turned away from clinics as poor candidates. The people who needed the surgery more than anyone were the only ones who didn’t qualify. They had too much hair loss, and not enough scalp donor hair to perform a successful surgery. The use of beard hair enables advanced FUE surgeons to operate on these individuals. Beard hair to head transplant is a powerful resource, with the ability to restore self-acceptance, happiness, pride, and quality of life.

Furthermore, beard hair also happens to be an excellent secondary resource to scalp donor hair. It has a long-term graft survival rate of approximately 80% in most patients, and due to its thick caliber, facial hair is ideal for producing substantial global density. It is ideal for use at the crown and mid-top of the scalp. Beard hair is not used along the hairline or at the temple points because it would yield harsh-looking results.

Beard Hair To Head Transplant |Norwood 6
Beard hair to head transplant restored this case of severe pattern baldness.*

HAIR LOSS CASES THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM USING BEARD HAIR

Progressive pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) that has escalated to the far end of the Norwood scale, such as NW 5, 6, or 7, creates a need for using beard hair. In addition to use on the severely bald, beard hair is an incredible resource for those who require repair. This may include:

  • Recipients of botched hair restoration surgery
  • Victims of an accident or burn

These two circumstances often leave people with massive scarring and no donor hair on the scalp. Recipients of botched surgery may suffer with slot formation, punch scars, asymmetry, harsh hairline, strip scars, pluggy coverage, etc. The coarse caliber of facial follicles enlists beard hair to head transplant to achieve otherwise impossible repair.

Beard Hair To Head Transplant |Punch Graft Repair
Repair of punch scars with beard hair to head transplant.*

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AS IMPORTANT PATIENT RESOURCES

The surgeons who are advanced enough to perform this procedure are few and far between. But for a sufferer of progressive pattern baldness, for the repair patient, and for the accident victim, it is paramount to find the best practitioner to perform the surgery. Things to look out for when researching surgeons include:

  • He/she must be a practitioner of FUE
  • He/she must have ample experience
  • He/she must have a history of successful outcomes
  • Above all, he/she must have the documentation to prove these outcomes. This can be in the form of before-and-after photos and videos.

Other things that demonstrate excellence in beard hair to head transplant are ongoing research and developments, publications, a well-trained medical staff, and the best FUE tools.

Beard Hair To Head Transplant |Strip Scar Repair|Restoring Normal Appearance
The repair of this patient’s strip scars would have been nearly impossible without the use of beard hair grafts*

Beard Hair To Head Transplant |Patient Example|Botched Hair Transplant Repair
This patient’s strip surgery resulted in poor growth and misplaced grafts. But beard hair was able to give him the normal and natural looking coverage that he ideally wanted.*

FAQ

Is it safe to use beard hair?

Yes, using beard hair is safe, and hair transplant in general is safe as long as the patient is a good candidate.

What does it take to be a good candidate?

Good candidates have enough beard or body hair as their donor supply, are over the age of 24, and have no medical record of allergies to anesthesia, irregularities with blood clotting, or tendencies to scar.

Are there drawbacks to using beard hair?

Beard hair may not perfectly match surrounding scalp hair after transplantation, as it will continue to act innately in texture, color, growth speed, and maximum length.

Here is another patient who benefited immensely from the use of beard hear follicles. His procedure used 9000 grafts. Click here to learn more.

 
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