The cost of hair restoration with body hair can be pricey. But the social, emotional, and even professional ramifications of dealing with hair loss render the financial investment completely worthwhile.
Body Hair Transplant Cost
THE HISTORY OF HAIR TRANSPLANT WITH BODY HAIR FOLLICLES
Hair loss has existed since the dawn of recorded history, mainly in the form of pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia). Other causes of hair loss include:
- Stress-related
- Pregnancy-related/hormonal
- Caused by nutritional deficiency
- Caused by scarring from previous surgery, accident, or burn
- Anemia
- Traction alopecia
- Lupus
- Diabetes
- Drug abuse
- Untreated thyroid dysfunction
- Poor blood circulation
- Alopecia areata
For the past hundred years, medical experts have been trying to find a cure, regardless of the cause. In the 1990’s, hair restoration surgeons and researchers developed follicular unit extraction with the intention of using scalp hair for the donor supply. Within 20 years, a handful of pioneering surgeons decided to deviate from the norm. They understood that the reduced invasiveness of follicular unit extraction could open the gateway for using donor hairs outside the scalp. This eventually became BHT, which allows for the use of almost all hair on the body, including the beard, shoulders, chest, stomach, arms, and legs. BHT is a groundbreaking innovation for those who suffer severe pattern hair loss.
HAIR RESTORATION COST ISSUES
Two cost factors of a body hair to head procedure include:
- Choice of surgeon
- Amount of hair loss
-SURGEON-
The practitioner you choose to do the procedure is perhaps your most vital decision. A widely known, experienced, and well-respected surgeon will possess the medical knowledge and artistic aptitude to do the job right. He or she must have the ability to harvest the grafts with little risk of transection or graft burial, leaving the donor area with only negligible scarring. Furthermore, this practitioner should know how to place the grafts with precise spacing, direction, and angulation so that they look natural.
The high costs of a results oriented surgeon are the best purchase a prospective patient can make. A leading surgeon generally charges more because he or she has spent more time and had more training in the field, has done more research, has a high demand for his/her services, and has a superior medical team, facility, and tools, which generate greater overhead costs.
-AMOUNT OF HAIR LOSS-
Cost is largely affected by the amount of hair loss a patient has had, because most clinics charge by the graft. Even if they charge via a different system, like hourly or day rates, the breakdown always comes to how many grafts will produce an acceptable result—the more grafts needed, the longer the procedure takes.
Thus, if your baldness crosses into the extreme end of the Norwood scale, it will undoubtedly take several thousand grafts to accomplish adequate density. For less bald candidates the recipient area is smaller, so the total cost per graft will end up cheaper.
Affording the Cost of Body Hair to Head Restoration Surgery
The cost of a surgery that can restore happiness, rebuild damaged relationships, repair broken emotions, and ultimately transform your life is marginal with all things considered. Think of it as investment in you, and pay for it just as you would go about paying for university tuition, a new car, a house, or a wedding. Your options include:
- Save the money in advance
- Request a loan from your bank
- Pay with credit card
Saving on Body Hair Transplant Cost
One way to save on the cost of your procedure is to find out if your clinic will give you a discount in exchange for promotional content. This means giving legal consent to have your face, voice, and results publicly shown in videos and photos. All clinics need this to prove their worth to future prospective clients. Without the results of prior patients, there would be no way for a surgeon to demonstrate his or her expertise. This can save you a percentage of your body hair transplant cost.
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
The following photos and videos demonstrate the cases of severe baldness that would be inoperable by any other means than BHT. Each of these satisfied patients have affirmed that the body hair transplant cost was well worthwhile.
FAQ
Can women undergo body hair transplant?
No. Women do not have adequate body hair to provide a donor supply using body hair transplant.
Who is an ideal BHT candidate?
An ideal candidate is severely bald, over the age of 24, has ample body or beard hair to supply the scalp, and has no allergies to anesthesia, irregularities with blood clotting, or scarring proneness.
Are there any other techniques that can incorporate body hair?
No. Follicular unit extraction is the only technique that enables body hair transplant.
What are the negatives of BHT?
Body hair does not have as high as long-term graft survival rate as head hair does. In addition, the temperament of non-head hair may differ from the surrounding scalp hair due to its innate behavior. For example, body hair may be a different color and texture, may grow at a different speed, and may not grow as long.
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