- Severely bald patients (Norwood Scale 6 & 7)
- Patients who received cosmetically poor results from past procedures
Both cases require an expanded donor supply of hair follicles. Strip surgery, which excises a strip of scalp from the mid-back section of the scalp can contribute between 5000-6000 grafts. This is not a sufficient number for full coverage on a severely bald individual.
Patients who had undergone past hair repair transplant surgeries usually require additional donor follicles to correct previous results.
Facial hair to head transplant is able to offer ideal solutions for both types of patients who meet candidacy requirements.
Increasing Donor Supply With Facial Hair To Head Transplant
This procedure is an advanced branch of Follicular Unit Extraction done by UGraft. When the existing donor supply is limited or has been exhausted, facial hair (from the beard region) can be considered for reinsertion. Not only are the survival rates very high, facial hair is characteristically a close match for head hair.
In many individuals, facial hair is available in abundant supply. Because it can grow to unlimited lengths, it offers more choices for hair styles compared to other regions like arm or chest hair.
Increasing Donor Supply With Facial Hair To Head Transplant: Patient Examples
This patient underwent strip surgery at another clinic and was left with two prominent scars. Head donor supply was very limited. Increasing Donor Supply With Facial Hair To Head Transplant was done by Dr. U who used 1200 beard grafts to cover these scars with successful cosmetic results.
This patient also received poor results from a prior surgery which left him with continued crown hair loss, strip scars, sparse top and pluggy transplanted hairs that were reinserted at an incorrect angle. He wore a headpiece to conceal these issues.
Dr. Umar used 9,000 grafts derived from a combination of facial, chest and nape hair for the transplant procedure, to transfer follicles to the head. After 10 months, the patient was able to enjoy the full results of his hair yield. Here are before and after images.
This severely bald patient also underwent facial hair to head transplant. Increasing Donor Supply With Facial Hair To Head Transplant required the use of 8,000 grafts extracted from the beard area. Reinsertion of this non head hair gave successful results:
