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What Is Body Hair Transplantation?

As technology grows, it has become more and more possible and easier to have hair transplantation by using body hair.

With the help of modern techniques, men who have severe hair loss or baldness problems can find the opportunity to have body hair transplantation by using the hair follicles such as in their chest areas, arms, or legs.

The hair transfer technique, which is especially suitable for men with a type of hair loss that spreads to the entire scalp, can be easily performed thanks to modern methods.

Which Donor Area Is Better For Hair Transplantation?

First of all, every graft is collected from a donor area. The donor area is often in the back of the head, but it can also take hair from other parts of the body, such as the chest.

For example, if a patient’s hair in the back of the head is too thin to give natural results for the donor area when the hair grows out. Then a body hair transplant can be used to fill out the transplantation area instead.

While the upper hair part of the head tends to shed, the hair on the back of the head and the chest is genetically coded not to fall out. Therefore, it means that when you move a hair follicle group, that hair will not fall off.

What Are The Most Preferred Donor Areas?

We have already mentioned that there are different donor sites for hair transplantation. The doctor must decide which area to use. You can get ideas from various clinics for this subject. We have brought together the most preferred donor areas for you.

1. The Scalp

Scalp as a donor area lasts between 2 and 6 years. Besides, the scalp has the longest-lasting anagen phase and, for this reason, is at the top of the list.

Another advantage of using the scalp as a donor is that it is denser than other parts of the body. Furthermore, scalp procedures are easier to manage, and their costs are less than other parts suitable to be donors. It is a perfect fit as it has already been removed from your scalp.

2. The Beard

Beard area hair is characteristically closer to nape hair follicles than other body parts. For this reason, it is the second most preferred region in terms of donor areas. The growth rates of the hair follicles taken from the beard may differ in specific amounts according to the hair in the neck.

Hair has a life span of 4-5 years, and it is expected to grow 1-1.5 cm per month. On the other hand, although the beard has a similar lifespan, it grows more slowly.  Most such transplants are caused by a lack of scalp hair and provide an 85% success rate.

3. The Chest

Hair transplantation from areas with body hair is not preferred by doctors today and is not performed except for mandatory situations.

In cases where the nape donor area is insufficient in terms of density and quality, another area that can benefit 2nd-degree inefficiency is the lower-upper jaw area. If this area, which is genetically coded for less spillage, cannot provide enough grafts, it is directed to the chest area.

The density and quality of the donor area are significant for a thriving body hair transplant. So, keep in mind that the last preferred donor area in hair transplantation is the back, shoulder, leg, and other regions. Therefore, we do not usually use hairs from the body part. But, the chest area is an exception for complex conditions.