Patients with advanced baldness have hope thanks to body hair transplants

Not everyone who wants to undergo hair transplant surgery is a good candidate. Normally, we remove donor hair from the back and sides of the scalp, where hair is genetically resistant to balding. But for patients with advanced baldness, the scalp donor supply may not be enough to cover all of the bald areas — and that's where body hair transplant (BHT) brings hope.

In a body hair transplant, hair follicles from other parts of the body — typically the chest, beard, back, arms or legs — are extracted and transplanted to the scalp. The procedure uses FUE-style extraction so each follicle is removed individually with minimal scarring. Body hair behaves slightly differently than scalp hair (it's usually finer, has a shorter growth cycle, and grows in single-hair units rather than clusters), but in the hands of an experienced surgeon it can deliver real coverage where none was possible before.

BHT is most often used to supplement scalp donor grafts in patients with high-grade baldness, to add density behind a hairline already restored from scalp donors, or to camouflage scars from previous procedures.

If you have been told you are not a candidate for a hair transplant because of insufficient scalp donor area, book a consultation at Cozmaa Clinic to find out whether body hair transplantation is right for you.