Our latest study on body hair transplant involved a bald crown and a small number of grafts from the back, chest, and beard. We transplanted 137 grafts from the back and 65 were growing at one year for a yield of (47%). We transplanted 28 from the chest and 24 were growing at one year for a yield of (86%). Finally, we transplanted 24 from the beard and 15 were growing at one year for a yield of (63%). The cosmetically most significant growth was with beard hair. The patient was trimming all the body hair grafts to equal the length of hair in other regions. This study confirms previous studies where we noted that different regions of body hair seem to grow at a higher yield than other regions when transplanted to the same individual in the same region of the balding crown. The before photos and after photos are depicted in the following photographs.
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Body hair sometimes produces a very significant result, but often times the result is subtle. All individuals should keep this in mind when considering body hair transplants. We continue to recommend head hair first over body hair whenever possible.
I am now 19 months post surgery from a body hair transplant with you. I noted significant improvement at the 9 month mark, but minimal since then. Can I expect more growth and more density from the body hair transplant I had with you 19 months ago. I live in Spain.
You have to understand the dynamics. Head hair is 80 to 90% in anagen. Body hair is 40 to 60% in anagen. Therefore, in reality, the best you should see from a head hair transplant is 80 to 90% and the best you should ever see is 40 to 60% from body hair. That does not mean that 10% of head hair and 40 to 60% of body hair died. It means that those percentages should always be resting or in telogen. As one hair cycles out, another cycles in and begins to grow. That’s the dynamics.
I think that most body hair transplant results to date seem to follow scalp hair in terms of growth, though we did recently get a 4 year photo of a patient that certainly seemed much better than his 14 month photo. What this means is that at about 8 to 12 months, the result probably peaked with minimal improvement thereafter.
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