Q: Can you use beard hair for a hair transplant using Follicular Unit Extraction? A:It is possible to use beard hair for a hair transplant, but there are three main differences between harvesting from the donor area and harvesting from the beard that should be taken into account. These are: 1) scarring 2) ease of [...]
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Topic: Donor Area
Tags: Beard Hair, Coarse Hair, Donor Hair, Facial Skin Laxity, Follicular Unit Extraction, Follicular Unit Extraction Scarring, Hair Character, Hairline, Line Scar
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 2:33 pm
Can Hair Transplant with Follicular Unit Extraction Use Donor Hair Outside Permanent Zone?
March 9th, 2005Q: If someone doesn’t have enough donor hair, do you ever perform a hair transplant using FUE, using donor hair from outside the permanent hair zone? A: No. If hair was taken from outside the permanent zone as the surrounding hair continued to bald, the scars from FUE, although small, would become visible. In addition, [...]
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Topic: Donor Area
Tags: Donor Area, Donor Hair, Follicular Unit Extraction, Minimal Donor Hair, Permanent Hair Zone
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 3:05 pm
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