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Can I Receive Someone Else's Hair for Hair Transplant?

asked 2 years ago by iloveplastic in ca
Latest answer by Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS
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Tags: options, sideburns, technique

or can get hair from somewhere else other than my scalp? This is for my sideburns and not sure I want my hair's scalp as sideburns! thanks.

4 answers to Can I Receive Someone Else's Hair for Hair Transplant?

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Yes, but don't know anyone to do it for you

Just like any other organ transplant, hair can be transplanted from one person to another. This would require the same genetic testing. In fact, it has been done between a bone marrow donor and recipient with success. I do not know of any hair transplant surgeon who would have the ability to do this. Alternatively you can use your own body hair. However, scalp hair is a better match for the side burns.
Kevin Ende, MD

Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hair transplant donor site options

First of all, only an individual’s own hair can be used, unless there is an identical twin. Second, in the occasional patient, the donor hairs can be from some area other than the scalp, including the chest and beard region. However, these donor body areas are generally less reliable and therefore not used nearly as often as scalp hairs. As a surgeon who does more than 100 of these facial hair procedures every year, it is been my experience that scalp hair in fact is an... more
Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.plasticsurgeryoftheface.com

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Hair Transplants from Another Individual

You can possibly receive hair transplants from another individual only if that person is an identical twin. Immunosuppressive drugs are too dangerous to justify their use in cosmetic surgery. Scalp hair is effectively used to create sideburns.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Using someone else's hair to transplant.

 No, not with today's technology. You would have to be on immunosuppressants with the problems that go with that. Cloning will probably come along before that.
Toby Mayer, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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