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Once Transplanted Hairs Are Placed Somewhere on the Body, Can They Be Re-transplanted Again at Some Place Elsewhere?
asked 7 months ago by watson01 in Milwaukee, WI
Latest answer by Jack Fisher, MD
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3 answers to Once Transplanted Hairs Are Placed Somewhere on the Body, Can They Be Re-transplanted Again at Some Place Elsewhere?
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Can previously transplanted hairs be re-transplanted?
The technical answer is yes. The question is why would someone want to do this? I have had patients with bad transplants where I've removed transplants, converted to small micrografts and re-transplanted them.
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Can Transplanted Hair be Re-Transplanted Elsewhere?
Hair follicles (hair transplants) can be moved more than once. For example, I have done this when patients had a Fleming/Mayer flap after transplants that they did not like. Rather than discard the transplants, they are moved elsewhere, but the patient understands that the successful yield will decrease each time the grafts are moved.
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Once Transplanted Hairs Are Placed Somewhere on the Body, Can They Be Re-transplanted Again at Some Place Elsewhere?
This is a bit unusual but technically a hair follicle is a hair follicle and is unaware where, in the body, it is located once moved from the scalp. Scalp hair is thicker and tends to grow longer than hairs on the arms and legs and therefore would not match the surrounding hairs, IMO.
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