Can pubic hair be used for hair transplantation? If so, will any doctor do this? How to ask with being embarrassed?

March 6, 2016
Asked By:RSMember4466 in Atlanta, GA

I know that this may sound weird. I am African American, & as you know we have kinky hair on our heads, but straight eyebrow, pubic, eyelash, & body hair (which is super weird). So getting donor hairs from my nape for an eyebrow transplant will result to kinky eyebrows.... So I was thinking. Maybe I could get body or pubic hairs as donor hairs? Also, could I get the same straight body hair transplanted in front of my forehead (I know that the textures would be different, but that's what I want)?

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June 27, 2022

Answer: Pubic hair as donor hair for a hair transplant?

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Ken Anderson, MD, FISHRSBoard Certified Hair Restoration Surgeon
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July 28, 2020

Answer: Pubic hair can be used as donor hair in hair transplant surgery. You must have a compelling reason to want to do this.

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Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
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July 28, 2020

Answer: Pubic hair can be used as donor hair in hair transplant surgery. You must have a compelling reason to want to do this.

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October 21, 2021

Answer: Pubic hair

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October 21, 2021

Answer: Pubic hair

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March 9, 2016

Answer: Yes, pubic hair can be used as donor hair

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March 9, 2016

Answer: Yes, pubic hair can be used as donor hair

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