Can you implant hairs in a place that still has coverage?

Hello,

Yes, it is possible to transplant donor hair from a shaved area at the back of your head to an unshaven area on top. This technique is often used to add density while preserving the appearance of long hair. Proper planning and precise graft placement are key to achieving a natural result, so it’s important to work with an experienced surgeon who specializes in unshaven or partially shaved procedures.

Best regards,
Dr. Marco Barusco

Transplantation can occur anywhere on the head: areas of thinning hair, poor quality hair, bald scalp, front, top and crown of the scalp. The question is what makes sense in using this valuable resource, the permanent hair from the back of the head. As a hair restoration specialist, I always focus on two factors. The first is maximizing the visual effect of the transplantation. This typically involves restoring the frontal hairline and central core of hair. It's what frames the face, and brings our attention away from the scalp, and focuses our attention to the patient's eyes, where we naturally want to interact with as humans. The second factor is creating a natural distribution of hair. The surgeon has to understand the patterns of hair loss, and how they occur in nature. This involves distributing the patient's permanent hair resources in a pattern that is balanced. Some patients, for instance, want to lower the frontal hairline only. But you have to blend this into the entire frontal core of hair, so that over time further loss behind the frontal hairline will always look natural, rather as only a rim of restored hair. There are many of these kind of judgements that the hair restoration surgeon needs to make for the patient to have a lifelong beneficial result.