Can body hair transplant cover FUE donor area scars reasonably well? (photos)

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Thinking about getting bht to cover area that was depleted from FUE. Can I realistically expect a good result that is hard to detect from this procedure. Also could I ask a surgeon to use my neck beard instead of my actual beard so I can still grow a good beard.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Body hair transplant to FUE or FUT scar can look unnatural from all the patients we have seen.It may sound promising but the body hair looks different and the scar stands out.In general SMP works best but SMP also has its limitations.

David Perez-Meza, MD, FISHRS · Answer

Excellent question. You have two issues: over harvesting and scarring. It will take too many grafts to be grafted in all the scars. I will suggest you the combination of  hair grafting (over harvest areas) and micro pigmentation of the scalp in the scars. The best donor area available should be selected. You may need a 2nd and 3rd opinion of an experienced hair loss specialist. Good luck.

Greg Williams, FRCS (Plast) · Answer

Despite what is so often written about FUE having ‘no scarring’, minimal scarring’ or ‘barely visible scarring’, this is obviously not true as in your case.To harvest large numbers of follicular unit grafts, the trade off is reduction of donor area hair density and visible scarring when the hair is worn short. If there is enough hair left behind then the scars can be covered with the hair grown long but sometimes even with long hairstyles, if there has been over-harvesting, the hair may have thinned out areas and look ‘moth eaten’.I do not think body hair transplant to your donor area will be of much benefit. Your choices are: accept the current appearance, grow your hair long, have scalp micropigmentation (SMP) done, or a combination of the last two. If you choose SMP, make sure you do your research carefully and select an experienced  practitioner. Bad SMP can be disastrous and you would not want to make a bad situation worse.

Sagar Patel, MD · Answer

To be honest, your best bet is scalp micropigmentation. This would be the best bang for your buck since you keep your hair short anyways. That's just my personal opinion and I don't even do SMP. That being said, certainly beard hair is your best bet. The neck hair is possible but you would need to look closely to determine where it extens to and if it would be enough hair. For me, my big question for you is how you plan on styling your hair (ie growing it out) once your hair transplant is successful.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

The use of body hair to cover your FUE scars is a terrible idea. The use of Scalp Micropigmentation is the gold standard for this problem

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