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

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.

The only way to do this would be if you had an identical twin.  Otherwise, it is not possible unless you took powerful immunosuppressive medications which no doctor would give for a cosmetic issue.  What we do is borrow some hair follicles from the back and sides of the scalp which are genetically programmed to never fall out and move them to the areas that need hair.  This can be done for the sideburns.  Good luck.

In order to achieve this. you would have to be given the same harsh immunosuppressive medications that are used in other organ transplants. The benefit to risk ratio is skewed towards too risky for complications. Identical twins could however.

Theoretically yes but in practically NO
Like any other organ transplant hair follicules can transplant from another person..But like other organ transplant operations,patients have to use the high risk medications immunosuppressant  for life.So this means in practically its not possible.

In short, no, you cannot receive someone else's hair for transplant.  While technically possible if one were to go through the process of matching with a donor (like any other organ transplant) and then taking immunosuppresant medications to prevent rejection, this is not really feasible for a hair transplant.
The side effects of the medication and increased costs associated with the testing, medications, and procedure would outweigh the benefits of the procedure.
As others have said, using body hair as a donor area is an option, but is usually not as good of a result as using hair from the sides or back of the head whenever possible.
All the best,

Thank you for your question. Surgical hair restoration transfers
your own hair follicles from a donor site to a recipient site. With the
exception of an identical twin, the transplanted hair cannot derive from
another individual due to the high risk that the transplanted follicular grafts
would be rejected by your immune system.

You can transplant another person's hair as long as the other person is your identical twin.  This has been done successfuly. Otherwise the transplanted hair will be rejected.

No.  You must use your own hair.  There are risks of disease transfer and rejection.  However, hair can be taken from different areas on the body if need be.

This is a good question that many people wonder about. Hair follicles from someone else are very likely to be rejected by your immune system. Your immune system is designed to recognize protein that is not yours. And this forms the basis for attacks.


Beard hair follicles taken from your face can be inserted as a good match for your side burns. The results would be permanent.


Here is a video of a patient who received a beard hair transplant for his head. This has information that you may be interested in if you are thinking about using follicles from your facial area.

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 excellent match for beard and sideburn hairs, and if is just the sideburns, typically no more than 200 of so grafts are indicated per side.

 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.