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Does the hair implants have to be the patient's own hair?

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is it possible to use the strips of hair from a sibling or parent or it has to be the patients hair? Can the genders be different like a sister donate to brother?

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Dr. Jae Pak, MD
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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
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