Nature of body hair is different in some areas of the body. Hair in the genital area or pubic hair is generally thicker than other areas. Chest hair may be thick in some patients, but may be finer than scalp hair. Axillary hair is curlier than scalp hair, but may not be as thick as other types of body hair.
Choosing body hair for hair transplant, a hair transplant surgeon has to assess the scalp hair and consider using body hair if only the scalp hair is strictly depleted. At US Hair Restoration, a Los Angeles hair transplant clinic, donor and recipient hair are evaluated carefully before hair transplant surgery. Depending on the area that you want to transplant with body hair Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE, you may choose other types of body hair. If you want to choose body hair to fill in the crown balding spot in patients who have good coverage on top and front areas, wavy pubic hair could be a good option.
Doctors have shown that body hair characteristics may change and become longer when transplanted to the scalp. It means that anagen phase of body hair may elongate after transplanting to the scalp. It is another plus for body hair transplant, but still body hair restoration should be done selectively for hair loss treatment.
