Some patients who are suffering from hair loss have insufficient donor hair at the back of the head for a normal hair transplant known as FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction). In these cases it has been known for a surgeon to use Body Hair Transplantation, which is also known as BHT. This treatment has been carried out to varying degrees of success due to the very different nature between body and scalp hair and follicles.

Body and scalp hair are very different which causes problems with a Body Hair Transplantation technique. On the body the follicles are deeper and the orientation is different to the scalp. The type of hair is also different, usually more wiry, often more curly and it will grow to a maximum length of around 5 centimetres. Any patient undergoing Body Hair Transplantation needs to understand that the transplanted hair will retain its original characteristics, which will determine the overall aesthetics of the hair.
The hair transplant industry is continuing to improve the results of Body Hair Transplantation, a judging by the improvements that have been seen with FUE techniques, it won’t be long before the Body hair Transplantation can be performed with the same degree of success.