If you are reading this article, there is a high possibility you are aware and familiar with hair loss and are keen to know about hair transplant in details. Before we discuss about Body Hair transplant let us quickly understand the process of hair transplant.
It is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that involves extracting hair follicles either individually or in form of a thin strip from certain specific sites in the patients’ body usually referred to as donor sites. Then these extracted follicles are placed aesthetically at the bald side by taking due care to ensure minimum damage to hair follicles in the process. Predominantly these donor sites are the back and sides of the scalp because these sites possess androgen or DHT resistant roots that do not shrink under the influence of hormones and thus, have permanent hair roots which stay evergreen.
Rewind few decades ago and like most of the things, even hair transplant procedures were at an amateur level with less technology involved and as a result the outcomes were not so aesthetically appealing. There were higher failure rates and more plugged looks. However, technology has blessed this field like all other fields and now there are high grade equipment and protocols to operate them due to which the results quality and prevalence have both increased several folds and thus, the acceptance of hair transplant has also increased.
Delhi is lucky enough to be jewelled with few of the very renowned hair transplant surgeons who are renowned for their precise and fine hand due to which they are adept at designing flawless hairline and deliver stunning results. Despite the high class international levels of services at few of the hair transplant clinics the hair transplant cost in Delhi is very pocket friendly if one compares it to the west, the cost is anywhere 20-25% of the cost in the US, UK and UAE for similar quality treatments.
With this background let’s now understand what is body hair transplant
In some patients, where the baldness is progressive or there are repeat cases of hair transplant or when the quantity or quality of follicles at the back and sides of the head is insufficient then in order to provide ample coverage, the surgeon will resort to other donor sites such as body hair with the single condition that these body parts must have permanent hair roots. So, in a nutshell, if donor sites in a hair transplant is any place other than scalp, then it is a body hair transplant.
How is body hair transplant (BHT) performed as follows:
The entire procedure remains same as the regular hair transplant just that the donor site is changed from scalp to body parts as explained above. Hence the steps remain the same i.e administering anaesthesia at the donor and target site, extracting follicles from the donor site (body in this case), prepare slits at the target area and place this extracted follicles there.
Advantages of Body hair transplant: It is capable of producing high density results by combining the two techniques namely FUT and FUE. Further, advantage that can be obtained is lesser damage to hair follicles as compared to FUE technique because there is a flexibility to extract grafts taking care of distance between follicles and thus, over harvesting can be avoided which also preserves the donor area.
Limitation of Body hair transplant: The body hair usually have a different texture, characteristics, growth pattern, length and even colour as compared to scalp hair and hence, in some cases the results may not look as natural as one could otherwise expect if the donor area had been from the scalp itself. However, this procedure is always a second choice and used when there is not adequate density at donor area naturally or due to depletion. Hence, though not perfect results this can still provide some coverage at the bald site. In certain progressive baldness cases, where graft requirement is higher than normal, body hair transplant is deployed along with FUT and FUE in order to have more follicular availability to get sufficient density or coverage at the bald site.
Cost factor
As expected since body hair transplant is used in complex cases where either the requirement of grafts is higher or the primary donor area is insufficient and thus, calls for higher technique sensitivity, it is obvious that cost wise it is slightly on a higher side. However, this procedure finds its application in the cases which have lost most hope and thus, should be treated as a saving grace method and hence, price should be treated more as an investment rather than expense.
A successful and reputed place for body hair transplant and infact all other kinds of hair transplant procedures is Medispa hair transplant clinics based in New Delhi and Jaipur. Medispa provides world class facilities such as equipment, treatment procedures, techniques, technical skills of the support team, protocols etc. and all of this at a quite affordable cost. Medispa under the able leadership of Dr. Suneet Soni (MCh, MS, MBBS) has always been at the technology forefront of hair transplant. Dr. Suneet Soni has successfully operated on more than 5000 plus patients in his 15 years of experience. He is superiorly well versed with all major techniques of hair transplant and is renowned globally for his flawless artistic hairline design and his technological advocacy in the field of hair transplant. So, if you are also suffering from high grade baldness or other clinics have turned you down citing issues of donor sites and if you want a genuine diagnosis and treatment for your hair loss problem, please visit or book a consultation with Medispa Hair transplant clinics and in all probability you would not be disappointed.
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