Hair Restoration | Miami, FL & New York, NY
  • Surgical
    • About Hair Transplants
    • Hair Transplants for Men
    • Hair Transplants For Women
    • Body Hairs for Transplants – BHT
    • Beard Hair Transplants
    • Eyebrow Hair Transplants
    • Hairline Lowering Surgery
    • Reparative Procedures
    • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
    • Ethnic Hair Transplants
    • Receding Hairline Treatment
    • Eyelash Hair Transplants
  • Non-Surgical
    • HairClone®
    • Finasteride (Propecia®)
    • Laser Light Therapy for Hair Loss
    • Cell Therapies
    • Scalp Micropigmentation
    • Growth Factors for Hair Loss
    • Hair Transplant Techniques
      • Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)
      • NeoGraft™
  • About Us
    • Dr. Jeffrey Epstein
    • Dr. Anthony Bared
    • Dr. Gorana Kuka
    • Please meet our Growth factors and SMP team!
    • Videos
  • Gallery
    • Hair Transplants for Men
      • Hair Transplants for Men
    • Hair Transplants for Women
      • Hair Transplants for Women
    • Hair Transplant Repair
      • Hair Transplant Repair
    • Hairline Advancement
      • Hairline Advancement
    • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
      • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
    • Body Hair Transplants
      • Body Hair Transplants
    • Eyebrow Transplants
      • Eyebrow Transplants
    • Beard Transplants
      • Beard Transplants
    • Close-up Hairline
      • Close-up Hairline
    • Close-up Donor Sites
      • Close-up Donor Sites
    • Scalp Micropigmentation
      • Scalp Micropigmentation
    • Special Cases
      • Special Cases
  • Reviews
    • Patient Testimonials
    • Online Reviews
    • Patient Stories
  • Contact Us
Hair Restoration | Miami, FL & New York, NY
  • Surgical
    • About Hair Transplants
    • Hair Transplants for Men
    • Hair Transplants For Women
    • Body Hairs for Transplants – BHT
    • Beard Hair Transplants
    • Eyebrow Hair Transplants
    • Hairline Lowering Surgery
    • Reparative Procedures
    • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
    • Ethnic Hair Transplants
    • Receding Hairline Treatment
    • Eyelash Hair Transplants
  • Non-Surgical
    • HairClone®
    • Finasteride (Propecia®)
    • Laser Light Therapy for Hair Loss
    • Cell Therapies
    • Scalp Micropigmentation
    • Growth Factors for Hair Loss
    • Hair Transplant Techniques
      • Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)
      • NeoGraft™
  • About Us
    • Dr. Jeffrey Epstein
    • Dr. Anthony Bared
    • Dr. Gorana Kuka
    • Please meet our Growth factors and SMP team!
    • Videos
  • Gallery
    • Hair Transplants for Men
      • Hair Transplants for Men
    • Hair Transplants for Women
      • Hair Transplants for Women
    • Hair Transplant Repair
      • Hair Transplant Repair
    • Hairline Advancement
      • Hairline Advancement
    • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
      • Hair for Gender Reaffirmation
    • Body Hair Transplants
      • Body Hair Transplants
    • Eyebrow Transplants
      • Eyebrow Transplants
    • Beard Transplants
      • Beard Transplants
    • Close-up Hairline
      • Close-up Hairline
    • Close-up Donor Sites
      • Close-up Donor Sites
    • Scalp Micropigmentation
      • Scalp Micropigmentation
    • Special Cases
      • Special Cases
  • Reviews
    • Patient Testimonials
    • Online Reviews
    • Patient Stories
  • Contact Us
Miami 305-666-1774
New York 212-759-3484
REQUEST CONSULTATION
CALL
EMAIL

Got a Hairy Chest? It Might Help Your Scalp

How a Hairy Chest May Help Your Scalp

While a healthy head of hair is pretty much always in style, trends for body hair tend to come and go. For a while, it seemed as though everyone was waxing or shaving their chest, creating a smooth look. The hair-free look was quite the opposite of the style favored a few decades ago, when a hairy chest was in vogue.

If you have chest hair, it could come in handy if you start to experience hair loss on your scalp. While in most cases hair restoration is performed by transplanting hair from the back or sides of the head to the balding areas on top, there might be some instances when transplanting hair from the chest, or another part of the body, might make more sense.

Who’s a Good Candidate?

A chest to scalp hair transplant won’t work for every patient, nor does the surgery make sense for every patient. If you are experiencing male pattern baldness and have plenty of hair on the sides or back of your scalp, a traditional hair transplant, using hair from your scalp, simply makes more sense and is less complicated for the surgeon to perform.

But, if you have already had a number of hair transplants and don’t have much hair remaining on the sides or back of your head, it might be time to start harvesting donor hairs from elsewhere. Using body hair as the donor hair also makes sense if your hair loss has been all over your head, instead of confined to the top or to the typical pattern of male baldness.

For the procedure to work, you also need to have a fair amount of viable hair on your chest. If you’re naturally smooth chested, the procedure is a no-go. But, if you have a small amount of hair and don’t particularly care about having a hairy chest, you may be a good candidate for the procedure.

How Is Chest Hair Different From the Hair on Your Scalp?

Few hair restoration surgeons perform body to scalp transplants, for a few reasons. Body hair isn’t the same as the hair on the scalp, which can present a few problems to a surgeon who doesn’t regularly perform the procedure or who isn’t familiar with the way body hair grows.

Body hair grows at different angles across the chest, making it more of a challenge for the surgeon to extract it. While some people do have chest hair that closely matches the hair on their scalp, others might have curlier or coarser chest hair, making it less likely to match the hair on the scalp- however what typically is seen is that these chest hairs start to grow more and more like scalp hairs once transplanted there.

What Happens During Surgery

If chest hair is to be used as donor hairs, it is removed from the area using follicular unit extraction (FUE), not follicular unit grafting (FUG). During FUE, the hairs are removed individually, instead of in one long strip, using a punch tool. The punch tool removes just a tiny amount of skin, so that the scars are barely if at all noticeable after the procedure is over.

Before removing the donor hairs from the chest, the surgeon will typically shave the patient’s chest. Doing so makes it easier to extract each hair follicle. After the donor hairs are removed, they are transplanted to the scalp. The surgeon will position the hairs in such a way that as they grow back, they look natural — as though they belong on the scalp.

The location of the transplant depends on a patient’s needs. While some patients receive body hair on the top of their scalp, there’s also the option of transplanting the hair to the back or sides of the scalp. In some cases, a patient might have body hair transplanted to replace the hair that was moved from the back or sides of the head during an earlier hair restoration surgery.

Seeing Results

As with a scalp to scalp transplant, it does take time for the results from a body to scalp transplant to appear. The newly transplanted hairs will first fall out, then begin to regrow again after a few months. Typically, people see regrowth within 8 month’s time. It’s worth noting though, that body hair to scalp transplants usually aren’t as successful as scalp to scalp transplants. Although there might be less regrowth when hair is transplanted from the chest to the scalp, many patients see growth of at least 70 percent of the transplanted hairs.

A body hair to scalp transplant is complicated. Not every surgeon offers it. If you are running out of options and want to get a fuller head of hair, turn to Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, one of the few hair restoration specialists to offer chest to scalp hair transplants. Dr. Epstein has offices in Miami and New York City, and can consult with you even if you live out of town, over email or by phone. To reach his practice in New York, call (212) 759-3484 today. For the Miami office, call (305) 666-1774.

Foundation for Hair Restoration patients come from all 50 United States and around the world.
Dr. Jeffrey Epstein

Get in touch

Dr. Jeffrey Epstein and Dr. Anthony Bared perform all procedures in their fully-accredited Miami office for the safest and most comfortable experience. Consults are seen in the Miami office, and also in the NYC office with Dr. Epstein and in the Tampa office with Dr. Bared. Many of our patients prefer to meet with the doctor by webcam, then travel in for a procedure after receiving individualized recommendations.

Please fill out the form below, or email [email protected], or call our office to learn more or to schedule a consultation.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Thanks for visiting the Foundation for Hair Restoration and taking the first step towards learning about our commitment to providing the very finest in hair restoration since 1994.

Resources

  • Out Of Town Patients
  • Traveling Questions
  • Pricing & Financing
  • Patient Sign-In
  • Virtual Consultation
  • For Physicians
  • Hair Transplant Forum
  • Spanish

Locations

MIAMI
Sunset Professional Building
6280 Sunset Drive, Suite 504
Miami , FL 33143
Call us to assist you.
305-666-1774 - Miami
NEW YORK
710 Park Ave #1a
New York, NY 10021
Call us to assist you.
212-759-3484 - New York

BOOK CONSULTATION

The Foundation for Hair Restoration has fully accredited procedure.

 
SCHEDULE CONSULTATION

Copyright © 2021. Hair Restoration | Miami, FL & New York, NY. Jeffrey Epstein, MD, FACS
  • Sitemap
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Blog
  • Cosmetic Surgery Marketing