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BODY TO SCALP HAIR TRANSPLANTS

This FUE Body to Scalp Hair Transplant (BHST) procedure entails taking hair from the chest, abdomen, and other parts of the body and transplanting them to the thinning and balding areas of the scalp. Minimal discomfort. Great for clients with limited donor hair. No sutures or linear scarring.

Price

Since the Body to Scalp Hair Transplant procedure is labor and skills-intensive and requires a larger team of clinicians and Techs, it is priced higher than the regular FUE price. We offer 0% financing via third parties if you qualify.

Duration

Depends on the size and complexity of the procedure. In some cases, it may take a couple of hours longer than a traditional FUE Hair Transplant (6-8 hours).

Anesthesia

Just like anesthesia for our traditional FUE and FUT hair transplants, everything is done in an outpatient, clinic-based setting using local anesthesia. Many people watch a movie or take a nap during the procedure.

TECHNIQUE

We'd harvest the back or sides of the head, and then two secondary sites, usually the beard, chest, abdomen, or quads. We're looking for the best quality hair we can find on your body. We then use the WAW FUE device. Its special hybrid punch and oscillating motor allow our clinicians to penetrate the skin at appropriate depths with minimal trauma, yielding plump grafts. Our technique empowers people who have traditionally been told they are unable to receive a hair transplant to receive one.

Technique

PREPARATION

Follow all the instructions given by your clinician. As with any surgical procedure, you'll be asked to avoid alcohol and tobacco, as well as taking aspirin and other medications. You may also be asked to take one or more chlorhexidine showers or baths prior to surgical day to ensure sterility in areas that tend to harbor more bacteria. We ask you to wash your scalp with shampoo, but not with conditioner, on the day of the procedure.

ADVANTAGES

Body to scalp transplants give us the potential to harvest up to 5,000 grafts. This lets us help individuals who would normally need far too much coverage to be a good candidate for hair transplants. Plus, there's no stitching, no linear scarring, and no need to wait for a second procedure! 

Advantages

OUR Body To Scalp Hair Transplants DOCTORS & CLINICIANS

Lawrence Barnard, DO
Lawrence Barnard, DO
New York, NY & Long Island, NY

An award-winning hair transplant physician who holds clinical leadership positions at multiple hospitals. Patients love his caring, courteous bedside manner and the excellent results he achieves for them!

Goran A. Jezic, MD
Goran A. Jezic, MD
Houston, TX

A dual-Board Certified hair transplant doctor with over two decades of experience. Dr. Jezic has worked extensively with FUE, the NeoGraft, and the ATERA FUE systems.

Kristopher Hamwi, MD
Kristopher Hamwi, MD
Sarasota, FL

Dr. Kristopher Hamwi is recognized as one of the country's top plastic surgeons. He has trained at distinguished institutions like Harvard University and Georgetown University.

Stefan Thiele, MD
Stefan Thiele, MD
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

A doctor with years of hair transplant and cosmetic surgery experience who remains fully involved in the hair transplant procedure. He's excellent at medical management, pre-op, follow-up, and patient care.

Rhonda Daniels, PA-C
Rhonda Daniels, PA-C
New York, NY & Long Island, NY

MAXIM's Clinical Director and an experienced clinician who trains others on FUE hair transplants and does them herself. Trained on multiple FUE technology platforms. Her patient satisfaction record is second to none!

Sia Gieger, PA-C
Sia Gieger, PA-C
Sarasota, FL

Clinician Gieger has undergone extensive training under renowned hair transplant surgeon Dr. Kristopher Hamwi. She combines her education in the Arts and Sciences to provide individualized, natural results.

Josh Simpson, MS-PAC

Clinically trained at Johns Hopkins, Clinician Simpson has performed FUE procedures for over a decade. He is an outstanding injector and FUE harvester, especially skilled at scar mitigation.

Joseph Bryce Hart, RN
Joseph Bryce Hart, RN
Long Island, NY & Paramus, NJ

One of the few registered nurses in the world with extensive expertise restoring and preventing hair loss through non-surgical methods. Nurse Hart is also skilled in the FUE method.

Lisa Marie Jayme, MD
Lisa Marie Jayme, MD
Cebu, Philippines

A caring, experienced, hands-on plastic and hair transplant surgeon with a detailed, aesthetic eye. A hands-on clinician who has published numerous research articles and who has performed thousands of cosmetic surgery procedures.

Ryan Paraiso, MD
Ryan Paraiso, MD
Manila & Cebu, Philippines

An experienced plastic surgeon who is capable of delivering FUE procedures with nearly invisible scars and natural hairlines. His results are always attractive and natural-looking!

John Michael Gerard Abenojar, MD
John Michael Gerard Abenojar, MD
Manila & Cebu, Philippines

A Diplomate of the Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery and a fellow of the Philippine Association of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons. Adept at pain management.

Ashley Magee, MD
Ashley Magee, MD
Phoenix, AZ

Dr. Magee is a hands-on clinician who combines her skill in teaching and education in medicine to provide individualized, natural results to her clients. She never delegates anesthesia, harvesting, or site-making to technicians.

Gus Diaz, MD
Gus Diaz, MD
Charlotte, NC

A Board-Certified physician specializing in cosmetic surgery, including hair transplant surgeries. Dr. Diaz has been a national speaker on the subject of plastic surgery for over two decades and a dedicated, hands-on provider.

Mark Boles, MD
Mark Boles, MD
Philadelphia & Pittsburgh

Twenty-five years of experience and over 10,000 transplants to date. Among the first physicians part of the hair transplant evolution. Highly skilled in FUE, FUT, non-surgical hair restoration, anti-aging therapy, and men’s sexual health & wellness.

Marcelo Acosta, PA-C
Marcelo Acosta, PA-C
New York City & Long Island

Clinician Marcelo Acosta has over 20 years of experience as a clinician, including over 10 years in outpatient ambulatory surgery. He devotes himself to impeccable care and unparalleled expertise. He is qualified in aesthetic medicine hair transplants and experienced in H&P imaging.

Leslie Pickens, M.D.
Leslie Pickens, M.D.
Northern Virginia (VA)

Over 30 yrs. physician experience Board Certified Hair loss, wellness, facial aesthetics, telemedicine, emergency, trauma and other experience. Educated at Tulane and Emory Universities.

Theresa Lu, PA-C
Theresa Lu, PA-C
Alexandria, VA

Experienced in FUE hair transplants and non-surgical hair restoration, they are a certified Physician Assistant with a dermatology background.

NIRANJAN SHINTRE, M.D., F.A.C.S.
NIRANJAN SHINTRE, M.D., F.A.C.S.
South Florida - Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Hollywood

Performs FUE Hair Restoration, Hair Transplants, PRP Hair Therapy, and Stem Cell Hair Therapy procedures in Florida. Specialized in FUE Hair Transplant Surgery. FUE Hair Transplants - Facial, Beard, Mustache, and Eyebrow hair transplants using NEOGRAFT and ATERA FUE Technologies.

Body to Scalp Overview

Body to scalp FUE, also known as a body hair transplant (BHT), allows us to harvest more hair follicle units than we could if we were using the head donor spot alone. We'd typically take it from the chest, back, and abdomen, using the sophisticated WAW FUE which penetrates the skin with a minimum amount of trauma. Sadly, we generally cannot simply harvest from the body alone, but when combined with traditional techniques our body to scalp process gives us the potential to reach 5000 grafts. Harvesting only from the body is technically possible, but rarely advisable.

Body to Scalp Benefits

Your donor sites will look totally normal after the transplant, and the BHT process will allow your clinician to harvest a massive number of grafts. There is no scarring.

Body to Scalp Candidates

Did another hair transplant clinic turn you away for FUE because they didn't like the quality of your traditional donor site or thought you had too large of an area to cover? Body to scalp work may be the answer. If you are in reasonably good health, need lots of grafts, and have plenty of hair on your body, then we may be able to help you where nobody else can. Many clinics lack a clinical staff skilled enough to use this technology, but that's not an issue here at MAXIM. We work with the very best in the industry so we can offer the perfect solution to any hair restoration issue. In addition, you may be a good BHT candidate if you've had a hair transplant in the past that's led to a depleted traditional donor site here in the present.

Body to Scalp Results

Even if your transplanted hair follicles feel different on different parts of your body, they'll adapt to the scalp environment eventually. You don't have to worry-your hair will be full, thick, and natural!

Body to Scalp Costs

BHT grafts take longer and require more skill than traditional hair grafts. You should expect the service to cost more than traditional FUE methods. Nevertheless, we do our best to keep our service as affordable as possible. Our pricing is competitive, and we offer 0% interest, 12-month financing.

ADVANCED ANESTHETIC PROTOCOLS 

The body to scalp process doesn't have to cause you additional pain. We use advanced anesthetic protocols to numb all of your donor sites. 

CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES

We use the sophisticated WAW FUE device to harvest your hair. It's a special hybrid punch with an oscillating motor that allows our clinicians to harvest the grafts with minimal trauma. A high percentage of the bulbs survive intact, which means you get better results. 

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

Our body to scalp procedure lets us take on even the most challenging cases. If everyon else has told you that your hair transplant just can't be done, come to us. We might be able to make it work where nobody else can. 

frequently asked questions

While hair on the head, face, and body does have different attributes, research shows that these hairs begin to adapt to the environment in which they are transplanted. Overtime, they tend to mimic the hair on the head more closely. Additionally, we meticulously place the hairs to act as an ancillary support system to hair used from the donor or existing hair on the scalp to further accentuate the feel and look of thickness and density. The outcome is that the result will still look natural but the density will be far improved in comparison to a regular FUE hair transplant, if your donor hair is not sufficient to support a full transplant.

Similar to the characteristics of the hair, research also shows that the growth cycles begin to adapt to the cycling of the scalp hair as well. The verdict is still out on how closely this adaptation will get to the native scalp hair cycles, but you would only seek this option in the case where you simply don't have proper donor to fully benefit from a traditional FUE OR if you need more density to support a previous FUE hair transplant, in which you no longer have donor to utilize for another procedure. In other words, you have no other option to reach your desired goal. This is a good alternative, even if the cycles are not growing at the same pace as the scalp. The trick is they must be properly placed throughout the transplanted area so that the human eyes cannot perceive any difference of scalp vs body.

This question doesn't have such a straightforward answer. The truth is that it COULD have a higher transection rate because it is harder to extract hair from the body than it is from the scalp, but when done by skilled hands it should be negligible anyway. The reality is that most people don't care about how many live during a harvest on the body so long as the ones that are transplanted are living follicles. With that in mind, the transection rate will be negligible when done by the rightly trained hands.

Additionally, the reason why most facilities don't offer body to scalp transplants is due to a lack of ability to harvest the necessary amount of grafts in a short enough period of time where they can still be safely transplanted before graft death begins to occur due to time spent out of body. If they are too slow, the grafts that were removed earlier in the transplant (which are mostly your BEST, because they're scalp derived) will begin to expire. Because of this, choosing your team is absolutely crucial to success.

Body to scalp transplants requires an extremely well trained team that has top-tier time management skills, fast and safe harvesting capabilities, and anesthesia techniques that are not time consuming in order to safely execute a 1-day body to scalp hair transplant. Most facilities lack at least one of those three key components and are simply not equipped to perform one.

It is safe when done by the proper clinical team. Management of the local anesthesia and time in procedure becomes a more critical factor in regards to safety when doing a body hair to scalp transplant. Each client has a safe dose of the medications used to numb them, but your body metabolizes these medications during the procedure and it begins to speed up metabolization the longer you are exposed to the medications. If the team is not properly moving through the transplant phases and properly medicating, with acceptable harvesting speeds, then it becomes possible for a clinician to exceed what would be considered a safe dose or simply not be able to continue anesthetizing the patient (which would halt the case). Because of this, many facilities feel as though they simply cannot perform this procedure. Time is critical for anesthesia, but it's also important for graft health. The grafts can only survive outside of the body for a limited period of time, so structuring the case flow to ensure they are relocated to the recipient sites as soon as possible will ensure a more optimal clinical outcome. While this may sound intimidating, you shouldn't be hesitant to discuss it, it's really a very safe procedure and picking the right clinical team is important for any aesthetic procedure.

This is possible, but entirely dependent upon a proper assessment. For example, if you were trying to establish an entire hairline using only body hair, it wouldn't be recommended. However, if you have general thinning throughout the mid scalp, we could certainly discuss options for supplementary body hair usage.

Hypothetically speaking, YES! A Norwood 7 often may have enough donor hair to repair one area of the scalp, or at least make a dramatic improvement, but not enough donor hair to warrant pursuit of a singular FUE. Body hair can be used as an ancillary method to improve one or two areas, however, whether or not you are a candidate for this would require a consultation with our clinical team. Assuming the body hair is sufficient, the hair transplant can be performed.

Yes, you could be! This would require a consultation to determine as many issues may cause you to be a non-candidate such as alopecia areata, lichen planus, or lichen planopilaris.  However, if you were told you are not a candidate because you don't have sufficient donor hair and you have a good amount of strong body hair/beard hair, then you may be an optimal or ideal candidate for a body hair to scalp transplant.

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