February 21 2007, 11:34 am PT | Posted in: Hair Transplantation
can family members donate their hair follicular for patients who want to have a transplant?
No, hair from one person can not be moved to another person unless they are identical twins. A hair transplant from another person would be like a heart, liver, or kidney transplant and without powerful medications, these organs will be rejected by the body.
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Well actually, it may be possible for family members to do that because some of them can share organs..
Emeel - When you transplant an organ from a family member to another family member, it requires anti-rejection medication. Hair transplantation isn’t a lifesaving procedure, and these anti-rejection medications create a whole other set of side effects. The risk isn’t worth the reward.
but…. it is possible to do the transplant with the use of anti- rejection agents. how long in theory would you have to take that medication before the hair would be accepted