Beard Hair Transplants: Here's What You Need to Know

5 Facts About Hair Transplant Surgery for Facial Hair

In today's world, embracing beards and facial hair has become quite popular. One of the reasons for this is that most people often view them as a sign of masculinity. However, growing a beard may be easier said than done for some males. As a result, the idea of getting a beard transplant to sprout more facial hair has also become a trend. However, before you decide to undergo such a procedure, there are a few things you should know first.

1. It's similar to an FUE hair transplant

A beard transplant involves largely the same processes and techniques used in an FUE hair transplants. For instance, the donor hair used is extracted from the back or side hairs. The surgeon picks hairs that closely resemble the ones found on your face and then proceeds to carefully transplant them to the recipient site.

2. Transplant hair grows just like facial

In case you have any fears that the transplant facial hair used for your beard transplant will grow like those found on your head, don't worry. This is because the transplanted hair will grow just like your facial hair, in both texture and characteristics.

3. Practically painless

Just like with a standard hair transplant surgery, a beard transplant is also practically painless. In most cases, it's performed using the FUE transplant method, whereby the surgeon carefully picks the relevant follicles needed for the procedure. This means that they will not have to make huge donor site incisions like with other hair transplant techniques.

4. Skip shaving for a week or so

It's a good idea to avoid shaving your transplanted hair for at least the first 10 days after your procedure, since it's after this duration that it will start to seem more stubble. It's also important that you know some hair will fall out after a fortnight from the time of your procedure. However, this is normal and should not be a cause for worry.

5. Permanent remedy

One of the primary benefits of a beard hair transplant is that is provides a permanent remedy for your problem. As a result, you will not have to worry about all your new facial hair falling out after your procedure.

Set Up a Consultation Today with Our San Francisco Hair Transplant Doctor

Finally, it's important that you have your beard hair transplant surgery performed by a reputable and experienced surgeon. With that said, Dr. John Diep of MHTA Clinic is world-class Los Gatos and San Francisco hair transplant doctor with hundreds of successful hair transplant surgeries. For more information regarding beard transplants, call (415) 230-2367 (San Francisco Office), (408) 356-8600 (Los Gatos Office) or contact us online to set up a consultation.