Facial hair plays a significant role in the appearance and framing of the face. It can define your features and increase your overall attractiveness. Thick beards and mustaches in various styles are viewed as masculine and appealing in many cultures. Since the mid-2010s, full, bold eyebrows have been in fashion across the globe. In the past, if facial hair didn’t naturally grow to the desired thickness and appearance, people had limited options to achieve the beard or eyebrows of their dreams.
The appearance of your beard, mustache, or eyebrows can impact your confidence. With technological advancements, facial hair transplant techniques have improved significantly to deliver more natural-looking and aesthetically pleasing outcomes. The hair restoration experts at Balance Hair Restoration have put together some information about facial hair transplants and how their benefits may enhance your appearance and confidence.
What Is a Facial Hair Transplant?
Facial hair transplants aim to redefine thinning areas of the scalp, hairline, or facial areas like the beard, mustache, or eyebrows. As the procedure can be intricate and delicate, it requires extreme precision, artistry, and skill.
An eyebrow or beard hair transplant is a permanent cosmetic surgery procedure that involves harvesting hair grafts from a donor area through a process called Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). It is one of the most advanced hair restoration options available.
FUE is the most common method of modern hair transplantation, and it offers these benefits:
- No incisions for faster healing
- Little to no scarring
- Can wear hair in any length, long or short, after treatment
- Little to no pain
- No long-term activity restrictions
How Does Facial Hair Transplant Work?
During FUE procedures, the donor areas—typically, the back or sides of the head or beneath the chin—are trimmed very short to prepare for extraction. Then, extracted hair follicles are artfully transplanted to the recipient area(s) where fullness is desired. The number of grafts required varies depending on the size of the balding or patchy area. On average, 2000 to 2500 grafts are necessary for beard transplants; eyebrow transplants require 150 to 350 per eyebrow.
Most facial hair transplant patients begin seeing regrowth in 3 to 4 months with full results in a year to 18 months. To achieve optimal results from a facial hair transplant, hair graft placement is essential as is attention to alignment, direction, and angulation. That’s why choosing facial hair transplant providers like the experts at Balance Hair Restoration is so important.
Facial hair transplants provide long-term solutions that could last a lifetime. Like any hair transplant, the success of an eyebrow or beard transplant depends on the grafts and how the hair follicles adapt to their new location. Your overall health and skincare routine may influence how your grafts heal and grow.
Who Chooses Facial Hair Transplant?
Often, those who have experienced thinning or sparse facial hair may choose to undergo a facial hair transplant to enhance their appearance and improve their confidence. A transplant provides permanent solutions to fuller facial hair.
In many cultures, full, thick beards or mustaches are considered an appealing feature that typically represents masculinity. Unfortunately, not all men are lucky enough to have the beard or mustache growth they desire. Beard transfer is also an ideal procedure for female-to-male transgender patients.
The brows play an important role in framing the face. Typically, eyebrow transplant patients are women looking for fuller eyebrows due to overplucking, naturally thin brows, faded brow tattoos, injury, or medical conditions like alopecia or trichotillomania.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Facial Hair Transplant?
Many men and women are bothered by sparse or thin facial hair. Ideal candidates for facial hair transplants are typically over 25 and have adequate healthy hair growth on the scalp or under the chin that can be used as a donor area for grafts. These candidates are looking to restore or thicken their mustaches, beards, or eyebrows to enhance their appearance and renew their confidence.
Specifically, those looking to restore their beard or mustache may desire a fuller beard for a more masculine appearance including:
- Men with patchy beard growth
- Transgender female-to-male patients
- Men with scars or burns impacting beard growth
Eyebrow hair transplant looks to restore the natural shape, density, and thickness of the brows to rejuvenate the facial appearance. Those looking to enhance the appearance of thin or patchy eyebrows may desire a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance may include those who have:
- Over-plucked brows
- Uneven brows
- Scars or burns impacting eyebrow growth
- Poor eyebrow tattoos
- Medical or genetic conditions
- Naturally thin eyebrows
Before your consultation to determine whether a facial hair transplant is right for you, view our gallery of before and after hair restoration photos to see the exceptional work our experts achieve.
Why Choose Balance Hair Restoration for Your Facial Hair Transplant
Selecting your hair restoration experts is an important choice. When it comes to choosing a facial hair restoration provider, ensure you’re selecting a clinic that offers the latest and most effective methods and tools to produce your best results. There is no substitute for experience and artistry—research your surgeon, their experience, and board certification, and review their patient results.
The experts at Balance Hair Restoration utilize innovative technology and rely on our combined decades of expertise to create natural-looking results. We stand by our work, and Balance Hair Restoration is so confident that we offer our graft growth pledge to all our hair transplant patients.
Schedule Your Consultation with Balance Hair Restoration Today!
Double board-certified Dr. Pramit Malhotra and the expert team at Balance Hair Restoration are the providers you deserve. They will help you navigate your facial hair restoration options to help you achieve optimal results. With more than 50 years of combined experience, our experts understand the life-changing impact of successful hair restoration procedures and aim to deliver positive, effective experiences for all patients.
Learn how facial hair transplants can benefit you when you partner with the experts at Balance Hair Restoration. Let us help you restore your facial hair and your confidence. Contact us today or call (734) 913-5100!
