Beard Transplant

What you need to know about a facial hair transplant

Facial hair styles on males continue to be attractive when it comes to fashion and grooming trends. Whether it’s a mustache and goatee combo, long sideburns, or a classic short beard, facial hair looks hot! Hairstyles and beard lengths will always be evolving with the latest styles, however to keep pace with these facial hair trends you need to be able to grow hair on your face — grow it fully and consistently. Another reason men want more facial hair is to change their personal appearance, for instance, a beard can conceal a small chin or elongate a round face. A beard can work like magic to enhance or minimize facial features.

One way to achieve your aesthetic and style goals is to consider a facial hair transplant. A hair transplantation will help you maximize growth potential, which is key to having full sideburns, a sexy mustache or a rich looking beard. If your facial hair growth is patchy, inconsistent or barely there, then an Este Medical Group New York beard hair transplantation treatment can help you!

How does a FUE beard transplant work?

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) hair transplant is one of Este’s most popular methods of beard hair transplantation in New York because it delivers permanent results and is outstandingly successful. Basically a facial hair FUE treatment will boost hair growth by replacing old follicles with new follicles that are able to grow hair on your face.

What happens is hair is taken from a stable zone (also called the donor site) on your body (e.g., back or sides of the head) and transplanted to the treatment area you wish to improve with new hair growth. If you are bald or balding, another donor site like the chest may be able to provide hair for transplanting. This treatment involves minimally invasive surgery with no downtime. Depending on the size of the facial area being treated, a FUE treatment can take anywhere from three to nine hours. How long it takes will depend on the number of hairs needed for the treatment area (i.e., chin, jawline, upper lip…). This is not a procedure to rush, as each hair is implanted to grow at the correct angle to achieve the highest density and volume of hair once the surgery is complete.

Can a facial hair transplant help me?

A good facial hair transplant candidate will have available scalp hair or body hair that can be harvested and then moved to the facial treatment area (e.g., chin, jawline, upper lip…). For example, beard transplants can use individual hair follicles from the back or sides of the head, or hair from under the chin, or chest hair.

Este Medical Group uses the Sapphire Hair Transplant technique for our New York beard hair transplantation treatments. With this method, the hair follicles can be set much finer for completely natural-looking results. In just five months clients experience visible hair growth (i.e., on average 50% hair growth). And within a year most transplant recipients will experience up to 100% hair growth. A FUE transplant treatment is very successful. The best way to find out if you would make a good beard transplant candidate is to have an Este New York FUE hair transplant consultation at our Long Island clinic.