Body Hair Transplants and Hair Restoration Cases

How does BHT differ from traditional hair transplants? Traditional transplants require redistribution of permanent hair from the back and sides of the head; this limits the donor supply to 5,000-7,000 hair follicles. In a significantly-bald individual, only one tenth of what has been lost can be replaced using this source. The result is often thin, and cosmetically unappealing. Also, traditional hair transplantation requires the cutting of a slice of flesh from the back and side of the head. The result is a scar that can potentially widen. The patient is forever forced into a lifelong and self conscious struggle to hide the scar.  SFET is linear scar free. For that and other reasons, hair can be safely removed from anywhere in the head, face and body and transferred to the area of need.
The procedure has been pioneered and perfected by Dr. Sanusi Umar, and in over half a decade he has performed several cases, successfully.

BHT using SFET potentially adds the entire body-hair supply to the donor resource allowing even severely-bald individuals to aim for a fuller and better restoration in ways not possible using the traditional hair transplantation approach practiced by the majority of hair restoration clinics. One patient who used to be severely bald was told he would have to settle for a mature hairline and a bald pate (crown) because his traditional head donor supply could not possibly cover his entire area of baldness. He went to Dr Umar who transplanted his entire area of baldness using 20,000 grafts derived from his head, nape, beard, chest, stomach area, arms and legs. The result is global coverage with a youthful natural hairline. A result that would have been impossible to achieve using traditional hair transplant methods. The patient when asked if he never thinks of baldness anymore responds: No never! Here is a video of the patient:

The Umar procedure is for all forms of baldness and also caters to your average balding individuals. One such patient with the typical v shaped recession in the temples was completely restored using only head and nape hair. However, unlike the traditional hair transplant procedures, he had no linear scar to be self conscious of. He is thus able to style and cut his hair in any way or shape he desires without being afraid of wind, rain and other elements exposing his scar. The patient is shown in the following 2 videos:

Perhaps the most compelling application of The Umar Procedure” is in the repair of patients that have undergone procedures that were performed decades ago at other clinics when advanced options for hair restoration were unavailable. Disfigurement and scarring from older hair restoration techniques can cause anguish for patients, leading many to avoid social interaction and live secluded lives under hats and hairpieces. For half a decade, Dr. Umar has used SFET and BHT to repair many hair transplant cases previously believed to be hopeless.

One victim of several botched (Mr Greg Dowles) hair transplants reports that he was able to get rid of his hairpiece of 13 years after receiving a 15,000 body hair-to-head transplantation. Previous to seeing Dr Umar, he had undergone several hair transplant procedures that left him severely scarred, with an unnatural balding pattern. Having been depleted of head donor supplies from all his surgeries, he was told there was nothing he could do. He was stuck with his situation for the rest of his life.

Mr Dowles who is the 2nd patient depicted in this video states after his repair: “Mine was to provide sufficient coverage and repair to live my life normally and with alot of pride and self esteem. I have achieved those goals so essentially anything now as they say – is icing on the cake”