Facial hair restoration: hair transplantation to eyebrows, beard, sideburns, and eyelashes

Abstract

Refinements in hair transplantation techniques allow the experienced surgeon to create natural-appearing facial hair transplants. Restoring eyebrows, beards/goatees, and sideburns have all become popular procedures, and the results can be outstanding. This article provides a comprehensive review of hair grafting techniques to achieve the best results in restoring various hair-bearing areas of the face, including the eyebrows, beard/goatee, and sideburns, and repairing the alopecic scarring from prior facial plastic surgery.

Keywords: Beard transplant; Eyebrow transplant; Eyelash restoration; Goatee transplant; Mustache transplant; Repair facelift scars.