The men in my family go bald very early but it seems the cosmic payback has been fantastic beard growth. My father may have finished high school bald, but he walked with a very full, very dark beard as his consolation prize.
I haven't been so lucky.
I was able to grow pretty great sideburns from around 13 or so, and the beard kept filling in towards my face as I got older, but it kind of just stopped when it got to the goatee area. I have very thick coverage that is a mix of dark red, light brown and blond on the sides of my face, but the mustache is very blond and relatively sparse, and the goatee area is thin and much lighter than the rest of my facial hair.
I talked to some people about the possibility of a transplant, but they wanted $6,000 to fill in the area under my lip and would only take donor hair from my scalp, which is not even close in color to my beard or my mustache. I never even talked about any transplanting in the mustache area.
I've heard of some people taking donor hair from the chest hair and was wondering if any other doctors who have done beard transplants have taken from other donor areas besides the scalp. If so, what areas are available?
Also, does the donor area tend to have lots of scarring? If not, is it possible to take donor hair from say, the neckline of my beard and place it in the goatee area?
Sorry if this has been asked a bunch before.