Transplant FUE's from other family members heads?

[Arson]

My dad said he'd volunteer to give me some of his (full) head of hair if I were to get an FUE transplant... Is it possible to take donor hair from a family member?

[Arson]

My dad said he'd volunteer to give me some of his (full) head of hair if I were to get an FUE transplant... Is it possible to take donor hair from a family member?

[Smoothy]

AT this time, studies have shown

"rejection" with foriegn donor hair. However, some progress has been made, 1) there was a study showing a foreign hair tranplanted in a patients arm survived?? 2) with DNA technology they are studing removing the DNA from the hair/bulb and tranplanted it-- the thought is if there is no DNA then the hair will take on the donor's DNA. There are lot of other studies going on regarding this and could one day be an option-- probably before cloning is avaialable.

[gillenator]

Arson,

 

Do you feel that you do not have enough of your own donor reserves? I am not trying to tell you what to do my friend, but I would consider your own hair follicules first. My own father does not have genetic hairloss however he is 74 years old and his entire scalp is more thin throughout due to his aging follicules remaining in telogen (resting) phases for longer periods of time. Any of us would dread to see your scalp reject the follicules that did not originate from your own scalp. Best wishes to you.