Body hair transplant can be a good option for individuals who have advanced androgenetic alpecia and limited supply of the scalp donor area.

The androgen sensitive hair in beard, trunk, axillae, and pubis hair is suitable for body hair transplant. Between 30% and 85% of body hairs are in the telogen phase. The anagen phase of body hair is much shorter; a few months compared with several years for scalp hair.

Consequently, body hair grows shorter and thinner as compared to scalp hair.

FUE method with motorized or manual punches is used for extracting the body hairs. Most body hair grafts except the beard hairs have single follicles and are thinner than scalp hair; punches sized 0.75 to 0.9 mm diameter are used for body hair exratcting.