When planning a hair restoration using body or beard hair, it is important to start with the assumption that the transplanted body (and/or beard) hair will not change their characteristics. True, some patients note an increase in length of transplanted body hair. However, length is not the only characteristic. Moreover, not every patient notices this increase in length of transplanted body hair. Therefore, its prudent to start with the premise that the transplanted body hair will not change their original characteristics. This is especially true about the remainder of the characteristics, viz., calibre, color, curl, predisposition to greying, hair growth cycles etc. In suitable patients, body hair can be used for transplanting in the scalp recipient areas, even though they do not change their characteristics. This has to be decided by the physician after examining the body hair.