Also asked as: “Is hair transplant haram?” · “Are hair implants allowed in Islam?”
Own hair vs other hair
Moving your own follicles is treated like other restorative treatment. Adding another person's hair falls under the hadith about hair extensions — see wigs and hair extensions.
Hair transplant
A transplant moves hair follicles from a donor area of your own scalp to a thinning area. It is usually done under local anaesthetic, and results take months to grow in.
Scholars who allow it do so because it treats a condition and uses your own hair. They disapprove of using another person's hair, and of treatments that expose private areas unnecessarily.
Written and checked by
Hafiz Nasir Mehmood
Quran HafizIslamic researcher
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