# Weird hair transplant question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-transplant-question/717166>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-transplant-question/717166 "2015-04-08T23:33:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-transplant-question/717166/1 "2015-04-08T23:33:21Z")

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If you successfully transplant eyebrow hair onto your head, will it grow long like head hair or stay short like eyebrow hair?

These are the things I think about on my way home from work.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-transplant-question/717166/2 "2015-04-09T02:56:20Z")

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I’ve got eyebrow hair growing in my ears and have no idea how it got there. I’d say it will grow as eyebrow hair as that’s what it’s follicles are.