Is hair transplantation permissible for someone who is bald, or is it forbidden like hair extensions?
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Hair transplantation is permissible. It involves transferring hair follicles from one area of the head to another on the same person, because it is considered a removal of a defect and not an alteration of God's creation. Sheikh Ibn 'Uthaymeen issued a permitting it, on the grounds that it is a restoration of what God created and a removal of a defect, not a matter of beautification or an addition to creation. He cited as evidence the story of the bald man whose hair God restored.
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