Hello everyone
I'm a long time lurker but this is my first time posting.
So here is my case:
- I am currently 25 years of age
- Balding since 22 years of age
- No bald grandparents on either side except my father who is a norwood IV I would say
- older brother has perfect hair and absolutely no recession (not even temples)
- I am using finasteride, minoxidil, ketoconazole shampoo and Nioxin shampoo
- fit, work out and play a lot of sports
- measure my hair loss area to be around 130-140 cm^2
- sorry for the atrocious pictures
So below I am posting a few pictures of my hair loss pattern. I think I will end up as a Norwood IV like my father, however I did start balding quite earlier than he did. In one picture I outlined the extent of baldness when i examine my hair very closely.
My question: If I were to restore my hair with a transplant, how many grafts would I need to for it to look natural even when wet? Do I have enough grafts? I have a lot of hair (that as of now seems not to be affected by MPB) on the back of my head.
My guesstimate is that I would perhaps need around 7000 grafts
Any input is well appreciated and thank you in advance =)