Hello hair network community,
Here’s my issue; I'm 38 years old and I lose my hairs at a constant rate since I'm 16 year old. About 10 years ago, I did some research about HT but was cooled by some awkward results. Now, I’m reconsidering more seriously this option, encouraged by numerous of procedures that look by very natural and also the possibility to avoid huge scar with FUE.
I've already consulted a few surgeons, however, I'm a bit confused about the number of grafts that I would need, there is a huge discrepancy and it range 800 to 2500 grafts…
I understand that they have a financial incentive to do a maximum of grafts however my main objective is to get a procedure that is sustainable in the long run and to keep a maximum of hairs stock in case I would need further interventions.
Could you please advise me on the number of grafts that I would need? Here are my expectations:
1. To recover my hairline, starting from the first weak hairs
2. To get a bit more density behind the hairline
3. To slightly close the temples corners (I'm OK to keep the M shape)
Here are the quotes that I have from 3 surgeons:
1. Dr Wong , from H&W, advises me that 800 grafts would enough. He would start 2 millimeters bellow the first weak hairs and close lightly the temporal corners. I insisted on the number of grafts; do you think it will be enough? He told me that with more grafts and start a bit more upfront it wouldn't look natural since the transplanted hairs will look stronger than those at the back.
2. Dr Bisanga in Belgium; and he told me that I would need at least 1500 grafts otherwise I wouldn’t get enough density and it will look obvious that I had HT. (he will implant the hairline a bit more aggressively, than Dr Wong, by starting from the first front weak hairs).
3. DR Feriduni, after an online consultation, gave me a range between 2000-2500 grafts.
From the more conservative to the more aggressive surgeons the estimations very from double to triple, but as I said they have incentives to do a maximum of grafts but according to my goals and my age could you please give me a fair estimate to get a natural and sustainable result.
Thanks a lot for your contribution.
*Sorry for the quality of the pictures