Regarding number of grafts required

[daksh84]

Hello All,

 

Need your expert advise here,2 weeks before I had consultation with a doctor for HT and he suggested that I might require around 3500 grafts.Prior to consultation I was assuming that I might need about 2000-2500 grafts taking my case severity into consideration ( or may be due to the fact that I'm following this forum quite a while I arrived to that conclusion ).

 

But after consultation I'm very much confused.Could you please let me know how the required # of grafts are calculated,does it depends on the donor yield capacity or case severity.

 

Uploaded my pics for your reference.Please advice.

 

Thanks.

[dingdong12]

looking at your pics 3500 does seem quite alot of grafts . i would have thought 2-2500 would have been about right esp after seeing some posts of late with very little grafts used and much larger area than yours .

 

are you lowering your hair line?

[daksh84]

Thanks for your reply...not planning to lower much just a bit to look natural as suggested by Doc.

[Rockstar]

Even i feel that 3500 grafts is too many looking at your pics.

However you have posted only the frontal pics. so assuming you are planning HT only in the frontal region, 3500 is too much.

[Dr. William Lindsey]

Just based on that picture I agree with your early guess. But pictures sometimes mislead.... If you really have that thick donor hair, not thin donor hair, yes I'd be more likely in the 2500 or less group---and I am a firm believer in putting lots of hair in a finite area.

 

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA