Average Donor Yield

[TrixGlendevon]

Hello!

What would people say is the average donor yield they can extract for FUE? I had a consultation today with Dr Lupanzula (write up here: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/51670-dr-lupanzula-consultation/?tab=comments#comment-477106 ) and he calculated mine was 9,000 which I know is above average but I do not know by how much. I would guess about 6,000 is average.

 

Edited July 14, 2018 by TrixGlendevon

[Spanker]

I'd say 6k is a maxed out average. 

Edited July 14, 2018 by Spanker

[TrixGlendevon]

3 minutes ago, Spanker said:

I'd say 6 was a maxed out average. 

Thanks Spanker!

[Bill - Seemiller]

This is a tough question to answer for a number of reasons.  But on average, assuming you want to keep the donor area free from obvious scarring or missing hair, I’d say 5000 grafts is a realistic average.  

If you’ve been quoted 9000, then I’d love to hear what your donor hair density is in grafts per cm^2.  I suspect it’s quite high. I also suspect your head is above average size, which ultimately does impact the number of grafts one has available.  

Best wishes,

Bill

[TrixGlendevon]

3 hours ago, Bill - Managing Publisher said:

This is a tough question to answer for a number of reasons.  But on average, assuming you want to keep the donor area free from obvious scarring or missing hair, I’d say 5000 grafts is a realistic average.  

If you’ve been quoted 9000, then I’d love to hear what your donor hair density is in grafts per cm^2.  I suspect it’s quite high. I also suspect your head is above average size, which ultimately does impact the number of grafts one has available.  

Best wishes,

Bill

Hi Bill. Head is normal size, really. On the link to the consultation review in the OP it says that I have just over 100 per cm^2 for the density. Dr Lupanzula cut a piece of my hair off and looked at the scalp with a microscope. It was 100 per cm^2 at the side and "just over 100 per cm^2" at the back on the occipital bone. The doctor said I was a great candidate. Feel free to read my review.