How many grafts do I need to cover a bald area in the photo? (photos)

It depends on your expectations.  In general, patients with Norwood 6 hair loss need well over 5000 grafts to cover their entire head.  However, this does not mean you will have a full head of hair.  Clear communication between you and your doctor during your initial consultation is essential. Your doctor needs to understand your expectations and you need to understand what is possible given your current stage of hair loss.For example: A 10,000 graft surgery may NOT give you a full head of hair if you keep your hair short.  10,000 grafts can give you a great look if you keep your hair long and your hair quality is thick enough to provide texture and style.

You can multiply your Norwood level (e.g. 6) by a factor of 1000 to 1500 to get a rough estimate. The patient case (article) link below from the Dr.U Clinic will have a gray button that takes you to our hair transplant graft calculator as well. The gentleman featured here is also a Norwood 6. For severe baldness, the hair left on your scalp will not be enough to provide adequate coverage. You will need to use body hair. Special technology is needed to safely harvest large quantities of viable grafts for successful long term growth since body hair emerges from the skin at smaller angles.

Dear kamal123Thanks for the question. After a proper hair consultation , any hair surgeon will advice you to keep on with Propecia for a year and then it would be good to consider a hair transplant surgery. As far as I can see even there are some new hair coming up in the area in which you request surgery. I wish you all the best.