How many grafts needed for mid and crown area of head? (Photo)

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i am planning to go for hair transplant for my crown and mid head area. could any please tell me how many grafts would be needed? earlier last year i had hair transplant for front area and my surgeon planted 3500 grafts for it.

Ken Anderson, MD, FISHRS · Answer

Dear gauravmishra,

Thank you for posting this question. You have a substantial amount of crown loss, extending into your bridge and frontal forelock. 3000+ grafts would be indicated. Also, it is important to consider methods to limit the amount of hair loss you will experience in the future. If you're going to have a hair restoration surgery, you don't want to end up in a situation where you are chasing further hair loss with multiple surgeries. This is especially true given the fact that there is plenty of more crown loss you could have, and given the fact that there are so many effective ways to prevent hair loss. These include the medication finasteride, low-level laser therapy, platelet-rich plasma procedures (which are non-surgical in nature), among others. I suggest you talk to your surgeon about both the number of grafts, and methods to prevent further hair loss.

Anil R. Shah, MD · Answer

Hello,All techniques, including handheld FUE, strip technique, and ARTAS will have some transections or grafts which were damaged during harvest.  Our numbers (which we believe translates to most other hair centers) were around 35-50% transection rate with handheld FUE, 15% transection rate with strip surgery (due to location of bevel of knife along the whole periphery of strip), and less than 5% transection rate with ARTAS.  In my own transplant procedure, I had 1000 grafts harvested and 1 transection with harvest!!!  If a patient paid for 1000 grafts, does this mean they paid for 1000 harvest attempts or 1000 legitimate grafts.Best,Dr. Anil Shah

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

You can certainly have 3500 grafts to your crown but if your expectation or understanding is wrong, you will have a disappointing result.  Thus it is best to see a doctor in person to discuss these issues.  Hair transplant is not about "number of grafts".

Koray Erdogan, MD · Answer

It is possible to provide you with an assessment of your condition with proper photos of your head from different angles. A consultation with an experienced surgeon will further give you a precise surgical plan along with an accurate estimate of the number of grafts necessary considering your calculated density, hair caliber, coverage value and number of hairs per follicle.

Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS · Answer

Based on the photo, the mid and crown area is quite large.  If your remaining donor area allows, about 2000+ grafts would be necessary to give some reasonable converge to the mid and crown area.  Based on your total hair reserve and the area that requires hair restoration, your surgeon may recommend more or less.  It all has to do with your master plan and the importance of the crown area in relation with your hair supply and demand matching.

How many grafts needed for mid and crown area of head? (Photo)

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How many grafts needed for mid and crown area of head? (Photo)

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Answer: Evaluation of your condition

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Answer: Masterplan -- supply and demand

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