Do I have enough hair for second FUE on my donor?

Question

Good day i had FUE transplant 8month ago (4300grafts).do i have enough hair on my donor for my crown? Im not even sure if this is the 4300grafs may look like (it seems very little!) Also i would like to know if i could use hairs on my back/chest as im hairy as a donor and how many transplant i can use on my forehead to look full? ( i live in UAE and was wondering if any Turkish dr. Here where im planning to do my transplant in Turkey ) Many thanx

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It would be almost impossible to say if you have enough donor hair without an examination.  It would be best to see a doctor if you are considering another surgery.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Yes I think you have enough number of grafts on your donor site to cover the vertex area. But we have to see your photos  in order to understand the problem you have and estimate how much graft do we need to cover area .We can get approx.1000-1500 grafts from beard and 1000 grafts from chest region ..

Amit Gupta, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Thank you for asking this question.
  
Please post pictures for us to give the better advice. As per what you have said, 4300 grafts is a lot and might have already made the donor area quite depleted or less dense. Now it absolutely depends on your current condition if you have more hair at the back of the scalp; which is the donor area for transplant in crown. Usually it’s unlikely to be extracted more. Although as you rightly said, body hair transplant is quite successful in such cases. The first place which we can consider in alternate to scalp hair is beard. As it have a similar growth, quality and attains considerable length. Later we can try to explore chest hair as you said you have in excess. Please know any of body hair is used not as a primary donor hair but just to have the coverage. So we believe crown is the best place to get the body hair transplant done. 
  
Good luck!
  
Regards, Dr. Amit Gupta

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

You had 4300 grafts from donor area with FUE and that is a huge number of FUE. More grafts with fUE might make you develop a depleted donor area and balding in the back of your head. Body hair from the back is not good hair for a hair transplant

Do I have enough hair for second FUE on my donor?

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Answer: 4300 grafts from donor area with FUE

Answer: 4300 grafts from donor area with FUE

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Do I have enough hair for second FUE on my donor?

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Answer: 4300 grafts from donor area with FUE

Answer: 4300 grafts from donor area with FUE

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