I'm 24 yrs old, How Many Grafts Do I Need to Cover Bald Areas? (photo)

Hello there. Thank you for your questions and photos.
I see the donor area is very suitable for hair transplantation.
You can be very happy with the average 3500 to 4000 grafts.
If you are planning to undergo an operation, I suggest you to choose the latest technology sapphire fue technique.
Best Regards

Thank you for your question!  At my office in Matthews, North Carolina, I typically recommend a holistic approach to your hair loss.  This incorporates the use of oral supplements known to assist in hair loss prevention, light treatments, platelet rich plasma/fibrin matrix injections, topicals, and eventually hair transplantation.  In your case, since you are not interested in medications, then hair transplantation is worthy of use.  You need to realize though, that hair loss is a dynamic process and that it will continue despite your transplants.  This means you will most likely need multiple hair transplant treatments.  I would start by estimating 2500 grafts at a far glance.  Follicular unit extraction technique would be a good option for you.  Ask your local surgeon more questions about this technique and the ancillary procedures that may help in your hair care!I hope this helps!

Hi, and thanks for you question. You have hair on top of your scalp now, but you will lose these hairs with time. So I recommend maximum follicles transplantation for you. You have hair on top of your scalp, during the transplantation, we have to protect your existing hair. For this reason I recommend DHI (CHOİ PEN) technique for you and 5000-5500 hair follicles can be transplanted in one season.

Dear topgun1111Thanks 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.

You need to consult with several hair restoration professionals and come up with a comprehensive master plan that includes all variables from age, medication therapy to density. Take your time.

Hello, Thank you for your question. I could say with min 3000 grafts, we could get a very successful and dense view. However actual number of graft will be decided after a face to face consultation.

With your picture I can say around 1500 – 2000 grafts. This amount need to be confirm on consultation.

I think the most important thing is to set proper expectations on what you may and may not be able to achieve with a hair transplant.  You are likely to continue to lose hair, and medical treatment can help to slow or even stop that process.  Hair transplant may be useful to try to maintain the current status of your hair, and starting with 1500-2000 grafts is not unreasonable, but you must understand that hair loss can be relentless and progressive.  It is likely that you would need more transplant sessions in the future, and other therapies (medication, topicals, PRP, light therapy, etc) can help to maintain or improve your surgical results.
Keeping your hair very short does make it somewhat more difficult as well.  This makes it somewhat harder to improve hair "mass" or density on the top, and depending on how short it is kept on the sides, may even make it difficult to camouflage the donor area (depending on harvest technique).  You would probably be fine to proceed with an FUE technique (like Neograft) without being able to see any scarring at the donor area as long as some hair length is maintained at the donor site.
An in-person exam with a fellowship-trained hair restoration surgeon is definitely recommended in order to review all of your options in detail.
All the best,

If you keep your hair as short as you on the photo, surgery will not help.  Surgery may actually make it worse and leave you with scarring even if you use the FUE method of harvest.  You must consider that you may go on to lose all your hair as a possibility.  There is nothing wrong with wanting surgery but you probably need to see a doctor for a proper exam before considering the option.  Photos cannot substitute for an exam.

Thanks for the photos. Based on your desire, you would need a rather large grafting session of atleast 3,000 hairs.  Perhaps 4000 will fill out the areas you wish to restore "dense packing".  You likely have the resources.