How many lifetime grafts do I have in my donor area? (Photo)

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I’m a 29 year old male who had a 1200 graft FUE 16 months ago. I will need another to add density, so I am wondering roughly how many grafts I have left in my donor area. Thank you.

Matt Tahsini, MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. The amount of grafts differs per person and It's tough for me to say how many by looking at a photo. I will say that you only have so many and you are 29 years old so you need to be careful about using too many too early in life. You might want to save some for a possible future transplant later in life. Best of luck to you.

Dr, T

Dr, T

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Actually  a  healthy  and noırmal  density  scalp  donor area  may  gave  approx. 10.000  grafts  and  surgeon shouls  leave  at  least  5000 nof  them  in order  to  not  create  a  alopecic patchy  area on  donor  site  ..  so  you probably  had  3500 grafts  or  little more  for  a  second  session  in  future  .

Roberto Guerrero Zazueta, MD · Answer

I think the best answer for that question, is how many grafts can someone harvest which that could be a very high number or could be how many can someone harvest with out affecting your scalp density and trying to not leave evidence that you had a surgery there, usually we have from 3500 to 5000 grafts to donor or could be more but in different procedures, I suggest you wait for final results, check if there is a treatment to stop the hair loss so you won’t need another transplant in the future, and also you can get SMP scalp micropigmentacion to cover the white dots from donor area if that bothers you or just leave the hair enough long to cover them

How many lifetime grafts do I have in my donor area? (Photo)

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