What Norwood scale am I and how many grafts would I need? I'm a 40 year old male. (Photos)

Hair transplant surgery is not about "how many grafts" you need, but about how a doctor can match your goals and expectations.  You may look like a Norwood 3 but even with 2000 grafts you may not be happy because your "expectations" may not be realistic. 

Hard to assign a classification and graft count estimate without seeing what's under your hand.  If you just want to fill in the front/hairline area I would guess at least 1600 but you'd be better served by an in-person evaluation.

Thank you for asking this question.

As you haven’t sent the picture of the vertex and so assuming that you have hair there, you are at stage 3 in reference to Hamilton-Norwood scale and an ideal candidate for an anterior hairline correction. You require around 2000 to 2200 grafts to re-build the hairline completely. You can opt for either of the techniques, viz, FUT or FUE, as according to the pictures you have a decent density and quality of the hair.

Good luck!

Regards, Dr. Amit Gupta

It is impossible to tell from the pictures but do you have any thinning in the crown? From the looks of your hair loss that I can see you appear to be in the range of a 3-4. You would need roughly 1800-2000 grafts to restore your frontal hairline. 

You are a Class 3A pattern of balding with a persistent forelock. This generally takes about 2000 grafts to return the hairline, less if the hair is coarse