33 grafts/cm^2 -- How thin will my final hair density look in 12 months? (Photo)

Question

I recently had a transplant. I am now on day 12 and I took some pictures today after finally removing the scabs. The doctor took only 1400 grafts for my front, which is 42 cm^2 bald. I have very good donor area but he took too little: 33gr/cm2. The grafts were 350 single hairs, 550 double hairs, 500 triple+ hairs. To me the grafts look far apart (especially left side). I am worried that in 1 year it will look bad and the density will be too thin to match the native hair. Am I wrong to worry?

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

First you will never achieve a natural density with hair  transplant even you try to get 3-4 session . Second, it is very early to  assess but I think  1400 grafts may be little less to have an dense HT achievement

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

The normal density is approximately 90 grafts per square cm, so you achieved about 1.3rd of it which should look fairly good.

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