Age 25, how many grafts would it take to reach this outcome? (Photos)

It is hard to tell with these cropped photos but rough estimate will be 1500 to 2000 grafts. Still need to be examined to know exactly your expected density and also level of new hairline.

This is a very common question that I come across every single day. It is so important to ask when you are asking about graphs what percentage of graphs have one hair follicle, what percentage of graphs have two hair follicles and what percentage of graphs can have between four and five hair follicles. With an FUE majority of your graphs are going to be one sometimes two hair follicles. When you are doing an FUT procedure you have better control at having graphs that can have four and five hair follicles. Patients with an FUT at Natural Transplants, 10% of your graphs will be 1 hair follicle graphs, 10% of your graphs will have 2 hair follicle graphs but majority of your graphs meaning the rest of the graphs 80% will be multiple hair follicle graphs and this is what will give you the density that you are looking for.

Hi! In your case, it will be an excellent result if will be transplant approximately 3000-3200 grafts using the FUE method. We will completely restore the front line, restoring its naturalness, and also cover the temporal bald patches as much as possible.

The short answer is that it is not attainable. The first point to make is that photo on the right is a male with an unusually low hairline and a juvenile appearing hairline. The second point to make is we don’t know how much hair loss is present in the mid-scalp and crown for the individual on the left. The third point is we don’t know what balding is going to occur over the next 75 years. Likely a significant amount. The best plan is not to try to obtain the look of the male on the right. That wastes grafts. The best plan is to assume a lifetime supply of 4000 follicular units (sure there may be more but may be less too) and aim to borrow 1000-1500 from this ever so precious and non replaceable bank of hairs (they don’t grow back once taken). Medical treatments to stop further loss are critically important to discuss because the balding will continue. This answer assumes of course that no other diagnosis besides AGA is present here. But to answer your question in full- it would take about 4000 follicular units to create an abnormally and disproportionately low hairline for you with high density that blends in with surrounding hairs. The goal should not be to match the photo on the right. The goal should be to have a hairline you’ll be happy with at 26,46, 66 and 96 years of age. Choose your surgeon wisely. Your surgeon needs to be thinking about what your hairline and scalp will look like long after they have retired.