How many follicular unit grafts are available for a hair transplant?  Will higher numbers of hair grafts ensure a higher quality result?

The number of follicular unit grafts available in hair transplantation per hair transplant patient is a hot topic of discussion on our hair restoration discussion forum.  Firstly, I encourage you to read the following hair loss Q&A blog: How Many grafts are Available For Hair Transplantation?

But hair restoration surgical results are dependent on more than sheer numbers of follicular unit grafts and the number of hairs – though certainly numbers can play a significant role in the ultimate hair transplant result.  Below I’ve listed important hair transplant result dependencies:

  • A hair restoration physician’s ability to perform state of the art hair transplantation
  • The available donor hair supply (dependent upon donor hair density and scalp elasticity) – including the number of follicular unit grafts and the number of hairs
  • The balding area to be covered
  • The amount of native hair / natural hair remaining
  • The risk of future hair loss
  • Hair density of the transplanted hair verses hair coverage over the balding area
  • Hair characteristics including hair color (least hair to scalp contrast the greater the cosmetic appearance), hair thickness (the thicker the better)

Bill – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
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