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How many hair transplant grafts do you need?

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How many hair transplant grafts do you need?

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The total number of hair transplant grafts required for any patient will depend upon hair and skin color, donor density, scalp laxity the thickness of each hair shaft, the number of hairs in each graft, and the character of the hair itself. Another important factor for the amount of hair transplant grafts will be need is density. Overall the average number of hair transplant grafts needed to cover a balding area is 25% - 35% of the original hair that was there.

Amount of hair transplant grafts through right diagram :

•   Area 1     :   Required 500 - 800 hair transplant grafts

•   Area 2     :   Required 1000 - 1200 hair transplant grafts

•   Area 3     :   Required 1200 - 1500 hair transplant grafts

•   Area 4     :   Required 1000 - 1200 hair transplant grafts

•   Area 5     :   Required 1500 hair transplant grafts

•   Area 6     :   Required 1500 - 1800 hair transplant grafts

Then calculate how many hair transplant grafts do you need :

• 1 Graft of single follicular unit size is: 1 mm x 1mm = 1 mm²

• 1 Graft of modified follicular unit size is: 2 mm x 1 mm = 2 mm²

If recipient of hair transplant size is 80cm² , the density is 25%

• Donor size is : 100 cm²  x 25% = 25 cm² = 2500 mm²

• Single follicular unit will need: 2500 mm² ÷ 1 mm² = 2500 grafts
  Modified follicular unit will need: 2500 mm² ÷ 2 mm² = 1250 grafts

Now, we can look through the picture to know that how many hair transplant grafts do you need: