How Many Hair Grafts Are Required In A Hair Transplant? How Is It Determined?

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How Many Hair Grafts Are Required In A Hair Transplant? How Is It Determined?

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    Before individualising the treatment plan, the hair-care doctors or the cosmetic surgeons look for the cause and the pattern of the hair loss. Based on that, an effective hair restoration treatment will be suggested. The patients for whom, none of the medicative treatment or therapy is working out, are suggested to find a hair transplant in Punjab dependable in their case.

    Cost:
    Hair transplant Cost is extensively dependent on the following reasons:
    • Hair-Loss cause
    • The extent of the hair loss
    • The approach to be used
    • The required number of the grafts

    I know, now the 4th bulleted point (The required number of the hair grafts) has started clicking in your mind. To make sure that thing does not click more in your mind, we have presented the following information:

    How should the grafts be placed to attain the natural look?
    To attain the natural appearance, the grafts must be implanted in the per cm square (2).

    How many grafts are to be transplanted for optimal efficiency?
    If in the per cm square of the area, 20 to 30 grafts are transplanted then the results will be aesthetically appealing.

    • How to decide how many grafts are required?
    • It depends upon the following:
    • What are your expectations?
    • What are the requirements regarding the density of the hair?
    • What are your desires regarding the eventual appearance?
    • Is the donor area-efficient enough to provide the total number of grafts?

    Why is it suggested that too many grafts are not to be extracted from the donor region?
    Too much extracting the grafts will lead to the depletion of the donor region. Also, excessive extraction makes you run into thinning. The donor region will become incapacitated. And yes, it will be extremely difficult to restore the original steak with any medical or cosmetic procedure.

    What if the patient requires a denser emergence?
    So to fulfil that requirement, the total number of the required grafts will be increased.

    Did you know?
    Besides all the factors concerning grafts determination, the budget of the patient also plays an important role. You have to make sure that you have a flexible budget otherwise you may never get satisfied with the outcome.

    For example: For the natural and filler look, you need 3000 grafts, but your budget is only allowing you to have 2000. Then do you think that you will get aesthetically appealing results?

    Do hair characteristics also play a determining role for grafts?
    Yes, of course, they do.

    For example; If a patient is having either or both thicker and curly hair, then there are high chances that the limited number of the grafts will help you to achieve fuller and natural results.

    How many grafts can the donor site yield?
    6000 grafts (on an average)

    Final Comments!
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    Dr Vikas Gupta