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Average number of grafts available grafts for most people is anywhere from 4-8,000. I think 8-10,000 grafts means you are a freak occurrence and have ridiculously dense hair in the donor. Only way you could get 10k grafts is if you got near 100% yields and combined FUE + FUT.
You need to think of amount of grafts necessary in two ways:
1) How much coverage is necessary
2) How dense you want your hair to be
Average area for an NW7 is about 200cm/2. Mine is actually about that much. Side to side the balding area is 14cm wide and front to back its 18cm (use string to measure lengths). This translates to 252cm/2. However, I don't have a square balding area, its oval, more or less. So lets use an oval calculator:
Result: 197cm/2.
So let's say you wanted some decent coverage at 35 grafts per cm/2. You'd thus need 7,000 grafts. But this is obviously a thinning look, so not exactly an ideal result. A better look would be around 55 grafts, therefor 11,000 grafts. This is of course assuming you are an NW6/7. Some people go by the rule that 1,400 grafts in an HT moves you back by one norwood. If this is correct, then 1,400 * 7 = 9,800. Which to me would be on the thin side.
To be completely honest, I'd easily sacrifice much more donor area if only to have more up top if regeneration weren't a reality. I'd rather be balding at the back and sides than at the top. Hopefully Pilofocus can alleviate this problem as well. However, this is exactly why regeneration is so absolutely VITAL to all of this. You'd basically need 3 megasessions to restore everything completely to a respectable level and anything after would be for density. Have a look at this:
Thats 11,500 grafts and to me, still looks a little thin. Between that and what he had before, it's an insane result. But as I mentioned, I'd take even more from the donor... just look at his sides! They're still dense enough! But if you did two megasessions, let's say 3,000 grafts each, with regeneration to any extent but a minimum of 50%, you're guaranteed complete reversal with enough transplants.
Having said that, regeneration better be a TOP priority for Dr. Wesley. If he doesn't do this, he's not getting my money for an HT as I don't want to have a limit on procedures.... but if he does confirm and execute regeneration, he's going to get a lot more from me than what he could right now. I'm willing to pay more than what I would right now for an HT, but it needs to guarantee me regeneration.
You need to think of amount of grafts necessary in two ways:
1) How much coverage is necessary
2) How dense you want your hair to be
Average area for an NW7 is about 200cm/2. Mine is actually about that much. Side to side the balding area is 14cm wide and front to back its 18cm (use string to measure lengths). This translates to 252cm/2. However, I don't have a square balding area, its oval, more or less. So lets use an oval calculator:
Result: 197cm/2.
So let's say you wanted some decent coverage at 35 grafts per cm/2. You'd thus need 7,000 grafts. But this is obviously a thinning look, so not exactly an ideal result. A better look would be around 55 grafts, therefor 11,000 grafts. This is of course assuming you are an NW6/7. Some people go by the rule that 1,400 grafts in an HT moves you back by one norwood. If this is correct, then 1,400 * 7 = 9,800. Which to me would be on the thin side.
To be completely honest, I'd easily sacrifice much more donor area if only to have more up top if regeneration weren't a reality. I'd rather be balding at the back and sides than at the top. Hopefully Pilofocus can alleviate this problem as well. However, this is exactly why regeneration is so absolutely VITAL to all of this. You'd basically need 3 megasessions to restore everything completely to a respectable level and anything after would be for density. Have a look at this:
Thats 11,500 grafts and to me, still looks a little thin. Between that and what he had before, it's an insane result. But as I mentioned, I'd take even more from the donor... just look at his sides! They're still dense enough! But if you did two megasessions, let's say 3,000 grafts each, with regeneration to any extent but a minimum of 50%, you're guaranteed complete reversal with enough transplants.
Having said that, regeneration better be a TOP priority for Dr. Wesley. If he doesn't do this, he's not getting my money for an HT as I don't want to have a limit on procedures.... but if he does confirm and execute regeneration, he's going to get a lot more from me than what he could right now. I'm willing to pay more than what I would right now for an HT, but it needs to guarantee me regeneration.
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