FUE decided but 2,500 hairs?

[Mark78]

Hello people,
I've had a recent consultation with a UK surgeon for FUE and he's quoted me for 2500 hairs (£5500).
Since the consultation I've studied some old photographs and it seems the surgeon wants to give me a hairline far further forward than what I was born with, I realise now I should have first investigated my hair loss before the consultation so I could better explain what I want but I didn't have access to my old photo's until today.

I'm 33 and my hair loss has been very slow the past 10 years almost to the point it's stopped the past 5 years so possibly lifestyle related. My father is 65 and he's a Norwood 3, placing myself as a Norwood 2 in terms of hair line position and not loss. My hair is very fine and straight and I wear it short back and sides. I've never taken any medication to control my hair loss and I straight refuse to take any such drugs.

My friend and I have have worked out the surface area I need in relation to the line in the photo with a hair scope to find the line of normal density and we're sure the surface area that needs work is no more than 12 square centimetres per side, I need 24 square centimetres in total, very possibly less as our estimate was very liberal. The line in the photo is 6 cm and the 12 cm2 per side calculation came from a 6cm(length) x 4cm(height) triangle.

Maybe it seems I'm trying to save on the cost but that isn't the case, I only wish to save my harvest area for possible future procedures and to get the hair line with the exact curve in the photos which is the hairline I was born with.

Any advice or opinions with regards to my post and situation I'd be very grateful but I'd also like to know if there's any surgeons in the UK that would be recommended for my case and does my previous quote for 2500 hairs seem excessive? I was thinking about a second consultation with Harley Street, not sure if that's a good idea, anyway thanks for reading.