Male hair transplant techniques are Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) which are followed for achieving your dreamy hairline after hair transplant. FUE is one of the most successful and commonly performed surgery in this day and age.
It takes place in a single or multiple days sessions. The procedure can take anywhere from a couple of hours to extract 500-1000 grafts for a scar correction to a surgery of over two consecutive days for a megasession of around 4500 to 7000 grafts
How many hair grafts do I need for a hair transplant?
It depends on your age, gender, hair colour and type, and hair loss area.
0-1000 grafts hair transplant
These cases tend to be very small like a minimal area in the hairline, crown or a scar.
1000-1500 grafts hair transplant
These cases tend to be moderate in size. Patients may require a fair amount hairline recession to be treated or an area of balding or thinning in the crown.
1500-2500 grafts hair transplant
These cases tend to be moderately-large in size. Patients will have a large area of recession to be treated or a moderate sized area of balding or thinning in the crown.
2500-4500 grafts hair transplant
These cases tend to be large. Patients will have a large area of hairline recession to be treated along with midscalp and temple reconstruction or a large sized area of balding or thinning in the crown. This is usually required for patients with grade 3 or grade 4 type alopecia.
4500-7000 grafts hair transplant
Also known as Mega sessios,patients have large sized area of balding. Required for patients with grade 6 or grade 7 type alopecia and involves implantation of approximately 4500-7000 grafts