Hair Transplant Advice for 25 Year Old with Advanced Hair Loss

Dr. Cam Simmons is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.

I am 25 years old and have been experiencing hair loss for about 4 years. Currently I am between a IV and V on the Norwood Scale. I am open to both FUE or Strip but prefer FUE.  My goals are to fill in the crown but I am not sure how many grafts are needed to cover my balding area and any info about that would really help. I am thinking about 2,500 grafts. Will this be enough?

As you are just 25 years old, you could develop a full Norwood VI pattern later and could even go on to develop a Norwood VII pattern. If you are not already using medical stabilization, you should consider using Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil). Whether you choose follicular unit transplantation (FUT) or follicular unit extraction (FUE) there is a limit to how much scalp hair you will be able to transplant. You may not have enough scalp donor hair to cover your whole eventual balding area well.

If you did transplant 2,500 grafts over your whole thinning area it would probably look quite sparse. There can be a role for hair transplantation for you but you need to have a good long-term plan with clear expectations and should understand your commitment to more surgical hair restoration later.

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David – aka TakingThePlunge
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