HI DOC, what is the average number grafts a person has to transplant from the donor area???
This is a difficult question, because it depends upon donor denity and donor laxity (assuming the strip method of harvesting). On average, I would suspect that the total number of transplantable hairs is between 15,000 – 20,000 assuming an average density and average laxity. Those with high density and laxity may push these numbers to double (30,000-45,000 hairs). I gave this answer in hairs not grafts, so based upon an average of two hairs per follicular unit, that number may be half in grafts.
If the FUE technique is perfected, then this number might change, but without more clinical experience, I could not answer this part of the question as the technique changes.