Calculating hair transplant cost depends on several factors. The most basic thing is to first calculate how many grafts are required on the balding areas to be implanted. What kind of density we are looking for, what is the donor capacity? What is the shaft diameter of the hair on the back etc. Before stepping into a bald profile we generally have plenty of hairs on the scalp. On our cranial areas we have 30 to 40 thousand hairs followed by 50 to 60 thousand hairs on the sides and back. The shaft diameter of every hair on the back is much thicker than the hairs we have on the top of the scalp. The top of the scalp or the cranial area is prone to hair loss in androgenetic alopecia cases the 5 alpha reductase enzyme which creates the DHT formation is present on the cranial zone and not on the sides and back. Now since our donor capacity is also limited on an average 7 – 9 thousand grafts can be extracted from Indian men’s scalp in stage 4 of hair loss condition. Let’s divide our cranial area in 4 parts, Hairline, forelock, vertex and lower crown. According to the top surgeons of the world if the scalp is completely bald then starting from the hairline and temple zone we need close to 2000 grafts for optimum density. Forelock zone requires 2250 to 2500 grafts which depends on the size of the scalp. Vertex area and lower crown consumes more number of grafts and generally requires around 3500 grafts to create good density as crown area is always visible in most cases after transplant also and needs refilling. Overall in stage 4 to 5 cases we need 7000 to 9000 grafts which depends on the size of the scalp on average Indian men. Post deciding he number of grafts required we need to calculate per graft cost into total number of grafts required. Average price of per graft in India is 30 to 40rs. in good clinics where the procedures are done by profiled surgeons. The sessions are generally divided in 3 parts or 3 days where the surgeon performs maximum of 2500 to 3000 grafts each day. Or it can be divided in 6 months’ time as the client comes back after completion of 2 months from the date of the previous session as the donor area also heals up a lot. There are also clinics who are over charging showing the profile of the surgeon as a celebrity image and the cost becomes exorbitant to a hopping 5-6 lakhs. Some clinics quote underprice to break the price taboo in clients looking for cheaper hair transplants and even performs it at 75 to 80k for the whole scalp and those cases are for sure performed by the OT technicians and not the Surgeon. Step into MAX hair clinic for value based pricing, latest generation Ice cell sapphire micro fue method , Profiled surgeons & fantastic OT technicians and guaranteed results for at least 20 plus years.
