How many hairs are there in a hair graft?

Hairs grow in groups of 1,2 3,4 and occasionally 5-6 hairs per group. These are called Follicular Units. Most doctors transplant Follicular Units and for simplicity call these units ‘grafts. When I do a hair transplant, regardless of the harvesting system (strip surgery or FUE), I charge by the graft. So depending upon your natural groupings of follicular units, the number of hair that I will transplant will vary with each individual. Some races have more hair than others. Caucasians have the highest hair densities but a fixed number of follicular units. The average number of hairs for a Caucasian is 2.3 hairs. For an Asian, on the other hand, the number of hairs per follicular unit are less than Caucasians, usually about 1.6 hairs/follicular unit. That means that the typical Asian, each hair group will have less hairs per graft so when they pay for a hair transplant based upon the number of grafts, they end up on the short-stick when compared with Caucasians. For this reason, a typical Asian might be better served having a strip surgery. Some doctors may confuse this issue by charging per hair just to earn more money. That does not do anyone any real service.