Pricing Out a Hair Transplant is Not Feasible Without an Exam

I’m on Norwood III vertex scale. The hairs on my crown are very thin so that the circle is noticeable already. Can you do transplant on this case even there are still thin hairs, or just prescribe me with either propecia/minoxidil? Honestly, I don’t want the latter because I want a permanent solution. I can only pay cash. How much is your estimate for my case?

Without pictures I can not really tell you what it would take. If your donor density is low, fixing the crown may not be in your long term interests so pricing it out is not the way to go. Have you mapped out for miniaturization to try to determine the degree of balding you may find yourself with down the road on other parts of your head? Assuming that you do not have frontal balding now (could be age dependent) early crown loss can be treated successfully with finasteride (Propecia) alone. In the young man, the crown loss can reverse after taking the medication for a year or so, so maybe you can get away without a hair transplant.

Too many men just want the problem fixed, as that is a man’s way to manage a problem. Why would you not fix a broken car once and for all? But your head is not a broken car and hair loss is progressive in all men, so there may not be such a thing as a fix for the problem. Most important is that the hair donor supply is limited, so you must keep an eye on your donor supply as you receive more and more transplants. I have seen too many men just run out of donor hair with poor planning. Pricing out a transplant therefore, is a balancing act between short term needs and long term planning.

The frontal component for hair loss varies, depending upon how far advanced it is. Grafts for the front can range from 800-4000 in numbers, depending upon the findings on the examination. Pricing is usually done by the graft for most hair transplant surgeons.