Transplanting Very Fine Hair

Dr. do you have pictures to show what a hair transplant may look like for someone who has very fine hair? I may need as many as 1000-1500 grafts at my age of 51. My concern is my hair thickness. I believe my donor hair density is ‘average’ but not thick in caliber. Thank you

Many men have very fine hair. Hair thickness will affect the degree of fullness that is obtained from a hair transplant. A very fine hair may have 1/4th of the volume of a coarse hair, so what a surgeon loses in volume must be made up to some degree in the numbers of transplanted hairs. In other words, men with fine hair need more hair transplanted compared to men with coarse hair. There are other factors, such as hair styling (wavy and long is better than short and straight) and hair color/skin color, that would also determine the appearance of fullness. For example, fine, black, curly hair on dark skin is better than thick, coarse, straight hair on pale skin.

You should discuss your expectations and results with your doctor. Here are some patients with fine or very fine hair — KP, HWA, KLA, UH, and HTA. If you want live examples, come to one of my monthly Open House events where many of my patients attend to show off their results, some of which have very fine hair. It has always been interesting for me to note that men with fine hair are easier to please than men with coarse hair. I think that they always had see-through hair and that is why they appreciate whatever they get from a hair transplant.