Opting for a hair transplant? You may be wondering about how much it will cost. Hair transplant costs can range anywhere between $4000 to $20,000. The amount you pay of your hair transplant can be determined mostly on how many grafts you need, and/or how many sessions you need to complete them in.

Let’s follow a man named Robert. Robert made an appointment with a surgeon who specialized in follicular hair transplant surgery and did the preliminary work-up which included studying his scalp to make sure he had enough hair in his donor hair area to donate.

On the day of the surgery, with light sedation and topical anesthesia, the hair transplant surgeon incised an eliptical-shaped piece of scalp from the back of Robert’s head-the place where the hair follicles are not generally subject to falling out permanently.

While he was closing that wound (which would be completely covered by his hair) technicians got busy separating small sections of skin and hair. With 1-4 vellus hairs in each group carefully sectioned, along with oil glands, a band of collagen and a small muscle, each section had all the requirements to regrow in the scalp.

There are several qualifications you have to seek for in a hair transplant surgeon, among them the number of years he or she has been dedicated to the procedure; the types of transplantation he or she can perform, and the staff he or she will be working with in conducting the operation. While the website of the hair transplant clinic can address these inquiries well, it is important to verify the information by reading patient feedbacks and reviews on other sites.

Then, the surgeon delicately replaced these follicular sections, paying close attention to the direction the hairs were growing. When he’d finished the surgeon dressed his scalp with a bandage that allowed for breathe-ability.