How the cost of hair transplantation is determined? Clearing a lots false claims and misconceptions.

1. HOW MUCH HAIR
TRANSPLANT COST
???

2. COST OF HAIR TRANSPLANTATION AT NULEAF,
PUNE: BASIC TERMS CLEARLY EXPLAINED!
• Hair transplantation has come a long way from being the
procedure available only to the celebrities.
• Easy modification in the procedure techniques and much
less downtime in terms of dressings and hospital stay has
reduced overall costs to the patients
• Today the cost of hair transplantation is measured on ‘per
follicle’ basis

3. So what is per follicle cost of hair
transplantation?
• In India the range of the cost is somewhere between 40 to
up to 150 INR per follicle with average hair transplant
requiring roughly 2500 follicles
• This rate may vary from clinic to clinic and country to
country

4. Why is the confusion regarding the price
of hair transplantation?
• The cost of hair transplantation all over the internet is a bit
foggy.
• It involves lots of calculations, something to do with the
'follicle' or the 'grafts' or 'number of hair' even 'effective
hair number'.
• This is very confusing to patients who really have to know
how much it will be on their pockets. I will clear out a few
things first:

5. What is a
Follicle?
Follicle or Hair follicle or
simply the hair, is a entire hair
up to the hair root with
surrounding coverings and
glands.

6. What is a Follicular ‘Unit’?
• Research has shown
that neighbouring hair follicles
especially over the scalp grow in
together in groups.
• In Follicular Unit transplantation,
rather than removing individual
follicles, follicular units are
removed.
• This approach not only ensures
better survival of hair but also
produces naturally appearing
hair.
Follicular Units containing 2 follicles (or 2 Hair)
(Courtesy : newhair.com)

7. • Follicular Units
extracted: You can see
follicular units
containing 2 or 3
follicles (or 2 or 3 hair)
(Courtesy:
hairforlife.com)

8. What are "grafts"?
• In hair transplantation the word "graft" is synonymous with
"follicular unit".

9. What do you mean when the site say how
many hairs are transplanted?
• Sometimes the hair transplant surgeons explain the
patients how much hair they are really going to get.
• This is just to increase the numerical figure.
• For example, instead of saying 2000 'grafts' transplanted,
it feels ‘prestigious’ or ‘profound’ to say 6000 'hair'
transplanted (if one follicular unit or a graft contains 3
follicles or hair then 2000 X 3=6000 hairs).
• This approach is purely a marketing approach and a
game of numbers

10. • So dont get confused, dont follow wrong figures. Get all
the information before committing yourself to this
procedure
• For more information regarding hair transplantation at
Nuleaf Skin & Hair Clinic, Pune
visit: http://nuleafclinic.com/services/hair-transplantation/.