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Norwood 4: the stage, and what patients at this stage had done

What Norwood 4 means

Frontal recession deepens and the crown thins clearly, but a solid band of hair still separates the two areas.

Patients who were Norwood 4 before surgery

In the reddit threads we have read for our directory, 33 people who had a hair transplant described themselves as Norwood 4 beforehand; 22 of them posted photos. Another 25 people gave Norwood 4 while still planning or considering surgery; they are not counted below.

Grafts they report

27 people stated a graft count. The median is 4,200 grafts; the middle half had between 3,209 and 5,000.

  • 2,500–2,999 1
  • 3,000–3,499 7
  • 3,500–3,999 4
  • 4,000–4,499 4
  • 4,500–4,999 4
  • 5,000–5,499 4
  • 5,500–5,999 2
  • 6,000–6,499 0
  • 6,500–6,999 0
  • 7,000–7,499 0
  • 7,500–7,999 0
  • 8,000–8,499 1

Technique they named: FUE (12), FUT (3), DHI (2), other (1).

See what 4,200 grafts costs per country →

Doctors these patients named

How many of these Norwood 4 patients named each listed doctor. A count of who posted, not a measure of quality.

…and 9 more doctors in the directory.

In their own words

How to read these numbers

These are people who chose to post on reddit and named their doctor, not a clinical study. The stage is their own description, not an assessment by us or by a doctor, and graft counts are what they wrote. A person counts once at a stage, however many updates they posted. Removed threads are left out of the quotes. A surgeon's assessment of your own scalp comes first.

More: all Norwood stages, the hair transplant cost calculator, and recovery month by month as patients report it.

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