Norwood 6: the stage, and what patients at this stage had done
What Norwood 6 means
Front and crown have merged into a single bald area; hair remains on the sides and back (the donor area).
Patients who were Norwood 6 before surgery
In the reddit threads we have read for our directory, 63 people who had a hair transplant described themselves as Norwood 6 beforehand; 53 of them posted photos. Another 17 people gave Norwood 6 while still planning or considering surgery; they are not counted below.
Grafts they report
58 people stated a graft count. The median is 4,650 grafts; the middle half had between 4,021 and 6,000.
- 1,500–1,999 1
- 2,000–2,499 2
- 2,500–2,999 4
- 3,000–3,499 5
- 3,500–3,999 1
- 4,000–4,499 15
- 4,500–4,999 6
- 5,000–5,499 2
- 5,500–5,999 3
- 6,000–6,499 7
- 6,500–6,999 6
- 7,000–7,499 3
- 7,500–7,999 0
- 8,000–8,499 1
- 8,500–8,999 1
- 9,000–9,499 0
- 9,500–9,999 0
- 10,000–10,499 1
Technique they named: FUE (18), FUT (10), DHI (1).
See what 4,650 grafts costs per country →Doctors these patients named
How many of these Norwood 6 patients named each listed doctor. A count of who posted, not a measure of quality.
- Ratchathorn Panchaprateep 7
- Resul Yaman 5
- Kongkiat Laorwong 4
- Felipe Pittella 3
- Gokhan Gür 3
- Blake Bloxham 2
- Kaan Pekiner 2
- Abhinav Kumar 1
- Alok Kumar Sahoo 1
- Arika Bansal 1
- Augusto Filipe Guerreiro da Silva 1
- Bessam Farjo 1
…and 28 more doctors in the directory.
In their own words
“This is why u never believe half these people I was a NW 6 and went to Pittella and now I’m a NW2 . With a full head of hair… also not taking meds besides oral min… I’m 40 years old and my hair was already gone lol”
With Felipe Pittella. 8th month update, 3673 grafts, Dr. Ahmed Altan (reddit, Jul 2025), with photos“I had 10,300 done (NW6) from Zarev.”
With Tsvetalin Zarev. How does my Donor Area Look? Am I a candidate? (reddit, Apr 2026)“Doctor Ratchathorn 4800 graph 11,000 hair”
With Ratchathorn Panchaprateep, 4,800 grafts. 4 Month Post HT check ins (reddit, Jul 2026), with photos“Just finished 4100 on the front and mid”
With Kongkiat Laorwong, 4,100 grafts. Think I can recover this? Want to get 6000+ grafts over 2 transplants (reddit, May 2026), with photos“decided on 6000 grafts, split over 2 days. 4300 scalp and 1700 bear hairs.”
With Kulakarn Amonpattana, 6,000 grafts. Mega session 6000 grafts (reddit, Apr 2026), with photos
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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