How Much Does 6000 Grafts Hair Transplant Cost and Cover?
A 6000 graft hair transplant costs £8,998 at My Hair UK, planned as two sessions a minimum of six months apart. That works out at £1.50 per graft, the same rate as a single 3000 graft session. 6000 grafts is the largest plan we quote, and at this number the limit is your donor area rather than the price, so the first question is whether yours can supply it.
Last reviewed on 25 August 2026. We review our treatment guides every six months to keep them accurate.
The Cost of a 6000 Graft Hair Transplant
6000 grafts costs £8,998 at My Hair UK. That is the total for both sessions, agreed before the first one, and it does not move on the day.
The price is worked out from the total number of grafts rather than from how the two sessions are split. 6000 grafts costs £8,998 whether it is planned as 3500 and 2500 or as 3000 and 3000. The split can therefore be decided on clinical grounds alone, by what your scalp and donor area allow.
That works out at £1.50 per graft, which is the same rate as a single 3000 graft session and the lowest per-graft price we quote. Two surgical days cost more to run than one, but at this volume that fixed cost is spread across more grafts than at any other number.
Most UK clinics do not publish a price for 6000 grafts at all. Where a price this high is published, it runs from about £11,000 to £14,000.
The price covers both consultations, both procedures under local anaesthetic, all post-operative medication, your aftercare kit for each session, and in-person follow-up appointments throughout. There is no consultation fee, and nothing is added on the day.
The one exception is PRP injections, which are a separate treatment rather than part of a transplant, so they are not included and they are not standard. Some patients choose to add a session on the day or later on, and it is charged separately if they do.
If you are weighing this against going abroad, our UK vs Turkey cost comparison sets out what the difference actually covers.
Every quote is a fixed price agreed before surgery, not an estimate. If you would like to know what your own number would be, send a few photographs and we will come back with a graft range and the price attached to it.
Can Your Donor Area Supply 6000 Grafts?
This is the question that decides whether a 6000 graft plan is possible at all, and it is worth answering before the cost.
A donor area holds a finite supply, usually somewhere between 6,000 and 7,000 grafts across a lifetime. That is the total that can ever be moved, not a per-procedure figure. 6000 grafts is therefore at or close to everything most people have.
That matters because it leaves nothing in reserve. Transplanted hair is permanent, but the hair around it is not, and someone who needs 6000 grafts today is usually still losing. A plan that uses the whole donor supply now leaves no grafts for a touch-up in ten years, when the untreated hair behind the transplanted area has thinned further.
For that reason a 6000 graft plan is not simply a larger version of a 5000 graft one. It is appropriate where donor density is genuinely above average and where the pattern of loss is settled enough that a further procedure is unlikely to be needed.
Many people who ask about 6000 grafts do not have 6000 available. Donor density varies, and a donor area that is thin to begin with, or has been harvested before, will yield less. Taking too much leaves the back and sides visibly sparse, which is a harder problem to fix than the one being treated. Our guide to the donor area explains how that supply is measured and why it cannot be stretched.
This is assessed at consultation by measuring your donor density rather than assuming it. If the honest answer is that your donor area supports 4000 or 5000 rather than 6000, we will say so, and plan the coverage around what is actually available.
Why 6000 Grafts Takes Two Sessions
3500 grafts is the largest volume that can safely be placed in a single day. The limit is the scalp rather than the surgeon's time: both the donor area being harvested and the recipient area being planted have to heal, and beyond that number the tissue is being asked to do too much at once.
6000 grafts is therefore planned as two procedures, split a minimum of six months apart so the scalp fully recovers between them. Because 6000 is close to twice the single-day maximum, the two sittings are usually near even, at 3000 and 3000 or 3500 and 2500, rather than one large session followed by a small one.
The gap also lets the surgeon see how the first session has grown in before deciding exactly where the second one goes, so density is added where the result actually needs it rather than where it was predicted to.
How Your Hair Type Changes the Maximum
3500 in one day is the maximum possible for straight hair and is not a number everyone reaches. What your scalp can safely give in a single session depends on your hair, and the biggest single factor is hair texture.
Very curly and afro-textured hair curves beneath the skin as well as above it. The follicle does not run straight down, so each graft takes longer to extract and carries a higher risk of being damaged on the way out. Working carefully rather than quickly is what protects the grafts, and that lowers the number that can be taken in a day. For patients with very curly or afro hair the realistic single-session maximum is often closer to 2000 to 2500 grafts.
At 6000 grafts that has a practical consequence. A plan that would be two sessions for straight hair may need three for very curly hair, spaced the same minimum six months apart. Where that is the case the plan and its price are confirmed at consultation before anything is booked, because each surgical day carries its own cost.
Your surgeon will tell you at consultation what your own per-session maximum is, because it is assessed from your donor area rather than assumed from a table.
How Much Does 6000 Grafts Cover?
6000 grafts covers about 150cm2 at the hairline, or about 240cm2 on the crown. The difference is density: a hairline needs around 40 grafts per square centimetre to look natural because it is seen straight on, while a crown can look full at 25 because the hair lies flatter and catches less light.
In practice 6000 grafts is never spent on one area. It is the number for loss that has taken the entire top of the scalp, which is Norwood stage 7, and the plan treats the whole area as a single design carried out over two sessions.
At that scale the arithmetic changes what coverage means. Spread across the whole top of the scalp, 6000 grafts sits closer to 25 grafts per square centimetre than to 40. That reads as full coverage at a natural crown density rather than the density a smaller procedure achieves on one area, and it is the honest expectation to set at this number.
Your own number is worked out per square centimetre from your hair thickness, the colour contrast against your scalp and the density you want, so treat these as a guide rather than a quote. We can usually estimate to within a few hundred grafts from photographs, and confirm it at a free consultation with the surgeon who would carry out your procedure.
6000 Grafts Coverage by Area
Area | Grafts per cm² | 6000 grafts covers | What that looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
Hairline and temples | 40 | 150 cm² | The front and mid scalp at full hairline density |
Hairline and mid-scalp | 30 | 200 cm² | The front two thirds restored as one area |
Crown only | 25 | 240 cm² | Never treated alone at this size |
What 6000 Grafts Restores
6000 grafts restores the front, the mid scalp and the crown as one continuous area across two sessions. It is the largest plan we quote, and it is the only number at which the whole top of the scalp is treated rather than prioritised.
The density is deliberately graded rather than uniform. The hairline takes the highest density because it is seen straight on and frames the face, the mid scalp takes slightly less, and the crown takes least, because hair there lies flatter and reads as fuller at a lower count. Planted at a single density throughout, the result would look wrong at the front and wasteful at the back.
What 6000 grafts cannot do is give the whole scalp the density of a small procedure on one area, and it cannot create more donor hair than you have. Coverage at this scale is about removing the contrast between bare scalp and hair across a large surface.
Our hairline and temples transplant page covers how the front edge is designed, and our crown hair transplant page covers how the whorl is rebuilt.
What 6000 Grafts Looks Like
6000 grafts is around 13,200 individual hairs, because a follicular unit graft carries one to four hairs and averages about 2.2. Across the whole top of the scalp, that reads as a restored head of hair rather than a treated area. The final result is not visible straight away, and because the work is staged it arrives in two parts.
The first session sheds and regrows on the normal timeline: transplanted hairs shed within the first few weeks, new growth begins around three months, and that session settles between nine and twelve months. The second session then starts its own clock.
In practice the full result of a 6000 graft plan is around eighteen months to two years, measured from the first procedure to the final result. It is a long commitment, and it is worth knowing at the outset rather than discovering halfway through.
Not sure whether 6000 is your number? The area is measured at a free consultation with the surgeon who would carry out the procedure, so you get a figure based on your scalp rather than an average.
How the Two Sessions Are Scheduled
The two sessions are a minimum of six months apart. Six months is the minimum rather than the target, and many plans sit at nine to twelve months between sittings, particularly where the first session was close to the single-day maximum.
Both dates are not fixed at the outset. The first session is booked and carried out, then the second is planned once the surgeon has seen how the first has grown in, usually at a follow-up around the nine month mark. Booking both in advance would mean planning the second one blind.
The price is agreed for the whole plan before the first session, so the total does not change while you wait.
Other Graft Counts
500 grafts, £2,499 - minor temple points or a hairline touch-up
1000 grafts, £2,899 - temple recession or a small crown patch
1500 grafts, £3,299 - an early receding hairline and temples
2000 grafts, £3,699 - midsized hairline and temple restoration
2500 grafts, £4,099 - comprehensive hairline plus mid-scalp
3000 grafts, £4,499 - extensive frontal and mid-scalp
3500 grafts, £4,899 - our maximum in a single session
4000 grafts, £7,398 - extensive loss, planned across two sessions
5000 grafts, £8,198 - the whole top of the scalp, across two sessions
For the full range and what affects the price, see our UK hair transplant cost guide.
See more before and after results from our patients, or book a free consultation to talk through what your own case would need.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How much does a 6000 graft hair transplant cost?
A: £8,998 at My Hair UK for the whole plan, across two sessions. That is £1.50 per graft, the same rate as a single 3000 graft session. Most UK clinics do not publish a price for 6000 grafts, and where one is published it runs from about £11,000 to £14,000.
Q: Can everyone have 6000 grafts?
A: No, and most people cannot. A donor area holds roughly 6,000 to 7,000 grafts across a lifetime, so 6000 uses close to all of it and leaves nothing in reserve. It suits donor density that is above average and a pattern of loss that has settled. It is measured at consultation rather than assumed.
Q: Why does 6000 grafts need two sessions?
A: 3500 grafts is the most that can safely be placed in one day, because both the donor and recipient areas have to heal. 6000 is therefore split into two procedures a minimum of six months apart, usually near even at 3000 and 3000 or 3500 and 2500.
Q: Does the price change depending on how the sessions are split?
A: No. The price is set by the total number of grafts, so 6000 grafts costs £8,998 whether it is planned as 3500 and 2500 or as 3000 and 3000.
Q: Is the maximum in one session the same for everyone?
A: No. 3500 is the maximum possible, not a number everyone reaches. Very curly and afro-textured hair curves beneath the skin, so extraction is slower and more careful, and the realistic single-session maximum is often closer to 2000 to 2500 grafts. A 6000 graft plan may then need three sessions rather than two, which is confirmed at consultation.
Q: How much does 6000 grafts cover?
A: About 150cm2 at the hairline at 40 grafts per square centimetre, or about 240cm2 on the crown at 25. In practice it treats the whole top of the scalp, at a density closer to 25 per square centimetre than to 40.
Q: How many hairs is 6000 grafts?
A: Around 13,200. Each graft is a follicular unit carrying one to four hairs, averaging about 2.2.
Q: How long does the whole 6000 graft plan take?
A: Around eighteen months to two years from the first procedure. Each session takes a day, the sessions are a minimum of six months apart, and each one takes nine to twelve months to show its final result.