PRP Hair Treatment

PRP injections are the future of medicine. Using the components in your own blood, our doctors can stimulate healing that starts from deep within. First, we’ll withdraw some of your blood; then we’ll put your blood into one of our advanced centrifuges to extract the platelets. (Platelets are known to contain growth factors that spur healing.) We’ll then inject that solution directly into the scalp in the affected areas with hair loss. Once in place, the growth factors in the platelets will stimulate your scalp hair to repair and heal itself. Usually, you can experience deep healing in only 1-3 injections.

The injection is not painful, but the inflammation can cause soreness after the procedure. We’ll give you medication to help with any discomfort; you can also use heat packs or hot compresses to soothe your pain.

This needs careful assessment and depends on the severity of the original Hair Loss and results desired. Usually in women, top-up treatments are advised every 6-12 months to help maintain the rejuvenation and catch every hair cycle. With men, having the treatments more frequently is beneficial.

This will all be discussed with you during your consultation and be listed in your bespoke Treatment Plan after discussing your needs, lifestyle and budget.

It often takes between 30-90 minutes for a patient to get ready and have time to recover. We can provide the same quality of care with less time through our state-of-the-art office. The length of the procedure is of little inconvenience when compared to other available options.

You should see your first results in 2-6 weeks. Many patients see great improvement within 6-9 months of the treatment.

You will notice increased functionality and hair growth after PRP stimulation and be able to avoid surgery to have a non-invasive, non-toxic alternative therapy.

You can resume normal activities within a few hours after PRP therapy and can carry out strenuous physical activities 24-hours post PRP.

PRP and stem cell treatments involve different types of cells. PRP has natural growth factors and proteins that can spur healing and hair growth in your scalp. Often, platelets will “recruit” stem cells from other areas in the body to continue healing, but in PRP-only treatment, this occurs naturally, without further intervention beyond the PRP injections.

Stem cell treatments are much more powerful, as we implant your own stem cells directly to the site of the injury. These cells take the identity of the cells needed to heal tissue and repair damage.

Hair loss is associated with follicle weakening. Specifically, the cause of hair thinning varies from woman to woman. Nearly four out of five women suffer hair loss due to their genetics. However, there are many other factors, including nutrition, age, stress, surgery and medications.

Hair loss in men is primarily hereditary. It follows a specific, progressive pattern (male pattern hair loss) that is triggered by the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Just like in women, hair loss occurs when hair follicles weaken and stop producing new hair.

If there is still “weak quality” hair growth on your scalp, where we can still see hair follicles, or if you have only small areas of alopecia areata, you could be an ideal candidate for this procedure.

PRP for hair loss is a relatively low-cost, one hour procedure which is performed in the office and is completely non-invasive without any down time.