For people with dormant or weak hair follicles, PRP is an effective hair treatment for hair loss. The use of this method involves transferring hair follicle tissues from your body in areas with thicker hair which is usually the back of the head and further transplanting the tissues into areas where your hair is losing out or thinning or not around anymore completely, such areas include the upper part of the forehead or the crown.
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What is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and how does it Work?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a procedure that is non-surgical used in the treatment of hair loss. The procedure involves platelets being separated from your blood and injected back into the thinning scalp or the area that has lost a considerable amount of hair.
Even though the FDA has yet to approve PRP for hair loss treatment, many recent researches have shown that PRP treatment offered by Spring Care Medical Aesthetics is effective for both age-related hair loss and alopecia areata diseases that are responsible for hair loss in young and healthy people. It is a safe, relatively cheap, and less invasive substitute for surgery. Doctors who have performed this procedure said that PRP injections are capable of stimulating hair follicles and slowing down the rate of hair loss. In some cases, it can cause hair to grow back.
Platelets that are present in the blood play a vital role in blood clotting and the healing of wounds. Plasma contains platelets and it is the liquid that is found in the blood and red and white blood cells. During a PRP injection procedure, the doctor isolates platelets from your blood and processes them to growth factors. When taken back into the scalp through injection, Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) helps by increasing the flow of blood to the hair follicles, thereby stimulating new hair follicles to grow, and prolonging the anagen phase of the hair’s life cycle to promote hair growth.
The benefits and downsides of Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
Let’s look at the pros and cons of using Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for hair loss treatment to get a better understanding of this procedure.
Advantages
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection is a non-surgical procedure with no safety risks. The procedure takes only about 30 minutes or less.
In a study conducted in 2019, the reviews found that overall; both men and women have had positive results in terms of increased hair thickness and hair regrowth.
The main objective of PRP injection is to slow down or completely stop hair loss. Nevertheless, only a small number of patients will have mild hair regrowth.
Treatment costs are appreciably lower than autologous hair transplant surgery; this is because Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a non-surgical treatment and does not guarantee new hair growth.
Many patients have attested and rated this procedure valuable noticing a tremendous increase in hair volume.
Disadvantages
The result is momentary. To have a full and lasting result, you will need up to six treatments, four to six weeks apart, to start with. Subsequently, you will need recurring treatments every few months.
The extent of improvement using Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) will depend on factors such as the amount and distance of your hair loss and how recently the hair loss started. As soon as hair loss is detected, Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is applied as soon as possible. People with great bald areas and long-standing hairlessness won’t get a good result in hair regrowth, however, treatment can help prevent future hair loss.
Several patients rate this approach as not advisable. They have undergone treatments many times and waited for months, only to receive an unsatisfactory result. It is important to bear in mind that there is no total cure for hair loss, and therefore PRP will not work for 100% of patients.
Final notes
In summary, it can be seen that treating hair loss with Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment is a method with great expected results. Nevertheless, owing to the limitations of this technique and differences in methods and procedures among physicians, you constantly need to do your own research about where you will receive it.
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