Hair Health
PRP Therapy
Blood is drawn, centrifuged to separate the platelet-rich portion and injected into thinning areas. The growth factors it carries can extend the growth phase of follicles that are miniaturizing but not yet dead.
Your own platelets, concentrated and returned to the scalp.
- Session
- 45 minutes
- Anesthesia
- Topical, optional
- Initial course
- 3–4 sessions, monthly
- Maintenance
- Every 4–6 months
- Downtime
- None
- First signs
- Month 3–4
What it actually is
PRP is autologous — the material is your own blood, so there's no risk of rejection and no foreign substance. A sample is drawn, centrifuged to concentrate the platelets and injected into the thinning area.
What it can do is meaningful but limited: it can slow shedding, thicken existing miniaturized hairs and improve the environment around the follicle. What it can't do is grow hair from a follicle that's already dead. A bald scalp won't respond to PRP; a clinic that promises otherwise is selling hope.
It's strongest alongside other treatments — supporting native hair around a transplant, or defending a thinning crown that isn't yet a surgical candidate. The quality of evidence in the literature is mixed and protocols vary widely between clinics; we tell patients that rather than overselling it.
Who it suits
- Early-stage thinning where follicles are miniaturizing, not gone
- Support for the native hair surrounding a transplanted area
- Postpartum or stress-related shedding that has stabilized
- Patients who can't or don't want to take oral medication
When we say no
- Completely bald areas with no living follicles left
- Blood disorders, platelet dysfunction or active anticoagulant therapy
- Active scalp infection at the injection site
- Expecting a single-session fix — it's a course, then maintenance
These are general indications, not a diagnosis. Whether this procedure is right for you is decided by an examination, not by a website.
Step by step
What happens,
in order.
- 01
Assessment
Trichoscopy to confirm the follicles are miniaturized rather than absent.
- 02
Blood draw
A standard sample from the arm.
- 03
Centrifuge
Spun in a closed system to separate the platelet-rich portion.
- 04
Injection
Applied to the thinning area in a measured grid pattern.
- 05
Same-day discharge
No downtime; normal washing resumes the next day.
- 06
Course and review
Three to four monthly sessions, then a photo assessment before maintenance.
What the evidence actually supports
Platelet-rich plasma concentrates the growth factors in your own blood and injects them into the scalp with the aim of extending the growth phase of miniaturizing follicles and improving their caliber. The published literature is genuinely positive but heterogeneous: preparation protocols, spin speeds, platelet concentrations and injection schedules vary widely between studies, which makes the results hard to compare directly.
In suitable candidates, the direction of the effect is reasonably consistent — measurable improvement in hair caliber and density in patients with active, miniaturizing follicles. What it doesn't do is grow hair from a smooth scalp where the follicle is already gone.
Who it helps, and how it gets mis-sold
PRP is a supporting treatment, not a foundation. It suits early-stage hair loss, patients who can't or won't take finasteride, women with diffuse thinning, and surgical patients who want to protect the native hair a transplant doesn't treat. It's usually given as a course of three to six sessions followed by maintenance; stop the course and the gains fade.
It gets mis-sold when it's offered as an alternative to surgery for an established bald area, or as if it were a one-session treatment. If a clinic won't tell you its preparation protocol and how many sessions the plan includes, it's selling injections, not a course of treatment.
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Straight answers.
For the right candidate, the evidence supports slower shedding and measurable thickening of miniaturized hair. On a bald scalp it does nothing. The honest answer: it's a useful adjunct with real but limited effect, not a substitute for surgery.
The injections sting. Topical anesthesia reduces this considerably and the session is short. Most patients describe it as very tolerable.
At the earliest, three to four months — and it shows first as reduced shedding rather than visible new hair. Judging before month three is judging too early.
Is PRP Therapy the right procedure for you?
Send four answers and let the clinical team tell you — even if the answer is no.