PRP for Hair Treatment
What is PRP Hair Restoration?
Looking for a way to tackle hair loss at its source? PRP Hair Restoration could be just what you need. This non-surgical, safe, and effective treatment not only helps prevent hair loss but also promotes healthy hair growth. With PRP, you can achieve thicker, fuller, and more voluminous hair—all without any downtime.
- Family history (heredity) – The most common cause of hair loss is a hereditary condition that happens with aging. This condition is called androgenic alopecia, male-pattern baldness and female-pattern baldness. It usually occurs gradually and in predictable patterns — a receding hairline and bald spots in men and thinning hair along the crown of the scalp in women.
- Hormonal changes and medical conditions – A variety of conditions can cause permanent or temporary hair loss, including hormonal changes due to pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and thyroid problems. Medical conditions include alopecia areata, which causes immune system related problems and patchy hair loss, scalp infections such as ringworm, and a hair-pulling disorder called trichotillomania.
- Medications and supplements – Hair loss can be a side effect of certain drugs, like those used for cancer, arthritis, depression, heart problems, gout and high blood pressure.
- Radiation therapy to the head – The hair may not grow back the same as it was before once undergoing radiation.
- A very stressful event – Many people experience a general thinning of hair several months after a physical or emotional shock. This type of hair loss is temporary.
- Hairstyles and treatments – Excessive hairstyling or hairstyles for thin hair that pull your hair tight, such as pigtails or cornrows, can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia. Hot-oil hair treatments and permanents also can cause hair to fall out. If scarring occurs, hair loss could be permanent.
PRP® Hair Restoration is a treatment that is based on growth factors naturally present in your own blood. PRP®, or Platelet-Rich Plasma, is the term for plasma that contains a high concentration of platelets (cell fragments without a nucleus) in a small amount of plasma (the liquid portion of blood that has its red cell, white cells and other components removed). The ratio is 1,000,000 platelets per microlitre (μL). This is at least twice what is found in blood!
A small amount of blood is taken from the client and then spun (centrifugation) to separate the red cells and granulocytes from the plasma. PRP® contains vital growth factors, including Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), Transforming Growth Factor group (TGF),Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), Fibroblast and Growth Factor (FGF). These serve to stimulate the development of new hair follicles as well as dramatically improve the condition and health of those that exist.
The platelet concentrate and plasma is then collected into a syringe to be used for the PRP® cosmetic treatment.
PRP® is effective in preventing hair loss for men and women and for treating male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness.
PRP Hair Restoration Treatment: What To Expect
PRP® is a great for treating hair loss, especially for those with thin, sparse and brittle hair. Studies show that PRP® is effective in treating hair loss by:
- Increasing hair count
- Increasing hair thickness
- Increasing the number of times your hair actively grows (anagen phase of the hair growth cycle)
Women can expect to regain almost all of their hair by undergoing a PRP Hair Restoration treatment. If you’re a man, you can expect to get about 30% to 40% of your hair back post-treatment.