How Do PRP Injections Help Hair Loss?

So today we're going to do some PRP injections. We're injecting PRP at the level of the follicle to help stimulate hair growth. PRP is something that's naturally derived from our own blood. We actually take a little bit of blood from a vein, usually in the patient's arm, and spin out the red blood cells using a centrifuge. What that leaves us with is this nutrient, growth factor rich serum that, as mentioned, we put in at the level of the follicle to produce a nice, thick hair shaft. So it's really good for patients with various, but not all, types of hair loss.

So this patient has noticed a little bit of decreased hair density in the area corresponding to her frontal scalp. So we're just focusing there with the PRP, and then in about four to six weeks she'll start to notice thicker hair growth. I usually recommend this treatment once a month for about four to six treatments, and then once or twice a year for maintenance. As you can see, there's the little bleb that's made as the PRP goes under the skin, and we just want to do this uniformly throughout the scalp. Pain is minimal.