Hair / TREATMENT GUIDE
PRP for hair thinning
Your own platelet-rich plasma injected across thinning areas of the scalp to strengthen follicles and slow shedding.
- Appointment
- 45 minutes
- Typical social recovery
- Usually minimal
- When results may appear
- 3 to 6 months
- How long they may last
- Maintenance every 6 to 12 months
- Typical course
- 3 to 4 monthly, then maintenance
- Relative cost
- $ · Moderate relative cost
Ranges vary by person, product, area and technique. Cost symbols are editorial comparisons—not quotes. Ask for the full course and follow-up cost.
How it works
Growth factors around each follicle extend its growth phase and improve blood supply. Best for early thinning, and it works alongside minoxidil or finasteride rather than instead of them.
Four illustrative steps. Select a step to highlight it; the optional anatomy view explains the same mechanism.
Recovery, in practical terms
A tender scalp for a day.
What it can feel like: Mild to moderate. Numbing.
What people discuss
Early pattern thinning in men and women.
Reasons to pause
Scarring alopecia, blood disorders, advanced baldness.
This list is not exhaustive. A clinician must assess your health, medications, skin and goals.
Risks worth understanding
- Tenderness
- Variable response
Ask your clinician
- Is my hair loss the kind that responds?
Sources, approval context & editorial limits
Product, device and intended use require local verification.
Sources support regulatory and safety context; not every efficacy claim or range has been independently verified.
Educational information, not medical advice or a personal recommendation. Independent clinical review is pending. A qualified clinician must assess individual suitability. Timings, relative costs and visuals are illustrative, not guarantees.
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- Surgery
Hair transplant (FUE and FUT)
Individual follicles are taken from the back of the scalp, where hair is permanent, and placed into thinning areas.
About a week recovery