Hair Restoration

Posted by Naveen Dahiya on October 28th, 2018

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy

Platelet rich plasma therapy is an exciting non-surgical modality for management of hair loss and works as adjuvant to the hair transplantation.It is a part of hair treatment. It not only prevents further hair loss but also stimulates actual hair growth. The growth factors in platelet rich plasma removes the inhibitory factors present in the scalp and stimulate the dormant hair follicles to grow again and new hairs grow over the bald areas.

Results

It is equally effective in both male and female cases of alopecia. Platelet rich plasma therapy has given excellent results in more than 80% of the cases, good results in 15% of the cases whereas 5% cases had average to poor results. To get the maximum benefit PRP therapy can be combined with other modalities of non-surgical hair restoration.

What is Platelet Rich Plasma?

Human blood can be divided into two major components: plasma and cellular components. Plasma acts as carrier of the cellular components of the blood. Platelets are essential component of wound healing and repair.

• Platelets contain various growth factors:
• platelet-derived growth factor,
• transforming growth factor beta,
• fibroblast growth factor,
• insulin-like growth factor 1,
• insulin-like growth factor 2,
• vascular endothelial growth factor,
• epidermal growth factor,
• Interleukin 8,
• keratinocyte growth factor and
• connective tissue growth factor.

These growth factors lead to regeneration and growth of various cells which come in their contact including the stem cells and hair follicles.