Maria Doreen Flores Marzoña

Benefits of PRP Hair Restoration To begin with, what is PRP? PRP or (platelet-rich plasma), is a therapy used for hair loss or what is commonly known as “balding”. It is a three-step medical treatment in which a person’s blood is drawn, processed, and then injected into the scalp. Some in the medical field think that PRP injections generate natural hair growth and sustain it by increasing blood supply to the hair follicle and increasing the thickness of the hair shaft. PRP therapy has been in use since the 1980s, utilized for problems such as healing injured tendons, ligaments, and muscles. It means it is a procedure used to heal other issues, including hair loss. The PRP Treatment is a NON-SURGICAL choice to fight hair loss or balding. PRP uses your own blood platelets to spur hair growth on areas where you are balding. It also adds to your existing hair. PRP is a comfortable, relaxing, non-surgical procedure that can be done in the office. It can take about an hour start-to-finish, and most of that time is spent preparing. After a PRP treatment, patients may shower, shampoo and condition their hair. No harsh hair coloring or perming treatments should be done for at least 72 hours. Use of topical hair growth treatments like Minoxidil or similar can resume the next day. Laser therapy treatments can also be resumed the next day and they can continue with their normal daily activities. The patient may notice a mild inflammation or redness on the scalp, making it considerably pink and numb for several hours. A percentage of 15% of the time it does not swell, and if it does, then it will be just around the forehead or around the eye area. The swelling will be gone in less than two days. You can see improvements on the hair growth in approximately three months, but it will take around six to 12 months to really see the difference. PRP is safe and poses little risk of allergy, hypersensitivity or foreign-body reactions. PRP treatment will increase the growth of existing hairs, reduces hair fall and regresses thinning which ultimately gives density. You will see improvement in hair fall. As PRP works to stimulate hair growth, it is required to be used continuously to work. There is another treatment called Minoxidil, the generic name, which is commonly known as Rogaine. According to Wikipedia, “Minoxidil is an antihypertensive vasodilator medication and is used to treat hair loss. It is available as a generic medication and over the counter for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, a form of hair loss, in people.” For Rogaine, this means daily application. You must use it twice a day every day. If you stop, you'll probably find that your new hair disappears within 3 to 4 months and your hair loss process will start again. Which is better, PRP or Rogaine? As per some studies, PRP has been found to be effective in more people. It is said that there were less side effects reported thus far from PRP, as opposed to many known side effects from Rogaine/Minoxidil. On the website, https://www.drugs.com/rogaine.html, Rogaine side effects are severe scalp irritation; unwanted growth of facial hair; chest pain, fast heartbeats; swelling in your hands or feet, rapid weight gain; a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out; headache, dizziness, confusion; or flushing (warmth, redness, or tingly feeling). While for PRP, based on the website https://limmerhtc.com/potential-prp-hair-treatment-side-effects, there is no potential PRP Side Effects. “Since PRP uses your own blood, you should not have a reaction to it. Studies have noted that PRP has been found to have a positive effect on male and female pattern hair loss without major adverse side effects. You may experience minimal pain, pinpoint bleeding, and redness when the injections are being delivered. Dr. Krejci notes that patients often comment on a “full” or “tight” feeling in their scalp immediately after injections that can last up to about 1 day. Rarely, she also finds some patients will complain of a mild headache the next day.” A recent experiment done at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/-A, COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFICACY OF PLATELET RICH_PLASMA VERSUS MINOXIDIL (5%-10%) IN THE TREATMENT OF ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA IN MALES showed that PRP is effective than Minoxidil or what is commonly known as Rogaine. They conducted a study on 220 male patients diagnosed as androgenetic alopecia and randomly divided in two groups. . First group was treated by platelet rich plasma and second group was treated by Minoxidil. Response was assessed till 6 months followed by every 15 days visit. Good response was seen in 76% cases with the platelet rich plasma and 48% with Minoxidil. CONCLUSION: Platelet rich plasma can be an effective form of treatment in androgenetic alopecia than Minoxidil. While the experiment was done solely on males, there is a great probability that the same procedure will go well for females experiencing hair loss. Note: All information on this article was taken from Google