PRP Treatment in Hair Transplantation
PRP treatment during and following on from hair transplant surgery is becoming ever more used and valued. The potential for using PRP treatment to promote hair growth after hair transplantation is focused in three functional applications:
To preserve and enhance hair follicle viability during and after hair transplant
To promote and enhance tissue repair and healing after hair transplant
To reinvigorate dormant hair follicles and stimulate new hair growth
To Preserve and Enhance Hair Follicle Viability
Between the time that hair follicles are removed from a donor area of the scalp and transplanted into a recipient area, they are subject to damage from several causes:
Dehydration if the donor follicles are inadequately moistened between the times of removal and hair transplant
Oxygen and nutrient starvation due to being removed from blood supply during the harvest-to-transplantation time period
Temperature and enviromental changes in the follicle environment
Re-vascularization injury when the donor follicles are transplanted to the recipient site and must re-adapt to having a blood supply
A common approach to maintaining your donor hair during the transition period is to keep them in an environment that provides a protective, appropriate temperature, chemical balance and nutrient supply.
Research indicates that addition of PRP improves follicle viability during and after hair transplant, enhances post-transplant tissue healing and promotes hair growth in transplanted hair follicles.
It is reported that PRP promotes hair growth from follicles by the action of platelet growth factors on hair follicle stem cells. The platelet growth factors induce follicle stem cells to shift from a dormant state to an active state that starts the process of hair stimulation and production.
Safety, complications and contraindications to use of PRP
PRP is immunologically neutral and poses no danger of allergic, hypersensitivity or foreign-body reactions. Sterile techniques are used at every stage of PRP preparation and application. Sterile technique is especially important if a patient has an underlying medical condition that predisposes to infection.
A brief period of inflammation at wound sites may be experienced by a patient after application. Inflammation may be associated with release of platelet-associated factors at the wound site. Some medical conditions may be a contraindication to use of PRP. Many of these are not absolute contraindications because the conditions vary from patient to patient. It is wise to raise the question with a physician hair restoration specialist if and when the use of PRP is discussed. Generally speaking PRP is very safe and very well tolerated, with no downtime.
How long after hair transplant surgery should you wait before receiving PRP?
Here at Dynamic Regenerative Medicine we have helped many hair transplant patients to plan the inclusion of PRP into their hair transplant surgery preparations. Because of this experience, we achieve exceptional results with patients who follow the below PRP treatment time-lines:
1st PRP Treatment – Ideally 4 weeks before the hair transplant surgery
2nd PRP Treatment – Ideally 1 weeks before the hair transplant surgery
3rd PRP Treatment – On the Day of the Hair Transplant Surgery – at the end of the day.
Then PRP treatment 4/5 weeks after your hair transplant, for a course of 4 treatments approximately 1 month apart.
Maintenance and preservation treatment.
Why PRP treatment following Hair Transplant?
PRP Treatments are used to promote and accelerate the healing time after receiving a hair transplant procedure and to promote early stages stimulation of the hair follicles. It can also assist in preventing scar tissue formation, minimise shock loss of hair & accelerate the growth rate of the transplanted hair follicles.
Minoxidil or PRP?
Minoxidil is a drug that increases the supply of blood to the area due to increased diameter of the blood vessels. PRP is a more powerful treatment than Minoxidil because PRP promotes circulation and blood supply to the area AND it increases the volume and number of platelets in the area, therefore speeding up the recovery time of a hair transplant FASTER than Minoxidil. Like taking the good stuff out of the blood and injecting it directly into the area of need! However, both are valued.
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