Men, there’s no need in today’s day and age to hide under that cap 24/7 (nobody likes baseball that much) or resort to the “five-hair combover” to try to cover up your hair loss. Thanks to platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) hair restoration with Advanced Aesthetics of Las Vegas, NV, you can proudly stride into public settings without a head covering once again.
PRP is an impeccably effective, safe, and convenient men’s hair restoration treatment that has helped thousands of men restore a full head of hair—and their confidence. This treatment uses your body’s own growth factors to ensure sustainable and consistent results.
In this guide to all things PRP hair restoration, we will cover what it is in detail, how it stacks up against other hair thinning solutions, and more so you can make confidently informed decisions about your treatment.
A Crash Course On PRP for Men’s Hair Restoration
Spin a vial of blood at high speeds, and eventually, the blood cells will separate from lighter-colored fluid—that fluid is plasma. Contained in the plasma are several kinds of proteins, micronutrients, enzymes, platelets, and more.
Platelet-rich plasma treatment for hair loss uses plasma from your own body to heal and stimulate hair follicles, kickstarting new hair growth. In this procedure, blood is drawn from another area of your body – the arm is a common donor site – before being spun in a centrifuge to isolate the platelets. These platelets are concentrated and injected into the scalp as platelet-rich plasma.
Then, growth factors released by the injected platelets encourage healing and growth. As a result, the scalp and hair follicles are healed and stimulated, helping new hair to grow while thickening existing hair. As we’ll review just below, PRP injections can be used to address several types of balding, both preventively and reactively in many cases. They are also used for musculoskeletal injuries, arthritis, and other conditions.
Understanding Your Hair Loss Type and How PRP Can Help
There are several kinds of balding, each with unique causes, presentations, and solutions. For the purposes of this guide, we will cover three major types—androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium—including how PRP hair restoration addresses them.
- Androgenetic alopecia: Also known as male-pattern baldness, this highly common form of balding is caused by overstimulation of hair follicles by certain hormones (androgens) like dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Men experiencing androgenetic alopecia can restore thinning or lost hair by receiving PRP injections into the areas of the scalp experiencing hair loss.
- Alopecia areata: In this form of hair loss, the body’s immune system attacks the hair follicles, resulting in stunted or completely halted hair growth. Alopecia areata can also cause hair that’s already present to fall out. Though the onset of symptoms can be sporadic, sometimes occurring in rapid successive bouts and disappearing for long periods of time, PRP hair restoration treatments can help after each episode by healing and stimulating follicles.
- Telogen effluvium: Perhaps the most common form of hair loss behind androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium involves excessive shedding of hair that is in the resting, or telogen phase. Normally, hair grows to a point, rests for roughly 90 days, and then falls out. With telogen effluvium, that rest window is cut short, resulting in a rate of hair loss that outpaces natural hair growth. Thankfully, the growth factors in platelet-rich plasma can “reboot” the non-productive hair follicles to start working again.
More easily reversible forms of hair loss like traction alopecia, which is hair loss due to prolonged pulling or twisting of the hair, should be addressed through other means. Also, people with low platelet counts may not be able to achieve significant hair regrowth with this treatment.
PRP Treatment Benefits
There are many advantages that PRP therapy offers over other popular hair regrowth solutions available on the market today, including improved safety, efficacy, and convenience.
- Safety: Because the plasma used in PRP for hair loss is derived from your own body, there is a significantly lower risk of an adverse reaction than when using other treatments like corticosteroid injections. Additionally, the nature of the treatment itself is typically very low risk, so long as you are working with a reputable provider and do not have any bleeding disorders or other potential contraindications.
- Convenience: In most cases, PRP hair loss treatment takes less than an hour per session. Typically, only local anesthesia is required. Though you may experience some routine swelling, bruising, and itching for 3-4 weeks following treatment, you can still resume your normal activities and work schedule immediately following your session.
- Efficacy: Simply put, PRP hair restoration for men has been demonstrated by the evidence to work. Some patients may require more frequent sessions than others, but the vast majority of research findings point to PRP’s ability to consistently and dramatically improve hair growth and density.
Restore a Full, Natural Head of Hair With PRP Hair Restoration for Men by Advanced Aesthetics of Las Vegas
Our team of board-certified plastic surgeons and expert injectors is highly passionate about PRP hair loss treatment because of the life-changing confidence boost this treatment provides. We have personally witnessed the transformative power of successful hair regrowth with PRP hair restoration, and have committed ourselves to sharing this experience with as many men as we can.
As your non-surgical hair restoration provider, Advanced Aesthetics will come alongside you to deliver a fully customized PRP therapy plan that produces the exact results you need, exactly where you need them.
Book a consultation today and embark on your journey towards thicker and healthier hair.
