PRP After Hair Transplant: Why and the Benefits

Platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) is known to be an effective way to assist with hair regrowth, healing and recovery following a hair transplant – it’s also used in varied other medical applications to help, for instance, with healing from injuries, wounds and surgeries. [1]

Each treatment, administered by one of our sector-leading hair restoration specialists, uses the valuable compounds extracted from your own blood to stimulate cellular activity and regeneration, resulting in faster and more efficient hair growth and skin healing.

Following a hair transplant, PRP has proven to be an excellent way to augment recovery times after a hair transplant, activate growth in previously dormant follicles and improve the overall health and condition of skin and hair. [2]

Understanding How PRP Helps Improve Hair Transplant Results 

PRP may be an innovative treatment, but it has been under clinical evaluation for some time. Other applications in wound healing, treatment of sports injuries, and improvement of recovery times after joint surgery demonstrate the effectiveness of PRP in stimulating tissue healing and cellular regeneration. [3]

It works by using the platelet-rich plasma you already have in your blood but extracting specific, powerful compounds to provide nutrient-rich plasma that can be injected carefully and directly into the hair transplant areas.

Platelets are cells produced in our blood that are responsible for functions like healing and clotting, alongside proteins that aid in tissue regrowth, repair, and regeneration, contained within the liquid blood that carries nutrients to our cells.

The secret is in the concentration of platelets within a PRP injection, which is far more potent than that produced naturally. However, it remains a natural treatment without the use of chemicals, synthetics, or medications.

Following a hair transplant, these gently administered injections provide a boost of tissue-regenerating compounds into the areas affected by your transplant. 

While your hair regrowth may proceed without further treatment, we have seen remarkable improvements in the speed and pace of new growth and the amount of time before the transplant is fully regrown.

What to Expect From a PRP Post-Transplant Treatment

The process involves three steps, beginning with drawing a small blood sample from your arm and using a fine needle for minimal discomfort. That sample is placed into our technologically advanced centrifuge, which spins to separate the blood into its individual components.

This phase takes around ten minutes. It separates platelet-poor and rich plasma and red blood cells and enables us to reinject the platelet-rich plasma into the required sites.

Using our customary attention to client comfort and satisfaction, we carefully inject the PRP, with the full treatment taking around half an hour, after which you can return to your normal routine.

Some clients see improvements rapidly, but to achieve optimal results, it is advisable to complete the full recommended treatment cycle. We may also suggest maintenance therapies every six to 12 months thereafter to ensure your hair growth remains thick and full.

Advantages of Non-Surgical PRP After a Hair Transplant

Using PRP as part of your recovery strategy after a hair transplant is an excellent way to ensure the new growth, density and thickness of your hair meets your requirements, using both treatments to ensure the outcomes are permanent.

As a dual hair loss solution, hair transplants combined with PRP are the best possible way forward. The therapy strengthens and nourishes your existing hair follicles alongside those transplanted during your procedure.

Rather than focusing only on donor grafts and tissue, PRP can augment the health and cellular activity of all the follicles around the area, which improves the nutrients within your blood supply, enhances the healing process, and ensures that any dormant follicles are active and stimulated.

Clients also include PRP treatments in their post-hair transplant planning to prevent any further hair loss linked to pattern hair loss, which is usually a hereditary condition, and to minimise any slim potential of scarring around the area where donor follicles have been extracted.

Discover More About Hair Transplants and PRP Therapy

If you’d like to discuss your eligibility for a hair transplant or learn about how PRP may be a perfect way to improve and expedite your recovery time, you are welcome to get in touch.

Dr Matee, KSL Clinic’s Director of Surgical Services, says, ‘PRP is one of our highest-demand non-surgical therapies and is a proven and effective way to safely maximise the outcomes of your personalised transplant and improve the longevity and strength of newly implanted follicles and the rest of your hair.

It is a breakthrough regenerative medical treatment, and we are delighted to offer PRP across our nationwide networks of CQC-regulated clinics.’