I've had 1 PRP treatment, which was in late July of this year. I'm supposed to go back this month for a 2nd round, but I am hesitant to do so bc ever since I had it done, I've noticed a definite increase in hair shedding. Can anything be done to reverse this? I am a 29 yr old female with no family history of female pattern hair loss, however, about 15-16 years ago, I suffered from trichotilmania for about a year or 2, which may be the cause of a bald spot in the back of my head.
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Thank you for your question. It is highly unlikely the symptoms you are experiencing are due to the PRP injections into your scalp. In essence, you are having your own platelets and plasma re-injected. The best analogy I can draw to PRP is when you scraped your knee as a child, the sticky yellow...
I am not familiar with the PRP brand in your question; however, it appears to be a single spin brand. Across the board, double spin methods produce significantly higher quality PRP with higher concentrations of growth factors and platelets. In addition, the CD 34 markers in...
If you are a Norwood Class 2-3 - as you describe "1st stage balding" it may be that you are experiencing normal maturation of your hairline and not true balding. If this is the case, PRP won't help. Most clinical trials on PRP are small at this point so there is no definitive data on the exact...