Nurse told me that the success rate of PRP was only 10%, is this true?

Hello! PRP works very well, but a good diagnosis with the purpose of determining the causes and type of hair loss is always more important. Then, determining the causes, a specific treatment is started that can be accompanied by PRP that helps us recover with young cells healthier cells that stimulate the follicles that are available. Normally one application per month is recommended for the first three months, then a fourth application 3 months after and then every 6 months.

So about 1/3 see no results, another 1/3 see fair results and about 1/3 see great results. Success varies on age, inflammatory state, and such. The older you are generally after 60s i see less results with prp. The best results are always achieved when prp is combined with other medical treatments such as minoxdil or finasteride. Depends how much hair loss you have and what your norwood and ludwig score is should be evaluated, I tell my patient if the whole crown of your scalp is shiny and you cannot see follicle on trichoscope exam than probably prp wont do much and may to think about hair transplant with medical management of topical or off label use of minoxdil to grow hair much as possible. Low light laser therapy too in combination with prp and minoxdil has fda approval standing as well

There is more to the answer than yes it is more effective. As with any procedure, experience of the practitioner is important. As for the nurse, she is possibly being honest about her treatment experience. Possibly she is not getting the platelets and stem cells into her injection syringes resulting in platelet poor plasma which is not very effective.Possibly the volume of her injections is inadequate, thereby producing a poor result, possibly she is not adding the calcium chloride to the PRP thereby also making it a less effective treatment. The final possibility of the ineffectiveness of her PRP treatments is injecting too deep into the scalp bypassing the area where the bulbs reside. In our office we pat attention to all those details and use approximately 11-12 ml of PRP to cover the scalp with injections. The treatment schedules vary depending upon who you ask, but generally, the first PRP treatment is followed by the second treatment 3 months later, then again in 6 months from the second PRP treatment with a maintenance PRP treatment every 9 months for optimal results. In our experience, with this schedule and quality of the treatments we see greater than 90% of patients with at least good results, and usually much better. We also prescribe duasteride or finasteride to prevent hairloss which contributes to our overall success. In summary, PRP treatments with the correct provider has a high overall rate of success.