Are there any benefits with PRP?
I have just undergone a hair transplant (FUE method) on 10 March 2014.
After the Transplant, I received a PRP treatment.
Does anybody know if there are any benefits with PRP?
Also 10 days after the transplant.
I still suffer from soreness and mild pain from the donor area.
Thank you for your question!
You submitted photos of the area where you had your FUEs extracted as well as where you
had the FUEs placed.
You described in your question that you had PRP injection.
And you are basically asking two things: One is, does PRP have any benefit.
And two, is it normal to still have soreness.
Well, to answer first the question about PRP, it is very well established in several fields
including orthopedic surgery and oral surgery as well as wound care medicine that platelet-rich
plasma does help wound healing.
And certainly, in the hair restoration field, many people have used platelet-rich plasma
very effectively to treat hair loss as a single type of treatment as well as to facilitate
healing whether it's the donor area as well as the areas of the grafts.
In our practice, we use platelet-rich plasma routinely combined with a material called
extracellular matrix.
Now this is a material that's derived from pig bladder that is originally designed for
wound healing and we use it when we close our donor area and we find that the healing
is exceptional.
Many of the concerns of the strip method regarding scars and by combining good surgical technique,
right patient and the use of extracellular matrix and platelet-rich plasma, we had nice
very nice healing in our donor areas.
In addition, we have been using platelet-rich plasma with extracellular matrix to actually
treat hair loss.
And so, for our patient, whether we do a transplant or not, we are able to help them with the
progression of hair thinning.
So, the short answer to your question is: yes, platelet-rich plasma does help in healing
in my clinical experience.
As far as soreness is concerned, there is going to be soreness for some time.
It is normal for an area where this is trauma, surgical trauma is still controlled trauma
and for there to be some inflammation and some tenderness is typically normal.
If there is severe pain or fever, that is a different story but that is something that
you have been very well instructed by your doctor.
At this point, continue communicating with your doctor and I hope that my answer was
helpful to you.
I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your question!