To understand how PRP works, it is important to be aware of the role that platelets play in healing.
Platelets are a component of blood, along with red and white blood cells. When a person sustains a cut or wound, the platelets are some of the body’s “first responders” that arrive to stop the bleeding and promote healing.
Researchers theorized that if they could extract concentrated platelets and inject them into damaged areas of the body, they could accelerate healing.
To produce PRP, a medical professional will take a blood sample and put it into a machine called a centrifuge. This machine spins at a rapid rate, which separates the components of the blood. The medical professional then extracts the platelets for injection.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an advanced, non-surgical, completely natural alternative medical procedure used for the treatment of hair loss and/or thinning hair. This is an injectable treatment that uses the patient’s blood. Highly concentrated PRP or platelet-rich plasma, including essential growth proteins, is injected into the scalp or areas to be treated using a special micro-needle. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is concentrated blood plasma that contains about three to five times the number of platelets found in normal circulating blood. It also contains many growth factors which stimulate the growth of the hair follicle. It contains platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF), and other bioactive proteins that aid in hair growth.
