PRP Treatment | Restore Hair NYC
Over the past decade, PRP treatment has been making headlines with news of doctors healing the athletes using the procedure. PRP treatment for healing came into existence about a decade ago, where doctors would use the therapy to fasten the healing process in the damaged joints after an injury.
Are you looking for a cure for your hair loss? Surprisingly, you can use the same joint healing therapy to work on your lost hair. The PRP hair loss therapy is specially designed for you out there having pattern baldness.
At VisoDent NY, we can confirm that the treatment works wonders when it comes to rejuvenating your lost hair. The good thing about this treatment is that there are no dangerous side complications recorded, so far. The only thing you can expect is some pressure on the point of injection.
SAFETY
PRP therapy uses your body’s own blood cells. There is no risk of rejection or an allergic reaction.
MINIMAL DISCOMFORT
Because PRP treatment does not involve surgery, you should experience only minor discomfort, similar to undergoing blood work at your routine doctor’s appointments.
CONVENIENCE
PRP hair treatment does not require any downtime or recovery. You can drive and return to your normal activities immediately after the procedure.
EFFECTIVE
This option is effective for many patients. You may begin to notice the results about three months after your procedure, although the full effects may not be visible for about a year.
More About PRP Hair Loss Treatment
The PRP treatment for your hair is a three-step painless process. The process can take about 30 minutes of your precious time. Therefore, don’t expect to spend a whole day lying on a clinic bed. It’s a simple process, and that can even be performed in our doctor’s office.
First, our doctor will siphon some blood from your body, and that’s why the Kardashians termed the treatment as vampire facials procedure in their review. The sample of blood withdrawn is dependent on the area it’s to be injected. For us, since we deal with hair loss, we remove about 20 milliliters of your blood. 20 ml is about one teaspoon, and that means, you won’t even notice some blood was drawn from the system.
The second step is to place the blood sample into a centrifuge. You have probably seen the machine in a hospital or in a movie that spins around very quickly. Well, that’s the machine we use on the blood sample. The spinning process here helps with separating the blood components. It takes about 15 minutes for the separation to take place.
Once the blood’s components are separated, one of our specialists takes the separated plasma and feeds it into a syringe ready for injection. The third and last step is to inject the processed sample into your scalp. When injecting the PRP into your scalp, we use ultrasound to point the suitable area to inject the dose.
The whole process can take around an hour, and that’s based on the preparations you may require. We do apply a numbing solution on the area we’re working on to ensure that the whole procedure is painless. Therefore, you will have to arrive early for the appointment so that we can apply the numbing solution.
In some cases, we can also use a local anesthetic solution. We use this option to ensure that you, our client, is comfortable during the whole injection process. Therefore, if you’re the type of people that fear needles, you shouldn’t be worried. We will make the three-step procedure is easy and painless.
The process
Step 1
A special collection tube is used to draw your blood and is placed into a cetrifuge.
Step 2
After 10 minutes of centrifugation, the platentes are concentrated and drown up into a syringe.
Step 3
Using a small needle, the platelets are then injected strategically into your scalp in the areas that need improvement.
As with most procedures, there is a careful process involved in using PRP for hair regrowth, beginning with a standard blood draw from the patient’s arm. Next the tube of blood is put into a machine called a centrifuge, which spins the blood tube to separate out the red blood cells from the plasma. The plasma, rich in platelets, is then injected directly into the scalp at the level of the hair follicles.
The process is meticulous — with injections beginning across the scalp, approximately at every half inch over the area of thinning hair — but typically, the entire procedure takes less than a half hour.
Risks envolved
We understand that drawing blood and injecting it back into your scalp sounds scary. No wonder the Kardashians termed PRP facial treatment as a vampire in their review. Well, no matter how scary the whole process may feel, we are glad to inform you that there are no risks involved all along. After all, we have the best physicians in the team ready to assist during the procedure.
Most of our clients even prefer to undergo the procedure without any form of numbing. This is enough evidence that the activity is painless and comfortable. You can use ice packs to work on the pain, and that’s after the whole thing. Also, a warm shower can be of help to help relieve the pain as it promotes blood circulation around the scalp of your head.
Who does the procedure work for?
The PRP treatment is a certified procedure, and that can work on an individual experiencing hair loss. If possible, we would like to help everyone out there get his or her back. Over the few years we’ve been offering this kind of treatment, we’ve come to realize that individuals with early baldness respond fast. We specifically target our services to men, especially those suffering from androgenetic alopecia. It’s usually a condition that sees one’s hair-thin, especially along the top of the head.
Also, PRP treatments don’t hinder one from moving on with his or her daily routine!
After how long should you expect results?
Getting your hair back using the PRP treatment isn’t a one-night job. It requires consistency for better results. This, therefore, means that you will have to redo the injection procedures again and again. At our clinic, we perform the injections at least once a month for about four months. After that, we offer follow-up injections every three or six months. By heeding to this protocol, most of our clients can see their hair back within three months after the first therapy.
Upon receiving the treatment, you may start to notice an increase in the size of your hair. You may also witness early regrowth and less hair shedding. Such results should be an indication that the treatment is indeed working.
The results
For best results, consistency is key. Treatments are typically performed once a month for the first three to four months, and then every three to six months thereafter, depending on the individual patient’s response and results. Following this protocol, anticipated results can first be seen within two to three months.
The first result that patients usually note is decreased hair shedding, followed by early regrowth and increased length of hair. The general consensus is that receiving treatments every three to six months on a long-term basis are optimal for continuing to stimulate the growth factors and stem cells that are associated with regrowth and stopping hair fallout.
It’s important to keep in mind that PRP can, and should, be a part of a multifaceted program to treat hair thinning and loss. Topical treatments, like over-the-counter minoxidil treatments, like Rogaine foam or Evolis, can be used.
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