The contraindications of PRP therapy.
Like any aesthetic medicine intervention, PRP Hair has its own contraindications.
Therefore, pregnant women are not recommended to use this type of treatment.
The same applies to people who have an autoimmune disease, blood or cancer of the face.
Finally, people on anticoagulant or anti-aggregating treatment such as aspirin or omega 3 will not be able to perform such an intervention.
In general, drugs that may alter the patient's healing are not recommended before a PRP Hair session.
It should be noted that PRP does not present any risk of hypersensitivity or allergy or even reactions related to a foreign body.
Only a small inflammation can be caused by the combination of PRP with the production of platelets.
Before the session of platelet-rich plasma therapy :
You must make a first consultation with your practitioner before performing any
intervention.
This is a privileged moment of exchange that allows you to share your motivations and
needs with him.
This consultation is also an opportunity to know your history and to eliminate any
contraindication to performing the intervention.
This consultation also allows him to examine the area to be treated more carefully and to
adapt your treatment according to your needs and the size of the area to be treated.
He will also inform you of any risks associated with the intervention.
The day of the intervention of platelet-rich plasma therapy:
Like any aesthetic medicine intervention, PRP Hair has its own contraindications.
Therefore, pregnant women are not recommended to use this type of treatment.
The same applies to people who have an autoimmune disease, blood or cancer of the face.
Finally, people on anticoagulant or anti-aggregating treatment such as aspirin or omega 3 will not be able to perform such an intervention.
In general, drugs that may alter the patient's healing are not recommended before a PRP Hair session.
It should be noted that PRP does not present any risk of hypersensitivity or allergy or even reactions related to a foreign body.
Only a small inflammation can be caused by the combination of PRP with the production of platelets.
Hair PRP injections are done under local anesthesia in a sterile block.
This technique can only be performed in a clinic and not in a simple doctor's office.
A nurse takes the patient's blood and then performs a centrifugation to separate the different
blood components and recover the platelet-rich plasma (PRP).
Usually only one blood sample is needed to prepare 12 mL of plasma.
PRP is a product of its own organism. It is therefore 100% biocompatible and poses no risk
of allergy or rejection.
PRP hair in hair care and cosmetic dermatology :
Plasma enriched with platelets is injected into the scalp with a fine needle. Platelets are living cells that will recreate living tissue where they are injected.
They contain growth factors which “wake up” the stem cells of the hair follicles and encourage them to make new hair.
The treatment consists of four sessions, fifteen days apart.
Then you have to do one maintenance session per year. The session lasts about thirty minutes.
Hair PRP in hair surgery:
The grafts taken from the neck are placed in a storage bath based on physiological serum and PRP.
The survival of a follicular unit depends on its ability to exchange oxygen with the area in which it is implanted until true vascularization of the graft occurs.
Plasma rich in platelets promotes this oxygen exchange, makes the graft more resistant and thus increases the chances of a successful micrograft.
Hair PRP also reactivates hair stem cells in the donor area, which can thus be used several times.
They also make it possible to accelerate the healing of the scar on the back of the neck after a hair transplant and micro-slits made to remove (fue technique) or implant follicular units after a Fue.
Today there are several ways to prepare hair PRP. In America, for example, surgeons tend to inject blood directly (with red blood cells) because they fear manipulation of it.
Thus, they call this technique the "Vampire lift". These injections therefore cause large bruises, which will need to be treated.
These techniques may also vary from clinic to clinic. Some therefore propose the injection
of PRP Hair with a small amount of serum.
The injections are then superficial. However, this approach gives little result and several sessions will be necessary.
Other clinics favor a more efficient technique where the platelet concentration is higher (generally 3 to 5 times the physiological value).
The platelet-rich plasma is then immediately reinjected into the scalp.
Suites of platelet-rich plasma therapy:
A moderate inflammatory reaction with edema and redness is possible for a few hours after the session.
The resumption of social and professional activities is immediate.
The risk of intolerance is limited. Nevertheless, in case of strong allergic ground, it is better to warn your surgeon.