Hair transplant surgery is often performed by removing healthy hair follicles from the donor area and transplanting the hairs to the recipient area. During the surgeon, a qualifier surgeon collects the hair grafts from the back and both sides. After the hair treatment, transplanted hair grafts are supposed to produce hairs in the new region with full strength and thickness. However, some hair grafts do not acquire optimum growth in the new area.
Surgeons are familiar with this rare problem after the treatment. Therefore, they perform PRP treatment to promote optimum hair growth after transplant surgery. The main objective of PRP is to make hairs strong and thick. PRP treatment is done with the help of special injections that are made with the help of a predefined process.
PRP is a short form of the term Platelet Rich plasma. Platelet Rich Plasma is obtained from the patient’s own blood. In this process, the expert draws a needed amount of blood from the patient’s hand with the help of a syringe.
This blood sample is placed in a centrifuge device that is supposed to rotate the blood sample quickly. This quick rotation results in the accumulation of three layers in the test tube. These three layers are called platelet-poor plasma, red blood cells, and platelet-rich plasma. Platelet-rich plasma is collected in a separate test tube to make PRP injections.
PRP is a separate procedure and experts use this treatment to stimulate hair growth in the condition of severe hair loss or hair thinning. However, hair transplant surgeons use this treatment during or after hair transplant surgery as well. The utilization of PRP with hair transplant is extremely useful in increasing the growth rate in transplanted hair grafts. Moreover, poor donor hairs get proper strength after PRP treatment as well.
Not only before but PRP is also used after the hair transplant surgery as well. If a surgeon injects PRP injections to the scalp after the surgery, hair growth is maintained in the treated area and hairs get full strength quickly. Moreover, PRP is known to promote healing in tissues and it is supposed to do the same after the surgery. Both donor and recipient areas are healed rapidly because of the positive effects of Platelet Rich Plasma.
Keeping hair follicles safe after their removal is a challenge for hair transplant surgeons. Pulled hair follicles are prone to die soon if the surgeon does not keep them in a protective environment. Fortunately, a solution containing PRP is the perfect protection for donor hair grafts. Therefore, hair transplant surgeons add PRP to the storage solution to improve healing and hair growth in the treated area.
Finally, hair loss treatment with hair transplant surgery provides permanent results and PRP works efficiently as a supportive procedure to promote hair growth, reduce the damage rate of hair grafts, and improve healing in donor and recipient areas. Because of this reason, a lot of surgeons have started to utilize PRP before and after hair transplants.