Get That Beautiful Head of Hair Back Through Hair Restoration

For years, you may have battled your hair, wrangling it into place and keeping it somewhat orderly with hairbands and anything else to tame your mane. Now, you long for those days when you had hair to spare as you face increasingly thinning hair. 

We assure you that you’re not alone in this — far from it. The reality is that 50% of women struggle with hair loss as they age, and by the age of 50, 85% of men have thinning hair.

Recognizing that the hair on your head is essential to your overall appearance, the team at Skin Shop MedSpa, including Dr. Tiffany Su and Dr. Hui “He” Kang, offers cutting-edge hair restoration services. Here, we explain why people lose hair and what we can do to fight against hair loss.

Why does hair thin in the first place?

In both men and women, the leading drivers of hair loss and thinning hair are androgenetic alopecia and male or female pattern hair loss. In simpler terms, hair loss is often dictated by:

• Genes — if thinning hair runs in your family, it likely occurs with you
• Hormone shifts — most women lose hair after menopause, once there’s a change in hormones
• Aging — hair follicles naturally weaken over time

When these forces are in play, the growing phase of your hair becomes shorter, and it takes more time for new hair to start to grow. As well, follicle miniaturization can occur, and as the name suggests, your follicles shrink and produce finer hair.

Reclaiming your hair with regenerative medicine

With the understanding that the decline in follicular health is the primary culprit of hair loss and thinning hair, that’s where we target our efforts through hair restoration.

To boost the health of your scalp and your hair follicles, we turn to one of two regenerative treatments:

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections

The platelets in your blood are key stimulators of regenerative resources in your body. In fact, they’re the first responders when you’re injured, and they arrive on the scene and release growth factors that promote healing, vascularization (creating new blood vessels), and cell proliferation.

With PRP hair restoration, we create a concentrate of your own platelets and inject it into your scalp. There, they release growth factors to gather resources that promote better follicular and scalp health. 

Studies show that PRP therapy for hair loss can lead to new hair growth, as well as thicker and denser hair. 

Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF)

Another technique we use to jumpstart new hair growth is a variation of the previous one. With PRF therapy, we introduce the same growth factors found in PRP, and we also add stem cell-based tissues that support and amplify the PRP therapy. 

Ariessence pure PDGF

In addition to our platelet therapies, we offer Ariessence pure PDGF as an option for hair restoration. This topical serum uses a highly concentrated form of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor—a specific protein that plays a vital role in cellular repair and follicle signaling. By delivering these pure growth factors directly to the scalp, we can provide the essential "fuel" your hair follicles need to stay in the active growth phase, helping to improve hair density and overall scalp health without the need for a blood draw.

To figure out which of these hair restoration treatments is best for your thinning hair, we invite you to come in and sit down with one of our hair restoration specialists.

Contact our office in Houston, Texas, at 713-701-1717 today. Or, you can use the convenient booking feature on our website to schedule an appointment.