What Are My Options for Hair Loss?

Hair is one of those features that can influence an appearance, and it's often initially noticed when it leaves your head.

Thinning hair and hair loss is incredibly common, affecting 85% of men and about 33% of women. While this collective loss isn’t necessarily medically significant, it is cosmetically significant, sending millions of people searching for hair restoration solutions.

We have a great one at Skin Shop MedSpa. Both Dr. Tiffany Su and Dr. Hui “He” Kang spend time researching the latest science in the cosmetic world. We’ve found that, as it is in the medical world, regenerative medicine is emerging as an important approach to aging.

As a result, we brought this regenerative science to hair loss, and we offer platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) injections that can revitalize hair growth.

Behind the hair loss

We focus on the most common culprit of hair loss - androgenetic alopecia (AA), an age-related pattern of baldness. 

Androgenetic alopecia is a genetic and perfectly normal part of aging. What happens with AA is that a hormone called dihydrotestosterone shrinks your hair follicles over time. As a result, the hairs that do come out are finer than normal and, eventually, the follicles stop producing hair altogether.

For men, hair loss is typically concentrated in certain areas, such as around the temples and top of the head. For women, hair loss from AA is more diffused and creates an all-over thinning, though it’s often more noticeable around the front of the head at the hairline and part.

The power of platelets in growing healthier hair

The brass ring in medicine and cosmetics is finding ways your body can regenerate, which is a more effective approach than others available. In other words, rather than chasing symptoms and managing a condition, we work with your body’s powerful regenerative capabilities to effect real change and improvements.

Our use of PRP and PRF for hair loss is an example. Platelets are at the heart of each, which release growth factors that guide your body’s healing and regenerative processes. Your platelets are first responders, and they start your body’s healing cascade, which includes four stages:

1. Stasis
2. Inflammation
3. Cell proliferation
4. Remodeling

When we direct a PRP or PRF concentrate into your scalp, our goal is to get your body to send in the necessary resources to improve the health of your scalp and follicles so that healthy hair can grow again. The growth factors promote vascularization, meaning better blood flow to your scalp and follicles, which sets the stage for better hair growth.

We highlight how well this approach works in a recent analysis that reviewed studies using PRF for hair loss. Researchers concluded that PRF delivers clinically significant results for enhanced hair growth.

Enhancing results with Ariessence

To further boost the efficacy of our hair restoration treatments, we often recommend incorporating Ariessence pure PDRN (Polydeoxyribonucleotide). When combined with microneedling, Ariessence penetrates deep into the scalp to stimulate cellular repair and optimize the environment for hair follicles. This powerful synergy promotes even greater scalp health and accelerates hair growth results, providing a comprehensive approach to tackling thinning hair.

Contact our Houston, Texas, office at 713-701-1717 today to schedule a consultation to see how we can fight against hair loss and thinning hair by utilizing regenerative medicine. You can also use the convenient booking feature on our website.