PRP and PRF Hair Restoration

PRP and PRF are platelet-based treatments given on the scalp for thinning hair. Below are two published statements about them, followed by links to three articles that go further.

Two published statements, read closely

The Cleveland Clinic states that PRP is injected into the scalp to treat thinning hair. The page at aad.org states that preliminary research shows that blood-platelet therapy may help with female-pattern hair loss.

The second statement carries its own limits: the research is described as preliminary, and the claim is that the therapy may help. Read the first in Cleveland Clinic's PRP therapy page. For a closer look at the fibrin version, an evaluation of scalp therapy using injectable platelet-rich fibrin for excessive hair loss in women is published in Aesthetic Cosmetology.

Questions to ask before a first session

Ask which of the two treatments is being offered and why. Ask what evidence the provider is relying on and whether it covers hair loss like yours. Ask what a first result would look like and when you would be expected to decide whether to continue.

More on hair restoration

• Platelet-Rich Fibrin Scalp Therapy Findings reads one published evaluation of the fibrin version.
• Microneedling Paired With PRP for Thinning Hair covers the combination offered alongside injections.
• Hair Loss Causes and Treatments is the place to start if you have not yet sorted out why the hair is thinning.