Hair Rejuvenation

Hair Rejuvenation - Platelet-Rich Treatment / GFC Therapy

Platelet-Rich Treatment
Platelet Rich Treatment Therapy is a safe, minimally invasive procedure that helps boost healing, regeneration, and growth. It’s often used to treat injured tendons, ligaments, and muscles. This therapy is also effective in cases of hair loss, promoting and maintaining hair growth. It stimulates hair growth and thickness while protecting hair follicles from premature shedding, thus increasing hair density.

Blood consists of approximately 55% plasma (the liquid component) and 45% formed elements, including erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and thrombocytes (platelets). Platelets play a crucial role in blood clotting and contain cytokines and proteins that promote growth, healing, and rejuvenation. They are known to release high quantities of growth factors, such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), transforming growth factors (TGF-β1 and TGF-β2), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and insulin-like growth factor (IGF), which stimulate cell proliferation, matrix remodeling, and angiogenesis.

Several studies indicate that the growth factors released from platelets may act on stem cells in the bulge area of the follicles, thereby stimulating the development of new follicles and promoting neovascularization.

Platelet-rich treatment is an autologous preparation of platelets in concentrated plasma, meaning there are no side effects and no risk of contracting any communicable disease since it involves injecting your own blood back into your scalp.

This therapy is a long-term and effective solution that can prevent further hair loss in its early, non-balding stages and help promote hair growth. It is essential to keep in mind that individual results depend on factors such as the extent of hair loss, the underlying cause, and the patient’s overall health.

The effects of the platelet-rich treatment appear gradually over a few months, and a minimum of 4-6 sessions are needed to see results. These sessions are typically conducted 3-4 weeks apart.

GROWTH FACTOR CONCENTRATE (GFC) THERAPY

Growth Factor Concentrate (GFC) Therapy is a safe, minimally invasive advanced procedure that boosts healing, regeneration, and growth. It utilizes special substances called “growth factors” from your blood to treat hair loss effectively. This method not only reduces hair loss but also encourages new hair growth.

GFC therapy aims to deliver a potent dose of growth factors directly to the hair follicles, bypassing potential variations in a patient’s natural growth factor levels, resulting in more effective stimulation of hair growth.

GFC therapy can produce results in fewer sessions compared to the platelet-rich treatment. The effectiveness of both therapies varies from person to person, depending on factors such as the extent of hair loss, the underlying cause, and the patient’s overall health.

Advantages of Platelet-Rich and GFC Therapy:

Reduces Hair Fall: Revitalizes hair follicles, helping to decrease hair loss.
Thicker, Voluminous Hair: Strengthens hair grafts and encourages the growth of thicker, more voluminous hair.
Fights Alopecia: Suitable for both men and women in the early stages of alopecia (hair loss).
Completely Safe with No Risks: It is an autologous procedure where your own blood is processed and injected back into your scalp.

Procedure:

About 20 ml of blood is drawn and processed to isolate its various components by rapidly spinning the blood in a centrifuge.
After about 10 minutes in the centrifuge, the blood cells separate into three layers:
- Platelet-poor plasma
- Platelet-rich plasma
- Red blood cells
The isolated platelet-rich plasma is then drawn up into a syringe and injected into the scalp at various points.

Conditions for Which Platelet-Rich and GFC Therapy Can Be Done:

Androgenetic alopecia (male and female pattern baldness)
Alopecia areata
Receding hairline
Thinning hair
Hair loss due to stress or medical conditions
Hair loss following certain medical treatments
Minimal or no growth of new hair
Poor hair quality