Treating Hair Loss with Your own Blood (Alopecia Areata)

A JAAD Case Reports publication: click HERE for free full article (selected by Dr Christophe HSU, MD  – Dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland)

Comments

• Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is a therapeutical modality which consists of withdrawing blood, centrifugating it to obtain a blood cell concentrate and then to reinject it locally
• This case report shows Alopecia areata with ophiasis (clinical sign of poorer prognosis) responding to PRP after ineffective topical corticosteroid treatment.
  • It was done in a 41 year old woman
  • The full technique and before-after pictures are found in the case report
• PRP is also being tried to treat common baldness. Two read two studies with different conclusions, click HERE
• To read more on hair loss, click HERE
  To read all our articles on alopecia areata, click HERE