PRP or Exosomes for Hair Loss? Dr Yasmin Tayeb Explains the Difference

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What is the difference between hair rejuvenation using PRP, which is platelet-rich plasma, or hair rejuvenation with exosomes? So these are two treatments which are using growth factors to really improve and stimulate the hair follicles to make stronger hair and thicker hair, but I will choose different treatments depending on the patient who comes in to see me for a consultation. So number one, if I have a patient who is young, a professional athlete, really fit and healthy, no alcohol, doesn't smoke, no medication, then I would advise more of PRP because I'm expecting them to have good quality blood and a high quality healing capacity within their blood as well.

So for those patients, we take the blood, we are assuming, but we cannot guarantee what their growth factor dose is within that blood. If I have a patient who's a little bit older, maybe their medical history is not perfect, their healing capacity potentially is a little bit slower or a little bit reduced, then for those patients, I would recommend a little bit more the exosome treatment. And this is treatment which is loaded with 10 billion growth factors.

So we actually know what dose we're using and we can inject that or we can microneedle it into the area of concern. I have been using exosomes for a little while now, and I did use multiple different versions on the market. And before really being confident with the one that we have in clinic, we've had amazing results, really good feedback from our patients.

And I can say it's a wonderful alternative to PRP for those patients who just don't have the best quality blood and we cannot guarantee those perfect results. So if you're one of those patients who's tried PRP in the past, wasn't impressed with the results, or you're thinking there must be something out there before you go in for a hair transplant, I would definitely recommend come and have a chat with us. Let's have a talk and see what we can do.

And potentially, exosomes might be the right treatment for you.