Senior Member Dr. James DeYarman Posted January 3, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 3, 2013 This 21 year old man was one of my first patients to get PRP with the transplants. We transplanted the front one third and I have included photos at 10 days, 3 months, and 11 months. Note how fast he healed and the amount of growth at 3 months. These are the benefits I am seeing with PRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Blake Bloxham Posted January 4, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 4, 2013 Great result! Thank you for sharing. "Doc" Blake Bloxham - formerly "Future_HT_Doc" Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Loss Learning Center, the Hair Loss Q&A Blog, and the Hair Restoration Forum All opinions are my own and my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Dr. DeYarman, Thanks for presenting an example of your recent results. In my opinion, this patient's hair looks great. You mentioned your use of injecting PRP into recipient sites. Can you tell us more about this process and how you feel it benefits the patient? Do you inject PRP into the recipient sites before or after the grafts are transplanted? How long does the process take? In what way do you feel PRP optimizes growth yield, especially given that growth yield is already typically very high in the vast majority of patients under an experienced physician's care and supervision? I look forward to your response. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dr. James DeYarman Posted January 4, 2013 Author Senior Member Share Posted January 4, 2013 I inject the PRP after making the sites. I inject .1cc every centimeter intra-dermal. Following the injection I massage the area for at least 2 minutes. The process takes less than 5 minutes. The principle makes sense as when the body heals it will increase platelets to the area of trauma. With PRP you are able to get an increase in platelets to the area which should aid in the healing process. I feel anything that will improve the outcome should be done and because there are no side effects then I feel you are helping the patient. I have observed that all of my patients that are having a second procedure where they did not get PRP the first time claim they have a better post-op course and the redness seems to clear up faster. I have seen patients start to grow in the second month but I am careful not to tell this to the patient as they could be disappointed if they don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Dr. DeYarman, Thanks for your detailed response and explanation. That makes sense. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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