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PRP Hair Restoration in Richmond Hill
PRP only works on follicles that are still alive. One visit tells you whether yours are.
PRP wakes up follicles. It cannot bring back the ones that are gone.
Drag the slider. Every strand that fades is a follicle PRP could have saved.
Illustration of how untreated pattern loss typically progresses. Not a prediction of your scalp, and not a result you should expect. Your own rate is what the assessment measures.
Still alive looks like fine, wispy hair
Thin and short, but there. Those follicles have shrunk rather than died, and shrunk is reversible.
Smooth, shiny skin means gone
Once the follicle is scarred over, nothing injected will restart it. That is the honest line.
The best responders came in early
Not because they were lucky. Because they still had something to work with.
Is your hair loss the kind PRP fixes?
Three questions. You get a straight answer, including if the answer is no.
Where are you noticing it most?
How long has it been happening?
Look closely at the thinnest area. What do you see?
We find out why it is falling out first.
Low ferritin, thyroid trouble, vitamin D and B12 are among the most common reasons PRP quietly fails. We check all four before you commit to a course, and if something turns up we can correct it here.
Ferritin
Labs call 15 normal. Hair needs about 70. Most people are told they are fine when they are not fine for hair.
Corrected here with Vital Iron IVVitamin B12
Quietly low in plant based diets, and in anyone on long term acid reducers or metformin.
Corrected here with a B12 shotVitamin D
Follicles carry vitamin D receptors. An Ontario winter indoors is enough to run you down.
Corrected here with a vitamin D shotThyroid and hormones
Thyroid shows up in your hair before you feel it anywhere else. We check TSH and free T4 as standard.
Flagged and referred, not ignored
The centrifuge is the easy part.
Any clinic can spin blood. What separates a course that works from one that does not is where the needle goes, how deep, and how evenly.
Depth, spacing and volume
Too shallow and it sits in the skin. Too deep and it misses the follicle entirely. That judgement is 24 years old.
The same hands every session
You are not passed around. Jalal maps your scalp on day one and treats the same map each visit, so progress is comparable.
He will tell you when to stop
If you are four sessions in with nothing measurable, we say so rather than sell you a fifth.
Nothing happens for a month. That is normal, and it is why people quit too early.
The shedding slows
Before anything grows, less comes out in the shower. This is the first honest signal, and it is easy to miss.
Density, if you respond
New growth comes in fine and short first, then thickens. Published studies put measurable change at roughly seven in ten people.
Maintain, or stop
We remeasure against your day one scalp map. If the numbers moved, we plan maintenance. If they did not, we change course.
What it costs, and what we will not sell you.
- No package quoted before we have looked at your scalp.
- No six session commitment when three will tell us the answer.
- No PRP at all if your bloodwork says fix something else first.
- PRP is ongoing, not one and done. We will say that out loud before you pay, not after.
The hair assessment
Scalp under magnification, a full blood panel, and a straight answer on whether PRP is worth your money. Everything is priced on our pricing page before you book.
What you were going to ask anyway.
Is my kind of hair loss the kind PRP fixes?
PRP has the strongest evidence for early to moderate pattern loss, where follicles have shrunk but are still there. It does less for round patches, and nothing at all where the scalp has gone smooth and shiny. The 30 second check above will point you in the right direction, and the assessment will confirm it.
What if I am one of the people it does not work on?
About one in four people do not respond, and we will not pretend otherwise. That is exactly why we measure your scalp on day one. At month six we compare against that baseline, and if nothing moved we tell you and stop taking your money.
Can I do this alongside minoxidil or finasteride?
Yes, and it is often the better plan. They work through different mechanisms, so they complement rather than compete. Bring whatever you are already using to the assessment.
Does it hurt?
The scalp is sensitive and there are multiple injections, so we numb it first. Most people find it far more tolerable than it sounds. Expect mild tenderness for a day or two afterwards, then nothing.
How soon will anyone else notice?
You will notice less shedding around weeks four to eight. Other people usually notice somewhere between month four and month six. If you are treating for a wedding or an event, count backwards six months.
Why do you insist on bloodwork first?
Because injecting PRP into a body that is low on iron is expensive and disappointing. Assessing hair loss by eye alone is reported to miss reversible causes in around a third of patients, and deficiencies are one of the most common reasons PRP appears to fail. If we find one, we can correct it here.
Find out where you actually stand.
One visit. Your scalp read properly, your bloods checked properly, and an honest answer about whether PRP is worth it for you.
PRP is a supportive treatment for hair loss, not a cure and not a guarantee. Results vary, and some people do not respond. Nothing here is a diagnosis. What is right for you is decided at your assessment.