Hair Injection Therapy

A small amount of blood is drawn and then spun in a centrifuge to extract the plasma from the rest of the blood. This high concentration of nutrients is utilized pre, during, and post-procedure. Our expert providers inject a portion of the plasma mixture (sometimes combined with ACell) directly under the scalp where the follicles are located. Once injected, the solution activates and promotes hair growth. Follicles need to be weak or dormant for this to happen, permanent hair loss cannot be treated with hair injection therapy.

Hair Injection Therapy treatments are considered completely safe and natural as you are using factors from your own body so there is no chance of blood infection or an adverse immune response.

Because hair injection therapy works well to stimulate inactive or newly implanted follicles with little to no downtime, it has become a popular treatment to restore follicular health and improve hair thinning. Hair injection therapy can also be used in conjunction with hair transplant surgery and is especially helpful for those who do not tolerate finasteride (Propecia). When adding ACell for to regenerate hair growth, treatments are recommended every 1-3 years.

Both men and women who are experiencing hair loss are good candidates for  hair restoration with Dr. Thompson. However, the growth factors in the plasma work best when awakening follicles that only recently became dormant or are simply spending longer periods in resting phase. These hair follicles are still healthy and capable of growing hair. They could be headed to full dormancy, but they aren’t there yet. That’s why injections for hair restoration works best when the patient notices early hair loss. Clinically, this is known as androgenic alopecia.

Hair injection therapy isn’t effective for regrowing hair on areas of full baldness with long-dormant hair follicles. For these cases, surgical NeoGraft treatments at Utah Facial Plastics would be a better solution.

How effective is injection therapy for hair restoration?

Injection therapy for thinning hair should be considered as an ongoing maintenance/prevention tool . The injections first stem your hair loss. This occurs relatively quickly, followed by real hair growth after two to three months.
Because blood supply to the hair follicles is so important to hair growth and to reverse thinning,  Our providers may also advise you to add a prescription hair growth product, such as spironolactone or finasteride alongside your treatment..

ACell is an FDA approved cellular regeneration product used in wound healing that has recently been added to PRP for hair restoration. At Utah Facial Plastics, we apply ACell with your plasma both through injections and microneedling to provide the most nutrients and growth factors to improve blood flow and reverse the hair follicle miniaturizing process.

ACell is rich in collagen and proteins and it provides scaffolding that triggers the formation of new blood vessels throughout the treatment area. The combination of collagen, protein, and new blood vessels improves healing in general, and in this case, the return of the hair follicles to activity.

After your treatment with a UFP Hair Restoration expert, you won’t really have any recovery. If you have soreness, you can address it with over-the-counter pain medication. You can shower and wash your hair immediately. We recommend waiting one or two days with typical hair maintenance such as blow-drying, curling, coloring, and the like.

This is a very safe and well-tolerated procedure. However, if the patient has long-standing male or female pattern baldness, where large areas have not been growing hair for a period of time, This treatment isn't the best approach. Hair injections tend to revitalize hair follicles that are shrinking but aren’t fully dormant.

Certain conditions, such as chronic skin diseases or liver disease, can preclude a person from being eligible for  treatment, but these are quite rare. One our our hair experts can discuss these possibilities with you during your consultation.

Hair injection therapy can stimulate hair follicles to produce longer, thicker and healthier hair fibers. While it doesn't actually regrow new hair, it works well to reverse the miniaturization of hair follicles that happens with male or female pattern baldness. As mentioned above, hair transplant surgery with NeoGraft or the strip-method may be recommended to increase the actual number of hair follicles depending on your level of hair loss.

Results are typically noticeable for many candidates 3-9 months following treatment  but may take more time for noticeable improvement. Results are not guaranteed as some patients do not respond to therapy. Hair injection therapy does show great results for many and it's best to come in for a consultation to determine whether or not you are a good candidate.