Your Own Biology. Directed at the Root of the Problem.
Growth Factors at Follicular Depth. — PRP hair therapy uses the growth factors concentrated in your own platelets — isolated from a small blood draw and delivered directly to the scalp — to stimulate the follicular activity that progressive hair loss has been gradually suppressing. No foreign substances. No allergic risk. Only your own biology, returned precisely where it needs to go.
Overview
Hair loss is rarely a sudden event. It accumulates over months and years — the hairline shifting incrementally, the parting widening gradually, the ponytail becoming thinner in ways that are noticed first by the patient and then, eventually, by everyone else. By the time most people arrive at Ministry of Skin, they have already tried something — a shampoo, a supplement, a topical treatment recommended online. Some of it may have slowed things a little. None of it has reversed the trajectory. And the question they are asking is not whether something can be done. It is whether something that actually works can be done.
The answer, for most patients in the early to moderate stages of hair loss, is yes. The follicles that produce the progressive thinning of androgenetic alopecia are not dead. They are miniaturising — producing progressively finer, shorter, weaker shafts with each successive growth cycle as the androgenic hormonal environment gradually reduces their viability. Miniaturising follicles can be stimulated. They can be supported. They can, with the right biological intervention delivered consistently and at sufficient concentration, produce better hair than they have been producing.
PRP is one of the most well-evidenced biological treatments for achieving this. Its growth factors bind to receptors on follicular cells, stimulating follicular stem cell activity, extending the anagen growth phase, improving perifollicular blood supply, and reducing the inflammatory activity that contributes to progressive follicular regression. Multiple randomised controlled trials demonstrate statistically significant improvements in hair count, shaft diameter, and density. At Ministry of Skin, it is the foundation of our biological hair restoration programme.
What PRP Hair Therapy Actually Does
A blood sample of approximately 20ml is drawn from the arm and placed in a calibrated centrifuge, which separates the blood into its component fractions by density. The platelet-rich plasma layer — concentrated to contain platelets at 3–5 times their normal circulating level — is extracted and activated, releasing PDGF for follicular cell proliferation, VEGF for perifollicular angiogenesis, EGF for keratinocyte stimulation, TGF-β for follicular cycling support, and IGF-1 for cellular survival and metabolic activity throughout the follicular environment.
At Ministry of Skin, intradermal injections is performed across the treatment area immediately before PRP injection — creating micro-channels through which PRP penetrates to follicular depth with significantly greater efficiency than injection into intact tissue alone. The PRP is then injected systematically at follicular depth, the growth factors binding to dermal papilla cells and follicular stem cells and initiating the biological cascade that stimulates more active, more productive follicular cycling. The combined protocol of microneedling and PRP consistently outperforms either component delivered independently.
What to Expect
What to Expect From a Programme
The improvement produced by PRP hair therapy follows a predictable sequence. The first change most patients notice is a reduction in shedding — within the first 2–3 sessions as follicular activity stabilises. This is followed by improved hair quality in existing shafts — finer, weaker hair becoming progressively thicker and more robust as the follicles receiving sustained biological support respond. Visible improvement in hair density — new hairs appearing in areas of thinning as previously dormant follicles are reactivated — typically becomes apparent from sessions 4–6 onward, with the most significant cumulative improvement visible at 3–6 months following the completion of the initial course.
A standard PRP programme involves 4–6 monthly sessions for the initial course, followed by maintenance sessions every 3–6 months. Hair loss management is an ongoing commitment rather than a finite course — androgenetic alopecia is a continuing biological process that requires continuing biological support. PRP is most effective in the early to moderate stages of hair loss. It does not regrow hair in follicles that have permanently regressed — and at Ministry of Skin, the honest conversation about what PRP alone can and cannot achieve for your specific hair loss pattern happens at your first appointment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many PRP sessions do I need?
A standard initial course involves 4–6 monthly sessions, followed by maintenance every 3–6 months. Most patients notice reduced shedding within the first 2–3 sessions and visible density improvement from sessions 4–6. The initial course establishes the biological environment; maintenance sessions sustain it.
Can women have PRP hair therapy?
Yes — PRP is equally effective for female pattern hair loss and is one of the most frequently requested hair restoration treatments for women at Ministry of Skin. The protocol is the same, with injection sites distributed across the specific areas of thinning identified at your trichoscopic assessment.
What is the difference between PRP and GFC for hair loss?
GFC uses an additional processing step that extracts and concentrates only the active growth factors from the platelets — producing a higher, more consistent growth factor concentration than standard PRP and removing inflammatory components that are not therapeutically relevant. Multiple comparative studies demonstrate superior outcomes with GFC. For patients seeking maximum efficacy, or those who have had limited improvement with standard PRP, GFC is the preferred step forward.
Is PRP hair therapy permanent?
PRP produces meaningful, sustained improvement in hair density during the treatment period — but it is not a permanent cure for androgenetic alopecia, which is a continuing hormonal process. Without maintenance sessions, the biological support PRP provides diminishes over 6–12 months and progressive loss resumes. Consistent maintenance is the difference between a temporary improvement and a sustained one.
Can PRP be combined with medical hair loss treatment?
Yes — and the combination consistently produces better outcomes than either approach alone. Minoxidil, finasteride, or dutasteride address the hormonal drivers of follicular miniaturisation systemically or topically; PRP addresses the follicular environment directly through growth factor stimulation. At Ministry of Skin, PRP is almost always recommended as part of a comprehensive programme that includes appropriate medical therapy rather than as a standalone treatment.
