Before getting to the treatments, let’s discuss how the natural growth cycle actually works. Your hair is a long chain of proteins that is found on most parts of your body. This protein is called keratin, which makes up most of your hair and stimulates hair growth in the cellular level.
Below are 5 In-office Hair Growth Treatments:
Laser Therapy for Hair Growth
The low-level laser therapy technique uses UV light to treat hair thinning and loss in men and women. This technique is non-invasive, making it a pain-free technique to promote hair growth. The treatments results in voluminous and thick hair.
PRP for Hair Growth
Platelet-rich technique for hair loss involves drawing a person’s blood processing it and injecting it back into the affected area. Researchers believe that this techniques stimulates hair growth by enhancing blood circulation and flow to the hair follicle. PRP is often recommended by doctors in combination with other hair loss.
Microneedling for Hair Growth
You must have heard of microneedling to treat scarring. But do you know there is enough evidence to prove it efficacy in treating hair loss as well? Microneedling is the process of using with tiny needles that causes minor injuries on the scalp/skin. Researchers have shown evidence to prove that this procedure may help induce stem cells in your follicles. This may promote hair growth.
Try Hair Transplant for Hair Growth
Hair transplantation involves the removal of hair strands from one part of your scalp or body to the bald parts that require to be treated. Those parts which donate the hair are called ‘donor sites’ and the bald parts are the recipient sites’. Hair transplantantion has a high success rate and has been widely adopted by doctors all over the world to treat balding. Follicular unit extraction and follicular unit transplant are the two main hair transplantation methods used by doctors to treat hair loss. Talk your doctor about which technique should be recommended for you.
Stem Cell Hair Growth
Stem cells help repair broken or damaged tissues in the body and is used to treat male and female pattern baldness. This procedure involves using stem cells divide and replace damaged tissues and promote hair growth. The stem cell hair transplant removes and uses a small skin-sample, through which hair follicles are growth. These follicles are replicated in labs, following which they are planted back into the scalp or other balding areas on your body.
