Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy | Dr. Joseph Greco Ph.D. Answers Your Questions

[bellerofonte]

Sorry MG63, are you the user which used Dermaheal lotion and had interesting results?
I found searching in google a user with the same nickname and he talked in many topics about Dermaheal, that's why I'm asking.

[bellerofonte]

Dear MG, waiting for the answer of Dr Greco I think that the shedding of miniaturized hairs is a good signal, because they're the first hair to fall if a therapy is effective and probabily they will be thicker in the next hair cicle ( the same thing happend with every effectiveness treatment).

It's also a reasonable time, coz if you think well, minoxidil after 3 months (12 weeks) begin giving shedding and in the 4th and 5th months you begin to see results.

I cross fingers for you!

p.s. remember the pictures!

[MG63]

Dr. Greco - is the shedding of small hairs 10-12 weeks after PRP common. It is a very strange occurrence - the hairs are all about the same length and very thin.

[MG63]

will do on the pix.

[hdude46]

Dr. Greco,

Would it be safe to say then that most of your treated patients have just as much (if not more) hair as they had prior to treatment?

[Dr Joseph F. Greco]

updates from dr greco would be great....spencer can you help with this?

I have no new PRP hair updates at this point. We have been working on a number of new products in wound care and have been quite involved in testing the past few months. Last week we had a patent issure for bone regeneration by using PRP in bone grafts.
Regarding your question of "follow up objective follow up testing on our patients", we have not done more follow up studies on our treated patientrs. I can report that many patients have been quite pleased with their results thus far. We have been trying to set up a larger independent hair study in that regard and will share that when it is implemented and finalized. There are other independent studies ongoing regarding PRP and hair survival regarding utilization of PRP in hair restoration surgery that will come our in the next year. Thanks for your interest. JG

[hdude46]

Dr. Greco,

did you get my email about measuring hair counts in patients you treat with prp?

[Dr Joseph F. Greco]

Dr. Greco -- have one follow-up question. Before my PRP treatment I was micro-needling with a 0.25 mm micro-needle 3x per week and had some good results. Is it safe to resume micro-needling after PRP?

Absolutely, we encourage stimulation to promote the Stat 3 before and after the treatment. Thanks,
JG

[Dr Joseph F. Greco]

Dr. Greco,
In a post last year u said that u were unaware of any doctors using this procedure in California, i was wondering if this is still the case? Also, what,if any, updates have you made to the PRP procedure during the last year?

Sorry for the delay in answering... I have been traveling. Dr Jim Deyarmin in San Diego is offering PRP. We have not had any significant updates regarding what we are doing; however, some physicians such a Dr Fabio Rinaldi in Milan are reporting some nice results with AGA and AA patients. Best,
JG

[hdude46]

updates from dr greco would be great....spencer can you help with this?

[bellerofonte]

Dear MG63, the biggest trouble when we talk about PRP treatment ( till now) is that we saw really few pictures about results/improvements of people who tryed it.

If you clearly notice an improvement in your crown area ,please, let us see some pictures!

We'll be all really pleasant about!

[MG63]

PRP observations

Greeting,

I had PRP in the crown area approximately 12 weeks ago - below are my observations to date, comments welcomed.

6 weeks - noticed thickening
10 weeks - slight increase in shedding of small /thin hairs (approximately 1-2" in length) only.

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

I am curious to hear what Dr. Greco has to say. My first thought is that after a few days I would not think it would cause any harm.

[MG63]

resuming micro-needling after PRP

Dr. Greco -- have one follow-up question. Before my PRP treatment I was micro-needling with a 0.25 mm micro-needle 3x per week and had some good results. Is it safe to resume micro-needling after PRP?

[mascott23]

update on prp in california

Dr. Greco,
In a post last year u said that u were unaware of any doctors using this procedure in California, i was wondering if this is still the case? Also, what,if any, updates have you made to the PRP procedure during the last year?