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Basically this.
Just basing off what I remember reading, Minox gives ~20% re-growth on average and many people say it doesn't work (some are probably legitimate non-responders). PRP in studies gives 10-15% if I remember correctly. This is a difference but not a huge difference and it won't always be noticeable. Also many studies are done after repeat treatments. You can't go into into it thinking a single treatment will have some miraculous results, so people's expectations are too high. And to top it off the price of it sets people's expectations too high.
If the money is surplus money, it's probably worth it. If you have to save for it, it's probably not worth it.
Lastly, if you search on clinicaltrials.gov there are several ongoing trials for PRP. It will be interesting to see the results. What I think is very promising is that PRP could provide long term maintenance. There will probably never be a study done on that though.
Just basing off what I remember reading, Minox gives ~20% re-growth on average and many people say it doesn't work (some are probably legitimate non-responders). PRP in studies gives 10-15% if I remember correctly. This is a difference but not a huge difference and it won't always be noticeable. Also many studies are done after repeat treatments. You can't go into into it thinking a single treatment will have some miraculous results, so people's expectations are too high. And to top it off the price of it sets people's expectations too high.
If the money is surplus money, it's probably worth it. If you have to save for it, it's probably not worth it.
Lastly, if you search on clinicaltrials.gov there are several ongoing trials for PRP. It will be interesting to see the results. What I think is very promising is that PRP could provide long term maintenance. There will probably never be a study done on that though.
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