Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections aka Vampire Facial have been all the rage, especially when Kim Kardashian posted a blood-drenched selfie in 2013. Since then, many have been curious and I have seen many personal friends also going for it in Malaysia.

What is PRP?

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a substance that’s thought to promote healing when injected.

Plasma is a component of your blood that contains special “factors,” or proteins, that help your blood to clot. It also contains proteins that support cell growth. Researchers have produced PRP by isolating plasma from blood and concentrating it.

The idea is that injecting PRP into damaged tissues will stimulate your body to grow new, healthy cells and promote healing. Because the tissue growth factors are more concentrated in the prepared growth injections, researchers think the body’s tissues may heal faster.

The treatment hasn’t been definitively proven. It also hasn’t been approved as a treatment by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, famous athletes have been known to use these injections to help heal injuries.

- via Heathline

Beverly Bangsar Clinic, the aesthetic clinic I frequent to - offers this very procedure and I was keen to test it myself. Aside from the face, I was told that PRP could also be injected into the scalp (since the scalp is also an extension of your skin) to stimulate new hair growth. I had a few bald areas that needed treatment thus my doctor, Dr Jinly recommended me to try it.

It starts with a face cleanse then numb cream about 15-20 minutes to make the treatment more bearable. Since there will be multiple injections into the treatment area (in this case, my face and scalp), thus the duration may take longer as it is multiple treatment areas. The numb cream cannot be applied onto the scalp, so if you were to proceed with PRP on the scalp, you may need to have a higher pain threshold to tolerate the treatment.

My Scalp Progress

As mentioned in the beginning of this post, I was experincing severe hair loss and was having spot balding on the frontal area of my scalp. This was my scalp in Jan 2022.

Notice that my hairline on the front left side was thinning? I guess I can attribute it to years of hair parting on that side thus the bald spots were noticeable.

This is my hairline in August 2022. It has significantly improved since my PRP treatment in July 2022. PRP requires multiple treatments to see significant results but I'm glad I can see mine in just a single session! On top of PRP, I do use hair tonic as well to speed up the healing process.

My Final Thoughts

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