PRP Treatment Still Unproven?
There is a doctor in Australia who is offering to remove some of your blood, centrifuge it and 30 minutes later inject the platelets back into your scalp to make your hair grow. I notice that Bioscor also has offices in N. America as well.
I am thinking of reporting this to the medical board, but I would value your input before doing so. Another rip-off for the gullible.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used by some surgeons to speed up wound healing, and some hair transplant clinics have been advertising this as a way to speed up the healing along with promoting early growth. One of my patients is a dentist and he said he uses PRP regularly for his oral surgery patients.
I’ll rehash what I’ve written about this treatment in the past: the greatest issue stems from the fact that there are no controlled scientific studies showing PRP does anything of significance. I’m not saying it’s a useless procedure, but until there are proper studies done it does seem a bit gimmicky to me. I’m also not sure what the FDA has to say about the claims made regarding PRP treatments, and the NY Times had an interesting write-up about this earlier in the year — Popular Blood Therapy May Not Work.
As for the Bioscor company in particular, their Australia site advertises PRP treatments, but their US site doesn’t seem to mention anything about them. Maybe that site isn’t updated or they just don’t offer it in the States. However, the US site does talk about how the founder of the company apparently made a name for himself by selling his “all-natural” hair lotion that contains a “secret formula” of Chinese herbs. That’s all the site seems to be promoting. Even the most casual reader of this site should know how I feel about these magic hair potions with secret ingredients. I’m all for protecting trade secrets, but there’s no magical blend of vitamins and minerals that will make your hair regrow.
I’m really with you on this. I’ve always been super skeptical about places that claim to have a magic answer to hair loss with some kind of instant treatment. I can’t see how this procedure would help hair grow back. I understand that PRP can help a cut heal faster, but that’s a lot different from hair. The sorry thing is the gimmick will probably go over big for people who don’t really research this.
I agree with Dan that at the very least PRP help strengthen weak dying hairs and follicles. I have done some reading and asked my friend which is a professor in the field of hematology about his comment on PRP.
At first, I think PRP is at least safe because it is from my own blood. As I also have to problem of hair loss, I decided to try. It is a combined PRP treatment with lotion. The result is so good that even my wife said I look younger as my hairs grow back.
For me, I would trust the magical power of PRP. At least, I will give a try on this.
With regard to the above statement that “I’m all for protecting trade secrets, but there’s no magical blend of vitamins and minerals that will make your hair regrow.” That statement is incorrect. I’ve been a patient of Dr. Alan Ong at Bioscor for almost two years, and I’ve been following Bioscor’s Hair Regrowth Treatment Programfor the same period. That program, which consists of a combination of vitamins, minerals, hair regrowth medications, and scalp treatments does in fact work. Consequently, my hair is considerably thicker and fuller today than when I started, and I can also see new hair regrowing to different degrees in various locations. Other Bioscor patients also have the same experience.
While Bioscor’s hair regrowth treatment program requires discipline to administer on a daily basis, the effort would be well worth it to me even if I only maintained my current hair. However, the fact that I’m actually regrowing some is an added bonus. Additionally, I presume that if used by men in their 20s and 30s, they may experience even more dramatic results due to having younger hair follicles.
With regard to PRP, I’ve been receiving treatments for about a year, and it (along with Bioscor’s other high quality skin care products) absolutely has helped my face look considerable younger looking, as well as improved the quality of my facial skin. As to whether PRP helps maintain/regrow hair, I don’t know. However, I get PRP injections in my scalp as well, just in case it works there too. I therefore see nothing wrong with Dr. Ong providing PRP to his patients for that purpose rather than just waiting around for skeptics like some here to determine its validity. If he’d done that, there’d be no Bioscor Hair Regrowth Treatment Program, and I’d have much less hair than I do today!
“I therefore see nothing wrong with Dr. Ong providing PRP to his patients for that purpose rather than just waiting around for skeptics like some here to determine its validity”
yeah, why wait around for proof that it works when YOU could be the lucky one that acts like a lab rat……..and pay for the privilege!
I was in an accident about 4 months ago (severe face injury). The accident was pretty bad as I was in ICU and hospital for about a week.
I started PRP treatment and have seen some great improvements. The scars had improved and the it doesn’t feel “hard” anymore.
As for Bioscor (Beijing), I feel that they are professional and helpful. They were NOT just trying to make a sell but were genuinely trying to help me.
I came across this website when I was doing a research on PRP and Bioscor. Hopefully this feedback is helpful to those who may be in the same situation.