PRP After a Hair Transplant: What It Does and When to Start

Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is one of the most requested add-ons in hair restoration — and one of the least well explained. The idea is simple: your blood contains platelets rich in growth factors, the same signalling molecules that coordinate healing. Concentrating them and injecting them into the scalp is thought to support tissue recovery and stimulate the surrounding native follicles.

What a session involves

A small amount of your blood is drawn and spun in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich layer. That concentrate is injected into the treatment area — a procedure taking roughly 30–45 minutes with minimal downtime. Mild tightness or tenderness for a day or so is the most common after-effect.

Where it fits in a transplant plan

PRP does not replace surgery — no injection moves a follicle from the donor area to a bald zone. Its role is supportive: the transplanted zone during early healing, and importantly the surrounding native hair, which remains vulnerable to the same process that caused your original loss.

For that reason, a session after surgery — rather than before — is the most common timing. At Bonita Hair Clinic, one PRP session after your transplant is included in the package, because supporting the recovery phase is where we see it earn its place.

What to expect realistically

Study results on PRP vary, and honest clinics say so. What patients consistently report is comfort during recovery and better condition of the surrounding hair. Treat PRP as a supporting player in a plan built on good surgery, realistic graft planning and proper aftercare — not as a standalone solution.