PRP

PRP results from Dr. Gehaan D’Souza’s practice in Carlsbad. Platelet-rich plasma is made from your own blood, concentrated to many times its normal platelet count, and used two different ways here — injected into the scalp for hair restoration, or delivered into the skin during a microneedling treatment for facial rejuvenation.

Check which treatment each case had before you compare it to your own situation. Hair and skin results are read completely differently; they sit in one gallery because the underlying treatment is the same, not because the outcomes are comparable.

Reading the hair results

Compare density and coverage in the same region of the scalp, using the same part line and the same lighting in both photographs. Look for thinning areas filling in rather than a new hairline — PRP works on follicles that are still present, which is why it tends to do more in the earlier stages of loss.

Reading the facial results

Focus on one area rather than the whole face, and compare texture, tone and fine lines. PRP treats the quality of the skin, not sagging. If loose tissue is your main concern, the surgical galleries are the more useful comparison.

Setting expectations

PRP is not guaranteed and it does not work equally well for everyone. Response varies with the cause of the problem, how long it has been present, and individual biology. Most patients need a course of sessions rather than one, and periodic maintenance to hold the result.

About these photographs

Every patient shown was treated at this practice. Each case lists the age range and the treatments performed.

For how PRP is prepared, what a session involves and when results typically appear, see the PRP restoration page.

Results vary from patient to patient. These photographs show outcomes for the individuals pictured and are not a prediction of any other patient’s result.