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Muhammad Ahmad, Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C2-006
EFFECT OF PRP ON SCALP HAIR DIAMETER
Muhammad Ahmad
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Hair Transplant Institute, Pakistan
Objectives:
To measure the effects of PRP on hair diameter in Pakistani
population.
Materials & Methods
: The study was conducted in a private setup in the adult
patients undergoing PRP treatment. Baseline platelets count were noted for
each patient. PRP was prepared using a commercial kit. Three PRP injections
were administered in the scalp at 0, 1 and three months interval. The hair
caliber was measured in the mid-scalp area using a separate stencil for each
patient. The diameter of 10 hair (1 cm sq) were measured randomly using the
caliper (two hair on each side of the square and four in the center. After six
months of third injection, the hair caliber was measured, and the results were
analyzed statistically using Mann-Whitney’s test.
Results:
Seven males and three females were included in the study. The mean
age of the patients was 24.2 years (26.3 years in males and 19.3 in females).
The average platelets count was found to be 283,580/µL. The mean hair
caliber was 37.3 µm (39.1µm in males and 33.0µm in females). At the end
of the study, the mean hair caliber was found to be 52.3 µm (p<0.01). The
mean hair caliber was 53.9µm in males and 48.7 µm in females (p<0.01). The
increase in the hair caliber was noted to be 27.5% more in males and 31.3%
more in females (p<0.01).
Conclusion:
The PRP injections can increase the hair diameter.
Muhammad Ahmad is graduated from Quaid-e-Azam
Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan in 1997 and
completed his training for the fellowship in Plastic
Surgery by College of Physicians and Surgeons Paki-
stan (CPSP) in 2005. He received the merit award by
the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association in
2004. He also received the first prize in annual meet-
ing of Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons
(AAHRS) held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2017. He has
published a new scar assessment scale (Ahmad’s
cosmetic surgery scar assessment scale). He is the
Editor of
Pakistan Journal of Plastic Surgery
(Pakistan)
and newsletter of Asian Association of Hair Resto-
ration Surgeons (AAHRS). He is also a reviewer of vari-
ous international journals. He is the Editor on the book
‘Alopaecia’ by InTechOpen publishers, guest Editor of
Plastic and Aesthetic Research Journal
on minimally
invasive cosmetic surgery, Editor/Advisory Board
Member of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK and
Austin Plastic Surgery
, open access journal by Austin
Publishing Group, USA.
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