What is PRP treatment for hair loss?

PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) treatment for hair loss uses your body's own natural growth factors to revive thinning hair, strengthen follicles and boost new growth. The London PRP Clinic offers doctor-led PRP treatments for hair, scalp, and beard growth with proven results.

Does PRP work for beard growth?

Yes, PRP beard growth treatment is highly effective for filling patchy areas, enhancing beard density, and promoting thicker facial hair. Our doctor-led PRP beard treatment at £395 per session uses platelet-rich plasma to stimulate dormant hair follicles in the beard area.

How much does PRP treatment cost in London?

PRP treatment prices at The London PRP Clinic range from £395 for PRP Hair Signature or Beard PRP single sessions, to £545 for comprehensive treatments. We offer package discounts - for example, 3 PRP Hair sessions cost £1,085 (save £100).

What PRP services are available at The London PRP Clinic?

We offer PRP treatments for hair loss, beard growth, facial rejuvenation, under-eye treatment, knee joint pain, and scalp health. All treatments are doctor-led and evidence-based, delivered at our Marylebone and Belgravia London locations.

How much does PRP cost for hair loss in London?

At The London PRP Clinic, PRP hair treatment costs £545 per session including Viviscal™ supplements and organic oils. Most patients need 3-4 initial sessions (package available at £1,500, saving £135). ExoRevive exosome treatment is £445 per session.

Does PRP really work for hair loss?

Yes, clinical studies show PRP is 70-90% effective for androgenetic alopecia. At our clinic, 87% of patients report significant improvement with an average 32% increase in hair density after 3-4 sessions. Results are best for Norwood stages 1-4.

What's better PRP or hair transplant?

PRP is ideal for early-stage hair loss (Norwood 1-4): non-surgical, no downtime, £545 per session. Hair transplants suit advanced loss (Norwood 5-7): permanent but surgical, 2-week recovery, £3,000-15,000. Many combine both for optimal results - PRP strengthens existing hair and enhances transplant survival.

How long do PRP results last?

PRP results typically last 12-18 months with proper maintenance. After initial 3-4 sessions, maintenance treatments every 6 months sustain results. Some patients using our combined protocol (PRP + supplements) report results lasting up to 2 years.

Is PRP painful for hair?

PRP involves minimal discomfort. We use topical numbing cream 30 minutes before treatment. Most patients rate pain as 2-3/10, describing it as 'mild pinching.' The entire procedure takes 60 minutes with no downtime - you can return to work immediately.

Can I wash my hair after PRP?

Wait 24 hours before washing your hair after PRP. Use lukewarm water and gentle shampoo for the first wash. Avoid swimming pools, saunas, and intense exercise for 48 hours. We provide detailed aftercare instructions and organic hair oil for optimal healing.

What are the newest hair loss treatments in 2025?

The newest effective hair loss treatments in 2025 include low-dose oral minoxidil (2.5-5mg daily), topical finasteride (0.25%), platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, and low-level laser therapy devices. Emerging treatments like JAK inhibitors and topical androgen receptor antagonists are showing promising results in clinical trials.

Does oral minoxidil work for hair loss?

Yes, low-dose oral minoxidil (2.5-5mg daily) has proven highly effective for both male and female pattern hair loss. Studies show it's particularly effective for overall thinning, with manageable side effects primarily limited to mild hypertrichosis (extra hair growth).

Is PRP effective for hair restoration?

Yes, PRP therapy has demonstrated significant improvement in hair count and thickness in clinical trials. Most patients see noticeable results after 3-4 sessions, using the body's own growth factors to stimulate dormant hair follicles.

What's the best hair loss treatment in London?

The best hair loss treatment depends on your specific condition, but combination therapy often yields optimal results. The London PRP Clinic offers personalised treatment plans combining PRP therapy with other evidence-based treatments. Book a free consultation to determine the best approach for your hair loss pattern.

How much does PRP hair treatment cost in London?

PRP hair treatment costs vary based on the number of sessions needed. The London PRP Clinic offers competitive pricing with free initial consultations. Contact us via WhatsApp for a personalised quote based on your specific treatment needs.

Hair Loss After Stopping The Pill

22 Sept

Written By Sama Samy

Shedding a few months after stopping the combined contraceptive pill is common, and in most women it is temporary. The drop in oestrogen pushes a large group of hairs into the resting phase at once, and they release together 2 to 3 months later. It usually settles within 3 to 6 months. The exception worth knowing about is when the pill was quietly suppressing an underlying androgen-driven thinning, which stopping it then reveals.

Key points

The combined pill contains oestrogen, which prolongs the growth phase of the hair cycle. Stopping it can trigger a synchronised shed called telogen effluvium.
Shedding typically begins around 2 to 3 months after stopping and usually settles within 3 to 6 months without treatment.
Some pills have anti-androgenic effects. If one of those was masking a tendency to androgen-driven thinning, stopping it can reveal pattern hair loss that does not resolve on its own.
The distinction between a temporary shed and unmasked pattern loss decides whether you need anything at all, and it can be established with examination and blood tests.

Shedding since you stopped the pill? Message a GMC-registered doctor on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.

Why stopping the pill affects hair

Oestrogen and the hair cycle

Hair grows in cycles. Most follicles are in a long growing phase, a smaller proportion rest for around 100 days, and at the end of that rest the hair releases and a new one begins. Oestrogen tends to lengthen the growing phase, which is why many women notice their hair is at its thickest in pregnancy.

On the combined pill, oestrogen levels are held steady. When the pill stops, levels fall, and a larger than usual group of follicles moves into the resting phase together. Roughly 100 days later those hairs release at once. That is the same mechanism behind the shedding many women experience after childbirth, and it is why the timing is so characteristic.

Why it feels so sudden

Because the hairs moved into the resting phase together, they leave together. The result is diffuse shedding across the whole scalp, a thinner ponytail and alarming amounts in the shower and on the brush, arriving a couple of months after a change you may no longer be connecting with it.

The two different things it can be

A temporary shed

This is the common picture. Diffuse shedding starting 2 to 3 months after stopping, full-length hairs coming out, no particular area thinning more than another, and a gradual settling over 3 to 6 months as the follicles re-enter their growing phase. It recovers on its own, and the right treatment is usually reassurance plus correcting anything found on blood tests.

Pattern thinning that the pill was hiding

Some pills contain progestins with anti-androgenic effects, which reduce the influence of androgens on hair follicles. In a woman with an underlying tendency to androgen-driven thinning, including women with polycystic ovary syndrome, that pill may have been holding the thinning back for years. Stopping it removes the brake.

The signs are different. Thinning concentrated at the parting and crown rather than across the whole scalp, a parting that is visibly wider than it was, hairs coming through finer and shorter, and sometimes a return of acne or unwanted facial hair at the same time. This does not simply resolve, and it benefits from being recognised early.

The reverse can also happen. Some older pills contain progestins with more androgenic activity, which can worsen thinning while you are taking them.

Not sure which you are dealing with? Ask our doctors on WhatsApp.

How to tell them apart yourself

Free and useful before you book anything.

Look at where it is happening. Diffuse loss across the whole scalp points to a temporary shed. Loss concentrated at the parting and crown with the front hairline preserved points to pattern thinning.

Look at the hairs coming out. Full-length, normal-thickness hairs suggest shedding. Shorter, finer hairs suggest the follicles are shrinking, which is a different and more progressive process.

Watch the timeline. A temporary shed has a beginning and an end. If you are still shedding heavily 6 months after stopping, or the parting is continuing to widen, it is not a simple shed.

Notice what else has changed. Acne, oily skin, unwanted facial hair or irregular periods returning after stopping suggest androgen activity was being suppressed, which also points to pattern thinning.

Take monthly photographs of your parting in the same light. Shedding is dramatic and density change is gradual, and photographs settle the question more reliably than memory.

What to test

Stopping the pill is a good moment to check a few things, because several are common in women and independently affect hair.

Full iron studies including ferritin, since low iron is very common and suppresses hair growth, and a result just above the lower limit is often reported as normal while being too low for good regrowth.

Full thyroid function with antibodies rather than TSH alone.

Vitamin D, B12, folate and zinc.

Where pattern thinning or a return of acne or facial hair suggests it, testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, the calculated free androgen index, DHEAS and prolactin. Note that the pill itself raises sex hormone binding globulin substantially, so these are most informative a few months after stopping.

What helps, and what does not

For a temporary shed

Time, mostly. Correct anything found on blood testing, eat enough protein, handle the hair gently, and take monthly photographs. Avoid starting a treatment course in a panic, because you will attribute the natural recovery to whatever you started and keep paying for it.

For unmasked pattern thinning

This is worth treating, and earlier is better, because follicles respond while they are shrinking and not once they have closed. Options include topical minoxidil, which is suitable for women, hormonal approaches where appropriate, correcting any deficiencies, and PRP, which uses growth factors from your own blood and has no hormonal action. PRP is supported by a 2025 meta-analysis in Dermatology and Therapy of 43 randomised controlled trials and 1,877 participants finding it increases hair density, and pooled data show it works better alongside minoxidil than either alone.

Should you go back on the pill

That is a contraception decision first and a hair decision second, and it should be made with your GP or a sexual health clinic. If a particular pill was helping your hair and skin, that is relevant information to bring to that conversation.

What assessment and treatment cost

Flagship Harley Street and Mayfair clinics commonly charge £600 to £850 or more per PRP session, and London practices generally charge 50 to 70 percent more than clinics outside the capital. Our care is doctor-led and priced below those rates, with the figure confirmed after your free suitability review, and blood testing is run from the same clinic.

For many women reading this, the honest answer will be that no treatment is needed. We would rather tell you that than sell you a course for a shed that was going to recover.

Ask whether yours is temporary. Message us on WhatsApp.

The suitability review

Every enquiry begins with a free doctor-led suitability review rather than a booking. A GMC-registered doctor examines your scalp with dermoscopy to see whether hairs are simply shedding or are miniaturising, reviews or arranges the relevant bloods, and gives one of two answers.

Approved for treatment, where pattern thinning has been unmasked and early treatment will help. Or not approved, which is common here, because a temporary shed needs time and a deficiency corrected rather than a procedure. We decline a meaningful share of these enquiries on exactly that basis.

Why people choose The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness

The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness is a doctor-led, blood-test-first clinic treating from 10 Portman Square in Marylebone and the Light Centre in Belgravia. Every treatment is performed by GMC-registered doctors, and no clinician treats a patient here until they have completed 100 supervised treatments.

Across our work we report an 87 percent patient success rate, a 32 percent average density increase in hair restoration and more than 187 five-star reviews.

Book your free suitability review. Message us on WhatsApp, email team@thewellnesslondon.com, or call +44 20 3951 3429.

Frequently asked questions about hair loss after stopping the pill

Does stopping the pill cause hair loss?

It can. The fall in oestrogen pushes a group of hairs into the resting phase together, and they release around 2 to 3 months later as a diffuse shed called telogen effluvium.

How long does hair loss after stopping the pill last?

Usually 3 to 6 months, settling on its own as follicles re-enter their growing phase. Heavy shedding continuing beyond 6 months is worth assessing.

Will my hair grow back after stopping the pill?

For a temporary shed, yes. If stopping the pill has unmasked androgen-driven pattern thinning, that does not resolve on its own and benefits from early treatment.

How do I know if it is more than a temporary shed?

Thinning concentrated at the parting and crown, finer and shorter hairs, a continuing widening of the parting, or acne and facial hair returning all suggest unmasked pattern thinning rather than a shed.

What blood tests should I have?

Full iron studies including ferritin, full thyroid function with antibodies, vitamin D, B12, folate and zinc, and where relevant testosterone, SHBG, the free androgen index, DHEAS and prolactin, ideally a few months after stopping.

Should I go back on the pill for my hair?

That is a contraception decision first and should be made with your GP or a sexual health clinic, though if a particular pill helped your hair and skin that is worth mentioning.

This article is for information and does not replace personal medical advice. Contraceptive decisions should be made with an appropriate clinician. Individual results vary. All treatments at The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness are performed by GMC-registered doctors. Reviewed by [GMC-REGISTERED DOCTOR NAME, GMC NUMBER TO CONFIRM], The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness. Last updated September 2026.

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