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.

Which Facial Treatment Do You Actually Need

18 Sept

Written By Sama Samy

Almost every disappointing facial treatment is the right treatment applied to the wrong problem. Facial ageing has three separate components. Skin quality, meaning texture, thickness and tone. Volume, meaning fat and support that has been lost. And structure, meaning bone and the position of tissue. Each responds to a different category of treatment, and no amount of skill rescues a mismatch.

Key points

Skin quality problems respond to bio-stimulators such as PRP and polynucleotides, which improve the tissue itself and add no volume.
Volume loss responds to volume replacement, and no bio-stimulator will fill a hollow however many sessions you have.
Structural change is largely surgical, and injectables used to chase it produce a heavy, altered look rather than a refreshed one.
Most faces have a combination, which is why sequencing matters and why a single-treatment clinic tends to see a single problem.

Not sure which you have? Message a GMC-registered doctor on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.

The three components, and how to tell them apart

Skin quality

This is the surface and the layer immediately beneath it. Thin, crepey skin. Dullness and uneven tone. Fine lines that are visible at rest rather than only on movement. Enlarged pores, rough texture, and skin that no longer bounces back the way it did.

The test. Look at your face in flat, even light with no expression, and ignore the shape entirely. If what bothers you is how the skin looks and feels rather than where it sits, this is your category.

Volume

This is the fat, and the support it provides. Hollowing at the temples and under the eyes. Flattening of the cheek. A face that looks tired or gaunt rather than lined.

The test. Tilt your face upward toward a light source. Shadows that largely disappear when the angle changes are volume shadows rather than pigment or texture, and they will not respond to anything that improves the skin.

Structure

This is bone, ligament and the position of tissue. Jowling, a heavy lower face, laxity that pulls downward, and changes in the underlying framework that come with time.

The test. Lie down or lift the skin gently upward at the temples. If the thing that bothers you improves substantially when tissue is repositioned, no injectable will reproduce that, and a surgical opinion is the honest answer.

Want this assessed properly? Ask our doctors on WhatsApp.

What each category responds to

For skin quality

PRP uses growth factors concentrated from your own blood to improve the tissue itself. Because it is autologous, allergic reaction is very unlikely, and it suits people who want an improvement in how their skin behaves rather than a visible change in shape.

Polynucleotides, sometimes called salmon DNA, are purified DNA fragments that act as bio-stimulators, improving hydration, firmness and the quality of thin skin. They suit the under-eye area particularly well, where the skin is the thinnest on the body and where volume treatments frequently look heavy.

Both work as a course with maintenance, and both build progressively over months rather than appearing immediately. Neither adds volume. That is the point of them, not a limitation.

Alongside these, the unglamorous things matter more than most people accept. Daily sun protection, a retinoid where tolerated, sleep, and not smoking will out-perform any injectable over 10 years.

For volume

Volume replacement is the answer, and it works quickly. Under the eyes it carries real risks including puffiness from water retention, a bluish tinge when placed too superficially, migration over time, and rarely vascular complications. It is reversible with hyaluronidase, which is a prescription-only medicine that non-medical practitioners cannot legally hold or inject, and that alone is a strong argument for having any under-eye work done by a doctor.

For structure

Surgery. We do not perform it and we have no commercial interest in recommending it, which is exactly why our view on whether you need it is worth having. Where the honest answer is a surgical opinion, we will say so and explain why an injectable would disappoint.

The mismatches we see most often

Skin-quality treatment used for a structural hollow. Someone has 3 sessions of a bio-stimulator under the eyes, sees a mild improvement in texture and concludes the treatment does not work, when the shadow was always a volume shadow.

Volume used for a skin-quality problem. Filler placed into thin, crepey under-eye skin, producing puffiness and a heavier look while the crepiness remains.

Injectables used to chase structure. Progressive volume added to compensate for laxity, which is how faces end up looking altered rather than rested. This is the most common route to needing filler dissolved.

Treating the face while ignoring the rest. Fatigue, poor sleep, low ferritin and thyroid dysfunction all show in the face, and correcting them sometimes achieves more than any procedure.

Why sequencing matters

Where you have more than one component, and most people do, the order changes the result.

Improve skin quality first where it is a significant part of the picture, because a bio-stimulator works on the tissue itself and a better canvas makes everything else look more natural. Correct volume second, and conservatively, because it is far easier to add than to remove. Consider structure last and separately, because surgery changes the baseline for everything else.

Doing it the other way round, which is the common pattern, means volume is added to compensate for poor skin quality, more is added when that does not satisfy, and the face drifts away from looking like itself.

The honest limits

PRP and polynucleotides improve tissue that is still there. They do not lift, they do not fill, and the evidence base for polynucleotides, while promising, is smaller than for longer-established treatments. We say that rather than presenting everything as equally proven.

Results build over months, require maintenance, and vary between people. Anyone offering a guaranteed outcome in a defined number of weeks is describing marketing rather than biology.

What treatment costs in London

Doctor-led under-eye and facial regenerative treatment in central London generally runs £400 to £850 per session or course at flagship clinics. Tear trough filler at leading London clinics runs £450 to £800 per session and up to £950. London practices typically charge 50 to 70 percent more than clinics outside the capital.

At the lower end of the market you will find facial PRP advertised from around £120 to £300. That usually reflects a smaller volume of plasma, a different preparation protocol, a shorter appointment and, most importantly, no medical assessment of which of the three components you actually have.

Our care is doctor-led and priced below flagship central London rates, with the figure for your plan confirmed after your free suitability review.

Ask what your plan would cost. 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 assesses your face against the three components, identifies which are contributing and in what proportion, and gives one of two answers.

Approved for treatment, with what is being treated, what is not, how many sessions and what a realistic result looks like. Or not approved, in which case we explain what would serve you better, including when that is volume, surgery, or simply better skincare and sleep.

We decline a meaningful share of facial enquiries. The face is where mismatched treatment does the most damage to a person's confidence, and turning someone away is cheaper for both of us than a disappointing course.

Why people choose The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness

The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness is a doctor-led 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, which matters more around the eyes than anywhere else on the face.

We offer the full regenerative range including PRP, polynucleotides and combination protocols, so the recommendation follows your assessment rather than the single product a clinic happens to sell. Across our work we report 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 choosing a facial treatment

How do I know if I need PRP or filler?

PRP improves skin quality and adds no volume. Filler replaces lost volume. Tilt your face toward a light. Shadows that disappear when the angle changes are volume, and they will not respond to a skin treatment.

Does PRP tighten or lift the face?

No. It improves the quality and thickness of the tissue. Laxity and structural change are not treated by injectables, and a surgical opinion is the honest answer where that is the issue.

What is best for thin, crepey under-eye skin?

Bio-stimulators such as PRP and polynucleotides, because they improve the tissue rather than filling it. Volume treatments in that area can look heavy and carry specific risks.

Can I have more than one treatment?

Usually yes, and most faces have more than one component. Sequencing matters, generally improving skin quality first and correcting volume conservatively second.

Why did my last facial treatment not work?

Most often because it addressed the wrong component. A skin-quality treatment used for a volume shadow, or volume used for crepey skin, will disappoint regardless of how well it was performed.

Do I need treatment at all?

Frequently not. Sun protection, sleep, a retinoid where tolerated and correcting anything found on blood tests will out-perform most procedures over a decade, and we will say so when that is the answer.

This article is for information and does not replace personal medical advice. Individual results vary and no outcome is guaranteed. The evidence base for polynucleotides is still developing. 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 CONFIRMM], The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness. Last updated July 2026.

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