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PRP for skin and hair (platelet-rich plasma)

A small amount of your own blood is spun to concentrate the platelets, then injected or microneedled into the skin or scalp.

How people get it: Done by dermatologists, med spas and hair clinics, usually over several sessions.

The basics

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What it is

Not enough reliable information yet.

How it's thought to work

Not enough reliable information yet.

What people use it for

Not enough reliable information yet.

What the research has found so far

On PRP for skin and hair and aging, PubMed lists 92 trials in people, 82 studies that watched people over time, 31 animal and lab studies. See the counts and searches

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Research stage 2 of 4 · Small studies in people

Stage 2 because there are 92 published trials and 62 registered trials in people, but no large ones yet.

A stage shows how far research has got, not whether it will work for you. How stages work

Side effects and risks

Not enough reliable information yet.

Who should be careful, and drug interactions

Not enough reliable information yet.

What to expect: sessions, results and recovery

Not enough reliable information yet.

Roughly what it costs

We don't have prices for this yet.

Questions to ask your doctor

  • Is PRP for skin and hair a sensible option for me, given my health and the medicines I take?
  • Could PRP for skin and hair interact with any medicine or supplement I already take?
  • What side effects should I watch for, and when should I stop or call you?
  • How would we tell whether it is helping, and when should we review it?

This is general information gathered from the sources listed, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before starting anything new.

What experts say

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Recent research

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Trials

None of the registered trials of PRP for skin and hair is one we have linked as aging-related yet.

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 62 registered trials that mention PRP for skin and hair, for any condition (the count in The science below). Here we show the ones about aging. See them all ↗

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The science

Counted from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov on Oct 17, 2026, using one search for PRP for skin and hair in relation to aging. Each link opens the exact search.

Randomized trials in people
73 search ↗
Large trials (multicenter or phase 3)
2 search ↗
Phase 3 trials
0 search ↗
Trials in people
92 search ↗
Studies that watched people over time
82 search ↗
Animal and lab studies
31 search ↗
Registered trials
62 search ↗

PubMed search used

("platelet-rich plasma"[tiab] OR "platelet rich plasma"[tiab] OR "platelet-rich fibrin"[tiab] OR PRP[tiab]) AND (wrinkle*[tiab] OR rejuvenation[tiab] OR "facial aging"[tiab] OR "androgenetic alopecia"[tiab] OR "hair loss"[tiab] OR "hair growth"[tiab] OR "female pattern hair loss"[tiab] OR photoaging[tiab] OR "skin aging"[tiab] OR "skin ageing"[tiab] OR photodamage[tiab] OR "Skin Aging"[mh])

Counts are search results, so they include some records that only mention PRP for skin and hair. How we count

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