Login / Signup

Platelet-rich plasma for androgenetic alopecia: Does it work? Evidence from meta analysis.

Salvatore GiordanoMarco RomeoPetteri Lankinen
Published in: Journal of cosmetic dermatology (2017)
Local injection of PRP for androgenic alopecia might be associated with an increased number of hairs and some hair thickness improvement in the treated areas with minimal morbidity. The results of this meta-analysis should be interpreted with caution as it consists of pooling many small studies. Larger randomized studies can verify this perception.
Keyphrases
  • platelet rich plasma
  • case control
  • systematic review
  • meta analyses
  • open label
  • randomized controlled trial
  • clinical trial