Why Has Regenerative Medicine Become So Popular?

In recent years, regenerative treatments have permanently changed how we approach hair restoration. Gone are the days when a surgical hair transplant was your only option for a thicker, fuller head of hair.

At The Rawal Institute for Hair Restoration and Aesthetic Medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, Shamila Gupta Rawal, MD, uses regenerative techniques to give patients better options for addressing hair loss.

Take a moment as we break down regenerative medicine’s surge in popularity and why it’s becoming the gold standard in hair restoration.

It gives your body the tools to heal itself

The overriding idea behind regenerative medicine is simple — your body knows how to heal itself, but sometimes it needs help. That’s exactly what treatments like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and tRigenera do. 

They take healing compounds that are already in your blood and concentrate them where you need them most, flooding your scalp with growth factors that wake up sleeping hair follicles.

PRP amplifies hair transplant results

If you’ve had a transplant, PRP is the perfect companion treatment. Those first few weeks after surgery are crucial for graft survival, and PRP can accelerate the healing and initial hair growth process.  Here’s how:

The concentrated platelets reduce inflammation and stimulate cellular signaling while helping new blood vessels form around each graft. This means:

• Better survival rates for transplanted follicles
• Less redness and swelling after surgery
• Faster growth of your new hair
• Thicker results overall

The best part? It also helps volumize your existing hair, not just the transplants.  Dr. Rawal includes PRP at the time of transplant surgery and offers growth factor booster treatments at 4 months and 8 months post-operatively. For select cases, she may suggest an upgrade of your transplant day PRP treatment to her proprietary tRigenera procedure, involving smart exosomes and stem cells from your body.

The treatment itself is pretty straightforward

Getting PRP takes about 30-45 minutes in our office. We draw some blood, spin it in a centrifuge to separate out the platelets, and then inject the concentrated solution into your scalp.

Most patients need a series of treatments — usually starting with three sessions spaced about a month apart. After that, maintenance sessions every 6-12 months keep the new growth going.

If you have advanced or long-standing hair loss, or are unable to come to the office for a full PRP series, we offer our proprietary tRigenera procedure, which involves the removal of several micrografts of tissue from your scalp, disaggregation of the cells and suspension into saline, and injection of that solution into your scalp.  This procedure allows for a repopulation of healthy stem cells via the action of 70 billion smart exosomes, which can then be boosted with PRP at 6 months and 18 months post-procedure.  

It fills a treatment gap

Before regenerative options, we had a gap between daily medications and surgery. PRP and similar treatments finally give us effective middle-ground options.

For early hair thinning, combining PRP with at-home treatments like low-level laser therapy gives results that medications alone can’t match. For advanced hair loss, PRP and tRigenera make transplants work better by improving the scalp environment.

See if regenerative medicine is right for your hair loss

Not every type of hair loss responds to regenerative treatments. It works best for certain patterns and causes; that’s why we always start with a thorough evaluation.

At The Rawal Institute, Dr. Rawal checks your scalp, discusses your history, and then recommends whether PRP or another approach makes more sense for your situation.

Are you ready to explore your options? Call our Madison office or book online for a consultation about regenerative hair restoration.