Hair Restoration · Newport News
Hair restoration.
PRP is fertilizer for follicles that are dormant, not dead. The honest work is finding out which you have.
Hair loss is one of those problems the internet sells to harder than almost any other — gummies, serums, lasers in a hat, subscriptions to all three. So before we talk about what we do, here’s the frame we use for every hair consult: a follicle that’s thinning is dormant. A follicle that’s been gone for years is dead. Everything that works, works on the first kind. Fertilizer wakes up a struggling lawn; it does nothing for a paved driveway. The earlier you start, the more there is to keep — and anyone eager to treat a long-shiny scalp is selling you fertilizer for pavement.
First: figure out why you’re shedding
Most thinning in both men and women is androgenetic — pattern hair loss, driven by genetics and hormones. But not all of it. Thyroid disease, iron deficiency, crash dieting, postpartum shifts, medications, and autoimmune conditions all cause shedding that looks similar in the mirror and responds to completely different treatment. Treating pattern-loss protocols at a thyroid problem wastes a year you could have spent actually fixing it.
That’s why hair restoration here starts with a conversation and a lab slip, not a syringe. The consultation is free — like every consultation here — and if you decide to move forward, we order baseline labs right then. The labs run through your lab like any other bloodwork; we don’t mark them up, bundle them, or hide them in a package price. You’re paying for the medicine we practice, not a middleman fee on your ferritin.
What the treatment actually is
Scalp microneedling creates thousands of controlled micro-injuries across the thinning zone — aerating the lawn — which triggers repair signaling and growth-factor release in the tissue around the follicles. On its own it has real evidence behind it, particularly alongside minoxidil. $400 per session.
PRP (platelet-rich plasma) is the fertilizer: we draw your blood, spin it down in front of you, and concentrate the platelets — your body’s own repair-signal packets — then deliver that concentrate into the scalp with the microneedling session. No donor products, no “exosomes,” no mystery vials; it’s your plasma, processed at your visit (more on how we prepare PRP). Microneedling + PRP together: $750 per session, typically four sessions over the first year.
The Comprehensive Hair Restoration Program is the whole medical arc, and deliberately not a flat-price bundle: free consultation, baseline labs if you’re moving forward, prescription therapy where indicated, a microneedling + PRP series — typically four sessions across twelve months — and standardized photos so we’re judging results against evidence instead of memory. You pay for the sessions you have and the visits you need; labs and prescriptions route through your lab and pharmacy at their prices. No package to buy into, no sessions prepaid for a scalp we haven’t followed yet.
The honest expectations section
PRP is an adjunct with good-but-not-miraculous evidence: it thickens miniaturizing hairs and slows loss for most appropriate candidates; it does not resurrect slick-bald areas, and published results are measured in density percentages, not restored hairlines. It also works best as a team with the boring first-line therapies — minoxidil you can buy at any drugstore for $20, and finasteride where appropriate, which we prescribe and monitor. If someone’s plan for your hair doesn’t mention those, ask why the cheap, well-evidenced part got left out.
Timeline: hair works in seasons, not weeks. Expect nothing visible for the first three months (a temporary shed early on is common and normal — old hairs clearing the runway), early texture and density changes by month four to six, and the real verdict in the twelve-month photos.
Questions
Does PRP for hair loss actually work?
For thinning — not bald — areas, yes, with realistic expectations: studies show increased hair density and shaft thickness in androgenetic hair loss over a series of treatments. It works best combined with minoxidil or finasteride, and it maintains only as long as the underlying cause is managed.
Should I see a dermatologist about hair loss?
For scarring alopecias, patchy loss (alopecia areata), or anything diagnostically unclear — yes, and we’ll refer you when the exam points that way. For common pattern thinning, an NP-led program with labs, prescriptions, and PRP covers the standard of care; some patients use both us and a dermatologist, and that’s fine by us.
How is the hair restoration program priced?
By its parts, not as a package. Consultations are free. If you move forward, labs are ordered at that first visit and billed through your lab, not by us. Treatment sessions are $400 for scalp microneedling or $750 with PRP, and you pay per session. An office visit is only charged when you need a visit that isn’t a procedure. Your total depends on your plan — which is exactly why we build the plan before you spend anything.
How soon will I see results?
Judge at twelve months, get encouraged at four to six. Hair cycles are slow; anyone promising visible regrowth in weeks is selling to your hope, not your follicles. A small early shed is common and temporary.
Does it work for women?
Yes — pattern thinning in women (widening part, thinner ponytail) responds to the same program, and the lab workup matters even more, because iron, thyroid, and hormonal contributors are more common drivers in women.
Do you sell hair growth supplements?
No. Biotin does nothing unless you’re truly deficient — which is rare — and high-dose biotin can distort thyroid and cardiac lab tests. If a supplement would genuinely help your case, it’ll be because your labs said so, and you can buy it at the drugstore.
Newport News · Virginia
Start with the free hair consult.
Bring your questions and your ponytail photos from five years ago. We’ll figure out what kind of shedding you have before anyone talks treatment.
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