When is PRP hair treatment recommended for telogen effluvium?

Telogen effluvium is increased shedding that can follow a significant illness, operation, emotional strain, marked weight change, nutritional problem, or hormonal shift. The follicles are not necessarily destroyed, and shedding may improve when the underlying trigger is addressed. PRP does not identify the trigger, so injections should not delay an appropriate medical review.

Record when shedding started and mention a major illness, fever, procedure, new medicine, restrictive diet, or life stress in the preceding months. A clinician can examine the scalp and decide whether blood tests or another evaluation is needed. Focus on treating an identified cause and using gentle hair care. If shedding continues or another pattern of thinning appears, discuss whether PRP has a reasonable role.

Arrange prompt assessment for bald patches, scalp redness or pain, heavy scaling, pus, scarring, or hair loss involving the eyebrows. Seek urgent help for hair loss with severe illness symptoms or signs of a serious nutritional or hormonal problem. A different diagnosis may need treatment before any injection procedure.

Ask what event may have triggered the shedding, whether the diagnosis is telogen effluvium rather than another hair disorder, and which tests could help. If PRP is proposed, ask what problem it is intended to address, what alternatives exist, and how progress will be monitored.