What Are The Side Effects Of Stem Cell Therapy?

Posted on Mon, 4 Jul 2016

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Question : hi doctor,

i have been suffering from women hair loss pattern where there is alot of thinning of hair is happening plus scalp does not have hair growing from follicles .. I visited the hair transplant clinic near my house n they told i am not right candidate for transplant but good for prp and stem cell please suggest should i go for it or not and what are the side effects of it. i was told to do certain tests like thyroid, n hormonal imbalances but they all are normal

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Prp and stem cell therapy have practically no side effects

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us

I am dr.kakkar(dermatologist).

They are absolutely right in discouraging you regarding hair transplant as unlike males with androgenetic alopecia it is not a good option in females with pattern hair loss and gives disappointing results.
Prp and stem cell are good options with practically no side effects and i would myself encourage you to opt for these less invasive remedies (prp and stem cell) along with oral and topical treatment rather than go for hair transplant.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar