Walk down almost any high street in central London and someone is offering to fix your hair. Platelet-rich plasma (or “PRP”) sits among the more credible options on that list, which is exactly why the interesting question is not whether it works, but who it works for. Suitability varies enormously from one head to the next. Clinicians at Kensington Clinic in London say as much themselves: anyone weighing up PRP hair treatment needs a proper consultation before anything else.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!PRP hair treatment works best at the early stages of hair loss
Timing does most of the work here.
PRP depends on follicles that are still alive, if underperforming. The injections aim to improve the conditions around them and rouse the ones that have gone quiet. What they cannot do is conjure a follicle where none remains. A scalp that has been bare for fifteen years is not a candidate, whatever anyone tells you.
Early to moderate thinning is the sweet spot. Androgenetic hair loss caught in its first phases or diffuse thinning where density has dropped but the pattern is still intact, is where clinicians tend to find something to work with. It is also why serious London practices insist on a scalp assessment before anything is booked, and why PRP treatment for hair loss is usually discussed alongside other approaches rather than instead of them.
Certain health factors influence whether PRP is suitable
The stage of hair loss is only half of the picture. Because the plasma is drawn from the patient’s own blood, anything affecting blood or healing becomes relevant.
Doctors look at general health, at medical history, at medication. Certain conditions and certain drugs change how platelets behave, which matters rather a lot when platelets are the active ingredient. Lifestyle counts as well. Smoking comes up often in these conversations and not as a lecture: it affects the blood supply to the scalp, and blood supply is the entire mechanism.
Factors a clinician will review:
- Overall health and medical history;
- Medications or conditions that affect blood or healing;
- The stage and pattern of hair loss;
- Realistic expectations about gradual results.
None of these is a straightforward pass or fail. They are weighed together, and against each other, by a doctor who has actually looked at the scalp in question.
How Kensington Clinic assesses your suitability for PRP in London
Kensington Clinic, a private practice in South Kensington in London, carries out that assessment before any treatment is arranged. A clinician examines the scalp, identifies the pattern of loss, works through the medical history, and asks what the patient genuinely wants from the process, which is not always the first answer given.
Whatever follows may involve PRP on its own, PRP alongside another approach, or neither. That last outcome matters more than it might seem. A PRP clinic in London that never turns anyone away is not assessing anybody.
The clinic was founded by French doctors and consults in several languages, which is less of a footnote than it sounds when someone is trying to describe a family history of hair loss in their second language.
The right candidate starts with the right assessment.
Candidacy is not a yes or a no sitting somewhere waiting to be looked up. It rests on the stage of the loss, on health and medication, and on whether expectations are anchored in something gradual rather than dramatic. Those are things a doctor can see and a website cannot. Have them assessed properly and the answer usually arrives quickly.
