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PRP vs ProCell: What Is Actually Different? | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 27 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

• 0:00
  [Intro music]
• 0:21
  Jess: Welcome back to The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast. I'm Jess with Delena Markland. Delena, this question comes up in your consultations all the time. Someone has been reading about thinning hair, they have seen PRP and they have seen ProCell, and they want to know what the actual difference is.
• 0:38
  Delena: The core difference is where the growth factors come from. That is it in one sentence. With PRP, they come from you. With ProCell, which is what I do in my salon, they come from healthy young donors. Almost everything else follows from that one choice.
• 0:54
  Jess: Walk me through PRP first.
• 0:57
  Delena: PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma, and it is done in a medical office. They draw your own blood, spin it in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets, and inject that plasma back into the scalp. Your platelets carry growth factors, and the idea is to put them right where the hair grows.
• 1:16
  Jess: And ProCell?
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  Delena: ProCell is microchanneling plus growth factors. I use a device that creates very fine channels in the scalp, and then I apply a growth factor serum into those channels. The serum is derived from bone marrow stem cells of young donors. The stem cells themselves are filtered out, and what is left are the growth factor proteins. Nothing is drawn from you and nothing is injected.
• 1:44
  Jess: So no blood draw and no injections.
• 1:47
  Delena: Neither one. A session runs about sixty to ninety minutes, there is no downtime, and you go right back to your day. In my salon it is three hundred and fifty dollars a session.
• 1:58
  Jess: Why do you prefer the donor version?
• 2:00
  Delena: It is my preference, and I will say it as a preference. I like working with growth factors from healthy young donors rather than relying on your own. That is how I think about it. What I am not going to do is tell you PRP does not work. It is a legitimate treatment done by medical providers, and plenty of people choose it.
• 2:22
  Jess: Is one of them more effective than the other?
• 2:24
  Delena: I am careful here. There is no good head-to-head research that says one beats the other. So if anyone tells you that with certainty, be skeptical. What I can tell you is what each one is, where it is done, and what the experience is like. Then you pick what fits you.
• 2:42
  Jess: Is either one permanent?
• 2:44
  Delena: No, and I want people to hear that clearly. Nothing in this category is one and done. The American Academy of Dermatology says PRP needs maintenance treatments. It says the same about the medications people take for hair loss. Minoxidil and finasteride work while you are on them, and the results fade when you stop. ProCell is a series of sessions too. Treat any of these as an ongoing plan, not a cure.
• 3:10
  Jess: Who should not book ProCell?
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  Delena: Anyone with broken skin on the scalp. Open sores, wounds, active dermatitis. Microchanneling creates tiny micro-injuries on purpose, so you never do it on skin that is already injured. That needs to heal first, and that is a dermatologist visit, not a salon visit. Once it has healed, we can talk.
• 3:32
  Jess: What about flaking? A lot of people have a flaky scalp.
• 3:36
  Delena: Heavy flaking is a separate issue. Flaking is not the same as broken skin. A lot of the flaking I see is buildup, and that is a scalp care conversation. It is still worth sorting out, because a clean, calm scalp is the best starting point for anything you do.
• 3:52
  Jess: And if someone is not sure why they are losing hair at all?
• 3:56
  Delena: Then start with a dermatologist and get it diagnosed. I would rather send you to the right person first than book you for the wrong thing.
• 4:03
  Jess: So how does someone decide between the two?
• 4:06
  Delena: Ask yourself three questions. Do you want this done in a medical office or in a salon? Are you comfortable with a blood draw and injections? And is your scalp skin healthy right now? If you want a salon setting, no needles, no downtime, and your skin is healthy, ProCell is worth a consultation. If you prefer a medical setting, PRP is a reasonable path to talk through with a provider.
• 4:30
  Jess: Where do people learn more?
• 4:32
  Delena: thepixiegarden.com, on the ProCell hair treatment page. It walks through the process and how to book a consultation with me in the salon.
• 4:42
  Jess: Linked on this episode's page with the full written guide. See you Monday.
• 4:47
  [Outro music]