Where
Plot No 13D/B, Wellington Rd, Vikrampuri Colony, Karkhana, Secunderabad, Telangana 500009.
- Serves Trimulgherry, West Marredpally, Bowenpally, Alwal
- Formerly BNR Skin & Vitiligo Hospital
Hyderabad
PRP hair treatment in Hyderabad
PRP concentrates the platelets from your own blood and returns them to the scalp. The evidence behind it is genuine but modest, and it works as an addition to a diagnosis and a medical plan. Not as a substitute for either.
45 years in dermatologyDermatologist & dermatosurgeonKarkhana, SecunderabadBooking on WhatsApp
At a glance
- Best suited to
- Pattern hair loss, early to moderate
- Role
- Adjunct to medical treatment, not a replacement
- Typical course
- Monthly sessions, then spaced maintenance
- Judged at
- Around 6 months, on photographs
- Not useful for
- Scarred, long-bald scalp
- Where
- Secunderabad clinic
What the evidence says
Real, modest, and frequently oversold.
A small amount of your blood is drawn, spun to separate the platelet-rich fraction, and injected into the affected areas of scalp. The rationale is that the growth factors platelets carry act on follicles that are miniaturising but still alive.
Pooled analyses of randomised trials do show increases in hair density compared with placebo. They also show something worth knowing before you pay for a course: the studies vary widely in how the PRP was prepared, how often it was given and how the results were measured, and the overall quality of evidence is rated as limited. Anyone quoting you a precise percentage improvement is quoting one study, not the field.
The honest position is that PRP is a reasonable addition for the right person and a poor first move for anybody. It does not tell you why your hair is falling, and if the reason is thyroid, iron deficiency or a scarring alopecia, injecting the scalp is treating the wrong thing at some expense.
Before you decide
Who is treating you, and what his patients said.
Dr. (Lt Col) Khagendra Varada
- 45 years in dermatology and dermatosurgery
- 25 of them in the Indian Army Medical Corps
- MBBS, Osmania Medical College
- Dip. Practical Dermatology, Cardiff · Dip. Dermatology, AAAM
Reg. No. 10461, Hyderabad State Medical Council
Full background →“I have been going pillar to post to get my son cured of his white spot on his left side of lip and chin. It appeared 8 years back. I was told it’s special type of nerve vitiligo which has no cure. After reporting to him he told us that it is SEGMENTAL VITILIGO and unlikely and difficult to be cleared by medications alone. He suggested for surgical melanocyte transplant… I was amazed after around one month that he started rapidly getting pigmentation. I wholeheartedly suggest please do not waste time like I did.”
“Dr. Varada is an incredibly patient, knowledgeable and wonderful doctor. He sorted out an issue that I had been dealing with for years in one appointment and there’s been no looking back since!”
The cycle
Every hair is somewhere in a cycle.
A follicle grows for years, winds down over weeks, rests for months, then lets the old hair go and starts again. Only the growing ones respond to treatment, which is why nothing is judged before three months.
- 1Growing
- 2Winding down
- 3Resting
- 4Shed, and starting again
At any moment most of your hair is growing and a smaller share is resting. Shedding is that balance shifting, not follicles disappearing.
- Growing
- Winding down
- Resting
- Shed, and starting again
Illustration, not a photograph.
How a course runs
Diagnosis first, then sessions.
Establish the cause
Examination, and blood tests where indicated. Pattern loss, telogen effluvium, deficiency and alopecia areata look similar to the person losing the hair and are treated quite differently.
Start the medical treatment
Where pattern loss is confirmed, proven medical therapy is the backbone. PRP is added to it. A course of PRP with nothing else running alongside is not how it is used here.
An initial run of sessions
Usually monthly to begin with. Each session takes under an hour, including the draw and the spin, and you go back to your day afterwards.
Judge on photographs at six months
Hair changes too slowly to assess in a mirror. Standardised photographs from the first visit are what the decision to continue or stop is made on.
Who it suits
Where PRP fits, and where it does not
| Situation | Is PRP useful? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Early to moderate pattern loss | Reasonable adjunct | Alongside medical treatment, not instead of it |
| Diffuse shedding after illness or delivery | Usually unnecessary | Telogen effluvium recovers when the trigger resolves |
| Deficiency-related hair fall | Treat the deficiency | Iron, thyroid and vitamin D come first |
| Alopecia areata | Sometimes considered | Established treatments are tried first |
| Long-standing bald, shiny scalp | No | Follicles that are gone cannot be stimulated |
| Scarring alopecia | No | The disease must be controlled; needs a different plan |
The last two rows are the honest limit of the treatment. PRP acts on follicles that still exist, where the scalp has been bald and smooth for years, grafting is the conversation, not injections.
The preparation
What is actually being injected.
Your own blood is spun so the platelets separate from the rest of it. The thin fraction that carries them is what goes back into the scalp, at the depth the follicle bulbs sit.
- 1Blood drawn
- 2Spun
- 3Separated
- 4Injected at bulb depth
Nothing is added and nothing is manufactured — which is also why the effect is real but modest, and why it is a course rather than a single visit.
- Blood drawn
- Spun
- Separated
- Injected at bulb depth
Illustration, not a photograph.
Microneedling and derma roller
The induction step, and what it is for.
Controlled microneedling of the scalp is often combined with PRP or with topical treatment. The needling itself provokes a wound-healing response, and it improves how much of an applied topical actually reaches the follicle, which is a large part of why it is used.
Done in clinic at a set depth on assessed scalp, it is a sensible adjunct. Done at home with a roller bought online, over active infection or inflamed skin, it is a way to spread a problem and occasionally to scar. If you are already using one, bring it and say how.
If grafting is the real questionDepth is not a detail
The needle length that helps a topical penetrate and the length that damages scalp are not far apart.
Not over active disease
Needling inflamed, infected or actively shedding scalp is how a manageable problem is made worse.
Where to book
One clinic, in Secunderabad
Consulting rooms, phototherapy and the surgical list at one address in Secunderabad. The practice was formerly known as BNR Skin & Vitiligo Hospital.
How to book
On WhatsApp: one number, answered by the clinic team, who confirm a time and say what to bring.
- Photographs welcome before you travel
- Video consultation arranged the same way
Questions patients actually ask
PRP questions
Does PRP actually work for hair loss?
Pooled trial data show a genuine increase in hair density compared with placebo, but the studies differ so much in preparation and protocol that the overall quality of evidence is judged limited. It is a reasonable adjunct to proven medical treatment, and a poor substitute for it.
How many PRP sessions will I need?
An initial run of monthly sessions, then spaced maintenance if it is helping. The decision to continue is made at around six months on standardised photographs, not on how it feels. Hair changes too slowly to judge in a mirror.
Is PRP safe?
It uses your own blood, so the material itself carries no rejection risk. Expect scalp tenderness, some soreness and occasionally mild swelling for a day. It is done as a clinic procedure with sterile technique.
Can PRP regrow hair on a completely bald area?
No. It acts on follicles that are miniaturising but still present. Scalp that has been bald and shiny for years has no follicles left to stimulate, and grafting is the relevant conversation instead.
Do I have to keep taking medication as well?
For pattern hair loss, yes. That is the backbone of treatment and PRP is added to it. Stopping medical therapy and relying on injections alone generally means losing the ground gained.
Is a derma roller at home a good idea?
Not without advice. Needle depth matters, and rolling over inflamed, infected or actively shedding scalp can make things worse and occasionally scar. If you already use one, bring it to the appointment.
References
The clinical statements on this page follow the guidance and evidence below. They are independent sources. None of them is connected to this clinic, and none of them sells the treatments described here.
- Platelet-rich plasma therapy for androgenetic alopeciaPubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine
- Androgenetic alopeciaStatPearls, US National Library of Medicine
- Male pattern hair lossDermNet (New Zealand Dermatological Society)
- Skin needlingDermNet (New Zealand Dermatological Society)
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