PRP works on the hair follicles you still have — it uses growth factors from your own blood to strengthen weakening follicles and slow shedding. A hair transplant moves healthy follicles from the back of your scalp to areas where hair has been lost. In short, PRP maintains and improves existing hair; a transplant replaces hair that is already gone. They solve different problems, which is why the right choice depends entirely on how much hair you have left in the area that concerns you.

No. This is the single most important limitation to understand. PRP can revive follicles that are weakened and producing thin, wispy hair, but it cannot create hair where the follicle is no longer there. If an area has been smooth and bald for years, PRP will not restore it — only a transplant can add hair to that area. Any clinic promising otherwise is overselling.

PRP suits people in the earlier stages of hair loss — noticeable thinning, a widening parting, increased shedding, or hair that has become finer — where follicles are still present but miniaturising. It is also widely used after a transplant to support the newly placed grafts and protect the surrounding native hair. The earlier you start, generally the more there is to preserve.

A transplant suits people with established, stable hair loss — a receded hairline, defined bald patches or a thinning crown — who have a good donor area at the back and sides of the scalp. It is a surgical, one-off procedure that produces permanent results, because the relocated follicles retain their resistance to the hormone that causes pattern baldness.

Frequently, yes, and this is not upselling. A transplant fills the areas that are already bald, but it does nothing to protect the native hair around the grafts, which can continue to thin. PRP is often used alongside to maintain that surrounding hair and support graft health. Without a maintenance plan, some patients find the transplanted area looks good while the hair around it keeps receding.

A hair transplant is permanent in the sense that relocated follicles usually keep growing for life — though your untreated native hair can continue to thin, which is why maintenance matters. PRP is not permanent: it typically requires an initial course of sessions followed by top-ups every few months to sustain the benefit. Stopping PRP generally means gradually returning to your previous rate of loss.

PRP involves a blood draw and a series of small scalp injections, usually with numbing, and takes under an hour with essentially no downtime beyond mild tenderness. A hair transplant is a full-day surgical procedure under local anaesthetic, with a recovery period involving scabbing, careful washing, avoiding sun and strenuous exercise for a couple of weeks, and a normal shedding phase before regrowth begins.

At Skin Bliss, PRP therapy starts from PKR 12,000 per session, usually as a course. Hair transplant starts from PKR 60,000 for a small FUE session, with most patients requiring 1,500 to 3,000 grafts at PKR 90,000 to 195,000. Because transplant cost is driven by graft count, you receive a firm estimate at your free consultation. Prices are the same at both clinics.

If your hair loss is early and follicles are still present, it makes sense to try to preserve what you have first, since a transplant does not stop ongoing loss. If you already have established bald areas, PRP alone will not meet your expectations and delaying may simply mean losing more native hair in the meantime. This is precisely what a proper scalp assessment determines.

Yes. Female pattern hair loss typically presents as diffuse thinning and a widening parting rather than a receding hairline, and because follicles are often still present, PRP can be a good fit. That said, hair loss in women more commonly has an underlying medical driver — thyroid problems, iron deficiency, PCOS or postpartum changes — so investigating the cause before treating is important.