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The gain holds about 12 to 18 months on its own, then fades gently. With one maintenance session a year, it stays. Hair PRP is your platelets concentrated and placed back to restart the follicles.
The question always comes after the last session of the protocol: "will this last my whole life?" Let us be clear right away: no. But before that discourages you, here is why it is normal, and how to keep what you gained with very little effort.
PRP is a bit like the gym for your hair: you have to go back now and then.
Effective, but not permanent
Why PRP is not definitive
PRP slows shedding and restarts regrowth. It stops neither aging nor hormones. That is the point to grasp, and everything else follows from it.
What PRP does:
- Reactivates dormant follicles
- Supports the production of stronger hair
- Improves circulation in the scalp
- Clearly slows shedding
What PRP does not do:
- Stop follicular aging
- Neutralize androgen hormones for good
- Erase the influence of your genetics
- Create a follicle where none remains
That last point is the most important: PRP wakes, it does not resurrect.
The gym analogy
Think of your hair the way you think of your fitness.
Getting in shape is the initial protocol: three or four close sessions over a few months, and you reach your best form.
Holding it is maintenance: you cannot stop entirely, but a fraction of the effort keeps what you have.
And without maintenance: it degrades quietly, and in twelve to eighteen months you are back where you started.
That is exactly what happens with hair. We do not stop the cycle, we slow it.
The real timeline
12 to 18 months without doing anything
After your full protocol, you get a good year, often eighteen months: shedding stays well below where it started, density holds, hair quality is maintained.
The decline, when there is no maintenance
Between 12 and 15 months, the first signs: a very slight return of shedding, hair that seems a little less thick, shine dropping off.
Between 15 and 18 months, it becomes clearer: shedding is visible again, thinning areas reappear.
Between 18 and 24 months, you are back to the starting situation. That is not a treatment failure, it is the end of its effect.
With maintenance
One to two sessions a year is enough to hold the result. Like the gym: a regular minimum preserves everything you gained.
Maintenance
At what rhythm
One session every 6 to 12 months, depending on your response. For most people, once a year is enough; more advanced cases come back every six to eight months.
The signs it is time
- Morning shedding picks up a little
- Hair has less volume when styled
- Natural shine drops
- Thinning areas become visible again
Why not wait
Acting before the decline takes one session; acting after it takes three or four. That is the difference between maintenance and a whole new protocol, and it shows on the bill.
Compared with the other options
With maintenance: one session a year, and the result holds. Without maintenance: back to square one in eighteen months.
Against daily solutions, the gap is not only financial: it is in the constraint. One appointment a year is not the same life as something to do every morning.
Worth noting: we do not point anyone toward finasteride or minoxidil here. That is not our approach.
What makes the duration vary
What lengthens it
Your profile: being younger, having mild to moderate loss, having responded well to the initial protocol, and not going through major chronic stress.
Your habits: a balanced diet, sleep, exercise, no smoking, and a scalp you treat gently.
What shortens it
- Intense chronic stress, which accelerates shedding
- A significant hormonal change
- Nutritional deficiencies that persist
- Excessive sun exposure
- Aggressive hair treatments
What you can do
Keep your habits, protect the scalp, watch for the early signs, and plan maintenance before it becomes catch-up.
The math, over five years
Without maintenance: you need a full protocol again roughly every two years, with fallow periods in between where the result degrades.
With maintenance: one initial protocol, then a session a year. The total cost is clearly lower and the result does not fluctuate.
It is the most cost-effective subscription in your care budget, and the only one asking for a single appointment a year.
The signs to watch
The early signs, the right moment to act
- A few more hairs on the pillow
- Hair less easy to style
- Less volume after washing
- Shine that has lost some of its edge
The late signs
- Clearly heavier shedding
- Thinning areas visible again
- The mirror becoming uncomfortable once more
At that stage, one session will no longer be enough. Hence the advice: anticipate rather than catch up.
How we follow this
The 12-month assessment
A comparative photo review, a measure of current density, and an analysis of how things have moved since the protocol. That is what sets your maintenance rhythm.
Depending on the response: someone who responded very well comes back at 12 or 15 months, an average response at 8 or 10 months, and particular cases have their own calendar.
We remind you
We do not rely on your memory: the reminder goes out before the signs are visible, because that is exactly when a single session is enough.
Why this reality is not bad news
The fact that it needs maintaining is proof there is something to preserve. A treatment with no effect would have nothing to hold onto.
And one session a year is little compared with what most things that matter demand: a house needs upkeep, a car needs servicing, health needs checking. Hair is no exception.
We do not stop aging. We slow it, and we choose the pace.
To finish
Left alone, the effects of hair PRP hold 12 to 18 months. With one session a year, they become your new normal.
That is one hour a year to keep what you won back. The calendar is set at the follow-up assessment, and it accounts for your response, not an average.
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