Patchy facial hair has more than one cause, and the two mainstream fixes work completely differently. One stimulates what you have; the other moves follicles you do not have.
Beard PRP stimulates existing follicles and needs a course of sessions; a beard transplant surgically relocates follicles and is the option when an area has no follicles left to stimulate. Diagnosis decides which applies.
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Genetics and androgen sensitivity explain most naturally thin beards: the follicles are present but produce fine, short hair. That is where stimulation helps.
Alopecia areata is the other common cause, and it is regularly mistaken for a genetic patchy beard. It appears as smooth, well-defined round bare patches, sometimes with hair returning white. It is autoimmune and it responds to medical treatment — a completely different plan from PRP or surgery.
Less commonly, thyroid disease, nutritional deficiency, fungal infection or scarring from injury or ingrown hairs is responsible. This is why the first appointment is a diagnosis, not a sales conversation.
We concentrate platelets from your own blood and inject the plasma into the beard area. The growth factors improve the follicular environment, and thin hairs become thicker, darker and longer-lasting.
Sessions are usually monthly for a short course, with a maintenance interval afterwards. Change is gradual: early signs from around two to three months, meaningful thickening by four to six. Anyone promising a filled beard in weeks is not being straight with you.
Detail on protocol and recovery is on the beard PRP page, and the aftercare guide covers what to do afterwards.
A beard transplant moves follicles, usually from the back of the scalp, into the beard area. It is the only option that creates hair where there are no follicles left — a bare cheek line, a scarred patch, a congenitally empty region.
It is surgery: local anaesthesia, several hours, a healing period, and results that arrive over many months as the grafts cycle. It is not reversible and graft placement determines whether the result looks natural.
We do not perform transplants. What we do is establish whether you actually need one — treating undiagnosed alopecia areata before surgery matters, and some patients get what they wanted from PRP alone at a fraction of the commitment.
The visit covers history and timeline, examination of the beard and scalp under magnification, and blood work where thyroid, iron or vitamin D deficiency is plausible.
From that we give you one of three answers: treat a medical condition first; start a PRP course with a realistic expectation; or accept that the area needs grafts and be referred to a surgeon with a clear-eyed view of what that involves.
If scalp thinning is part of the picture, see hair loss treatment. To book, call (786) 738-9515.
Most protocols run monthly sessions for a short initial course, with early change around two to three months and clearer thickening by four to six months. Maintenance sessions keep the result.
They solve different problems. PRP thickens hair from follicles you already have; a transplant is the only option for areas with no follicles. Which is better depends entirely on your examination.
Yes. Smooth, round bare patches are often alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that responds to medical treatment. It should be diagnosed before considering PRP or surgery.
