A graduate of State University of New York Downstate who completed a plastic surgery residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Keith S Berman, MD, has practiced plastic surgery in Staten Island since 1998. One of the newest techniques employed by Dr. Keith Berman is platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections for hair loss.
Over the years, PRP therapy has proven beneficial in the healing process and has played a key role in many types of maxillofacial and plastic surgery. Common to all PRP procedures, the first step in treating hair loss using PRP is harvesting platelets and platelet growth factors from the patient’s blood. By processing patient blood to boost platelet concentration significantly above baseline levels, clinical
Over the years, PRP therapy has proven beneficial in the healing process and has played a key role in many types of maxillofacial and plastic surgery. Common to all PRP procedures, the first step in treating hair loss using PRP is harvesting platelets and platelet growth factors from the patient’s blood. By processing patient blood to boost platelet concentration significantly above baseline levels, clinical