Exosome Hair Rejuvenation in Rossendale

Exosomes are not stem cells and they are not a drug. They are the signalling packages cells release — carrying proteins, lipids and genetic material — which is why the category is described as cell-derived signalling rather than cell therapy. Nothing living is being introduced.

The scalp is first micro-channelled, which opens a temporary route through the outer layer of skin, and the exosome preparation is worked into those channels. That delivery step is part of the treatment rather than an add-on: applied to intact skin, most of it would not reach anything useful.

It is used for the same problem as PRP — early to moderate thinning where the follicles are still present — and, like PRP, it will not regrow hair where the follicle has gone. If an area has been smooth for years, neither treatment is the answer, and I will tell you that rather than sell you a course.

PRP has the longer track record and more published evidence, and it is made from your own blood, so there is no foreign material at all. Its drawbacks are the blood draw, the variability between people, and that the strength of the concentrate depends on your own blood on the day.

Exosomes need no blood draw, arrive as a standardised preparation rather than a variable one, and the appointment is easier for anyone who dislikes venepuncture. The honest counterweight is that the published evidence base is younger and smaller. That is not a reason to avoid it — it is a reason to be told about it before you choose.

Some people do both, sequenced rather than combined. Which I recommend depends on your pattern of loss, what you have already tried and how you feel about the trade above, and it is a consultation conversation rather than a menu choice.

A course of four sessions spaced about four weeks apart is typical, then maintenance every four to six months. A single session is £210 and a course of four is £740.

Hair grows slowly and no honest timeline is short. Reduced shedding is usually the first sign, at around six to eight weeks. Visible density change takes three to six months, because that is the speed at which hair grows regardless of what is applied to it.

I photograph the same parting in the same light before we start. Hair change is gradual enough that memory is a poor judge of it, and without a week-zero photograph neither of us can say honestly whether it has worked.

Hair loss that came on suddenly, in patches, or alongside other symptoms needs a GP first. Thyroid disease, iron deficiency, several autoimmune conditions and a number of medicines all cause hair loss, and treating the scalp while the cause goes unaddressed wastes your time and your money.

This treatment does not change the underlying hormonal drive behind pattern hair loss, so what it achieves is held while treatment continues and the original process resumes if you stop. If a repeating cost every few months is not something you want indefinitely, decide that before the first session rather than after the fourth.

Every treatment begins with a full-face assessment and an honest conversation. If I do not think a treatment is clinically indicated or right for you, I will say so and explain why — including when the answer is to do nothing.

You will be given written aftercare before you leave, and a direct number to reach me on if anything concerns you afterwards. Reviews are offered at two weeks so we can assess the result together and adjust if needed.