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Baseline platelets count was noted for each patient. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PRP<\/jats:styled-content> was prepared using a commercial kit. Three <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PRP<\/jats:styled-content> injections were administered in the scalp at 0, 1, and 3\u00a0months of interval. The hair caliber was measured in the mid\u2010scalp area using a separate stencil for each patient. The diameter of 10 hair (1\u00a0cm sq) was measured randomly using the caliper (2 hair on each side of the square and 4 in the center). After 6\u00a0months of 3rd injection, the hair caliber was measured and the results were analyzed statistically using Mann\u2010Whitney's test.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seven men and 3 women were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 24.2\u00a0years (26.3\u00a0years in males and 19.3 in females). The average platelets count was found to be 283,580\/\u03bcL. The mean hair caliber was 37.3\u00a0\u03bcm (39.1\u00a0\u03bcm in men and 33.0\u00a0\u03bcm in women). At the end of the study, the mean hair caliber was found to be 52.3\u00a0\u03bcm (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01). The mean hair caliber was 53.9\u00a0\u03bcm in men and 48.7\u00a0\u03bcm in women (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01). The increase in the hair caliber was noted to be 27.5% more in men and 31.3% more in women (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PRP<\/jats:styled-content> injections can increase the hair diameter.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jocd.12510","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]],"date-time":"2018-02-23T08:32:41Z","timestamp":1519374761000},"page":"51-54","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Effect of platelets\u2010rich plasma on scalp hair diameter"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0251-688X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Ahmad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Plastic and Hair Restorative Surgeon Hair Transplant Institute Islamabad Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0301-0503(73)80047-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jormas.2017.05.009"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cpm.2009.07.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40123-017-0100-z"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jormas.2017.06.011"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","first-page":"183","article-title":"Platelet\u2010Rich Plasma Growth Factor Concentrated Spray (Keratogrow\u00ae) as a Potential Treatment for Androgenic Alopecia","volume":"11","author":"James R","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Stem Cells"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2174\/2468424407666170321160139"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2009.03795.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2005.06595.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1346-8138.2009.00593.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1524-4725.2008.34175.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0037-1604240"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1524-4725.1999.99067.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_15_1","unstructured":"ColeP.Mathematics of follicular unit transplantation.1998. 6th annual meeting of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Washington DC September 16\u201020."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/DSS.0000000000001049"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4471-4486-1"}],"container-title":["Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fjocd.12510","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/jocd.12510","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1111\/jocd.12510","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/jocd.12510","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,9]],"date-time":"2023-09-09T09:14:22Z","timestamp":1694250862000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jocd.12510"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]]},"references-count":16,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,2]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/jocd.12510"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jocd.12510","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1473-2130","1473-2165"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"1473-2130"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1473-2165"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]]}}}