WHAT IS HAIR MESOTHERAPY?
Hair mesotherapy is a method of healing that aims to prevent hair loss in men and women, increases the density of hair formation and provides options to prevent male spillage and opening. It is a process that regulates proteins, vitamins and other nutrients in the scalp.
Hair Mesotherapy nourishes and moisturizes the scalp with the help of scalp nourishment and injection needles without any pain. It also accelerates cell metabolism, prevents the formation of infections and accelerates hair formation. This process accelerates the blood circulation in the scalp and refreshes the hair follicles by making them thicker, bulky, strong, long and healthy hair. This improvement process is faster than other treatment and improvement and helps to improve hormonal balance over time; inactivates DHT hormone and new hair strands are created quickly.
Basically, mesotherapy involves a series of injections that can contain a multiplicity of ingredients, from vasodilators to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, depending on the medications, enzymes, or hormones that are injected into the fat layer of the skin. It has been used to treat a variety of vascular and lymphatic disorders, as well as pain, alopecia, and psoriasis. It is being used more often now for body contouring and to treat cellulite to reduce body fat.1 A common injectable is lecithin, which is phosphatidylcholine isoproterenol, a lipolytic agent that actually stimulates beta-adrenergic receptors. Lecithin is common in human bile and is needed for the digestion of dietary fat.1
Does It Work ?
mesotherapy can make a real difference, but Dr Patterson encourages keeping your expectations in check and playing the long game:
“Mesotherapy is definitely not a one treatment wonder and should always be considered as a course with a subsequent maintenance requirement. From the mid twenties onwards the skin’s collagen levels begin to lower, and this process continues as you age, so any anti-ageing therapy has to be ongoing to be effective. Typical initial mesotherapy courses are weekly for the first month, twice weekly for the second month and then monthly. Maintenance treatments can then be continued every three months months, or more frequently depending on the skin’s response.”
The more understated effects are likely to be far more appealing if you live in fear of a ‘frozen face’ look, and consultant dermatologist Dr Justine Hextall highlights that it’s a more sustainable alternative to having Botox at a young age:
“I frequently have to point out that certain lines represent normal anatomy and to correct them would leave the individual looking odd. Remember we are adept at seeing very small changes in faces, so less is always more.
“If somebody wanted to have a treatment such as mesotherapy in their twenties and early thirties, I would see this as an excellent way to maintain young healthy skin and far more appropriate. Using a protective serum with vitamin C, E and other antioxidants that will protect against UV and pollution can never be started too early, the same goes for broad spectrum sunscreen.”
The mesotherapy ‘glow’ itself could be enough to convince you not to seek out more intensive options- Dr Patterson has seen patients skin look healthier from the get-go, mainly owing to the hydration element of the treatment:
“In some indications the results are evident very quickly. Even after one mesotherapy treatment on the face, there may well be visible improvements. If the mesotherapy solution contains hyaluronic acid, this attracts water and has an almost immediate hydration effect, making the skin look visibly smoother.”
The flexible nature of mesotherapy treatments does mean, however, that ‘add ons’ are increasingly common- the likes of MesoTox combine hyaluronic acid based mesotherapy with small amount of Botox for a more pronounced and long lasting lifting and tightening effect. Dual treatments aren’t the only mesotherapy tweaks to have evolved in the cosmetic skincare arena either…
