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What causes a patchy beard?
Most patchy beards come down to genes and hormones: how many beard roots you have and how strongly they respond to testosterone. Age plays a part too, because a beard often keeps filling in until the mid to late twenties. Smooth, round bald patches that appear suddenly are different: that is usually alopecia barbae, a form of alopecia areata, which is treated with steroid injections instead. Shaving more often doesn’t make a beard grow thicker.
How does Beard PRGF work?
Beard PRGF uses plasma rich in growth factors, prepared from a small sample of your own blood, the same treatment as our PRGF hair treatment for the scalp. The plasma goes into the thin areas of the beard with fine injections and releases growth factors steadily, feeding weak roots so they make thicker, stronger hair. It works where thin hairs already grow; it can’t create roots where there are none.
Research on beards is small: alongside the scalp studies, one published case described a man whose patchy beard regrew well a year after three plasma sessions. Results vary, which is why your doctor checks your beard first and tells you honestly what to expect.
Who shouldn’t have Beard PRGF?
It isn’t suitable with a blood or platelet disorder, an infection or active acne in the beard area, or during cancer treatment, and tell your doctor if you take blood thinners. If round bald patches are the problem, your doctor checks for alopecia barbae first, because it needs a different treatment.
Beard PRGF vs beard transplant vs minoxidil
| Beard PRGF | Beard transplant | Minoxidil | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your own growth factors, injected | Surgery: roots moved from the scalp | A liquid or foam applied daily |
| Best for | A thin or patchy beard | Areas with no hair at all | Thin beards, while you keep using it |
| Downtime | None | Days to weeks | None |
| At Cutera | Yes | No | Your doctor advises |
Choose Beard PRGF if your beard grows but is thin or patchy and you don’t want surgery. If an area has never grown any hair, a transplant is the option that adds roots, and your doctor will say so.
Your Beard PRGF, step by step
- Free consultation: your doctor checks your beard, your age and your family pattern, and rules out alopecia barbae.
- Blood sample: a little blood is drawn from your arm, like a routine test.
- Preparation: the sample is processed and activated to make your own PRGF.
- Treatment: with the beard area numbed, fine injections go into the thin areas, in about 30 minutes.
- Course: usually 3–4 sessions, about a month apart.
Results and recovery
Thicker growth builds over about three months, as beard hair renews itself in its natural cycles. Results vary, and they are best where thin hairs already grow. The beard area may look red or slightly swollen, with small bruises, for a day or two; most men go straight back to work.
Aftercare
- Don’t touch or wash the area for the rest of the day
- No gym, sauna or steam for 24 hours
- No shaving or trimming for 2 days
- Paracetamol, not ibuprofen, for any soreness
Patchy beard treatment price in Pakistan
Beard PRGF costs Rs 9,995 a session, the same at all 12 of our clinics.
Beard PRGF
Your own growth factors for a thin or patchy beard, about 30 minutes
Rs 9,995 per session
Free consultation first · Any current offer is explained at the clinic
Why choose Cutera Aesthetics
- Doctor-led: your beard is assessed and treated by our qualified doctors.
- PRGF, our signature: the same growth-factor treatment we use for hair fall at every clinic.
- Honest advice: if waiting, a transplant or alopecia treatment suits you better, your doctor says so.
- 12 clinics in 7 cities: Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Hyderabad and Sialkot, at the same price. Find your nearest clinic.
Sources
- Pototschnig H, Madl MT. Successful treatment of alopecia areata barbae with platelet-rich plasma. Cureus, 2020; 12(4): e7495. One patient; the authors work for a PRP device maker.
- Anitua E, Pino A, Martinez N, Orive G, Berridi D. The effect of plasma rich in growth factors on pattern hair loss: a pilot study. Dermatologic Surgery, 2017; 43(5): 658–70.
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH). Alopecia areata. Includes patches in the beard.
