i had to make sure my hair was in front. never pushed back. reporter: just weeks after her first treatment, the hair started to regrow. this after just one treatment. this is not a cure for baldness. it s a treatment for baldness. we re keeping the hairs that would stop growing in the growing phase. reporter: it s simple. blood is drawn. the plasma separated in a machine giving hope to millions with thinning hair. linzie janis, abc news, new york. yeah, the needles in the head. i know. i would just get a wig, but go on. that s not what this is? no. okay. it s veterans day, folks. valor knows no gender, right? we ll be meeting a special navy reservist who is bringing both men and women together to remember those service women who made the ultimate sacrifice. looking forward to that one. ahead in the next half hour, the man who millions believe
the primary ingredient may already be in your body. linzie janis reports. why is my hair falling out? reporter: the answer to thinning hair may no longer mean this. i m not only the hair club president but also a client. reporter: now a promising new hair loss treatment for women and men may help to regrow and thicken hair without surgery, drugs or expensive ointments. just look at these before and afters. and the secret may be something you already have. this is the best kept secret in the world. reporter: it s called platelet rich plasma therapy or prp. and research is preliminary, but promising. doctors who use it say it works by injecting the platelets from the patient s own blood directly into the scalp saying they contain growth factors that stimulate the regrowth and thickening of hair follicles. tanesia believes years of pulling her hair back caused her to lose some around her face. i had to make sure my hair
from thinning hair. the primary ingredient may already be in your body. linzie janis reports. why is my hair falling out? reporter: the answer to thinning hair may no longer mean this. i m not only the hair club president but also a client. reporter: now a promising new hair loss treatment for women and men may help to regrow and thicken hair without surgery, drugs or expensive ointments. just look at these before and afters. and the secret may be something you already have. this is the best kept secret in the world. reporter: it s called platelet rich plasma therapy or prp. and research is preliminary, but promising. doctors who use it say it works by injecting the platelets from the patient s own blood directly into the scalp saying they contain growth factors that stimulate the regrowth and thickening of hair follicles. tanesia believes years of pulling her hair back caused her to lose some around her face.
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was in front. never pushed back. reporter: just weeks after her first treatment, the hair started to regrow. this after just one treatment. this is not a cure for baldness. it s a treatment for baldness. we re keeping the hairs that would stop growing in the growing phase. reporter: it s simple. blood is drawn. the plasma separated in a machine giving hope to millions with thinning hair. linzie janis, abc news, new york. yeah, the needles in the head. i know. i would just get a wig, but go on. that s not what this is? no. okay. it s veterans day, folks. valor knows no gender, right? we ll be meeting a special navy reservist who is bringing both men and women together to remember those service women who made the ultimate sacrifice. looking forward to that one. ahead in the next half hour, the man who millions believe made the ultimate sacrifice. and a new stunning revelation,