The most advanced hair restoration in Utah
PRF, exosomes, and stem cell therapy, performed by Dr. Rhodes, a board-certified plastic surgeon with 40+ years in cosmetic and reconstructive medicine. A series of about four treatments over roughly six months, built around what your scalp is actually doing.
Most clinics sell you a vial. We build you a plan that works
The average visit runs about seven minutes. Long enough to hand someone a product and move to the next room. It is also how people end up a year and several thousand dollars into something that was never going to work on their hair.
Dr. Rhodes does it the other way. He maps your pattern of loss and builds the plan around the hair that is actually recoverable. Then he performs every treatment himself, start to finish.
We built RhodesMed because our own family deserved more than seven minutes, and so do you.
3 regenerative layers, one plan
Hair restoration at RhodesMed is not a single product off a shelf. Dr. Rhodes builds each plan from three regenerative tools, weighted to your pattern of loss and adjusted as your scalp responds. You get the full arsenal, aimed.
PRF
Platelet-rich fibrin is made from you. We draw a small amount of blood, spin it without any anticoagulant, and separate the layer carrying your own platelets and white cells inside a natural fibrin scaffold.
That scaffold is the point. It holds your growth factors at the follicle and releases them over days rather than washing through in an afternoon.
Exosomes
Exosomes are extremely small vesicles that cells release to talk to one another. They carry proteins, lipids, and genetic material to target cells, and they are one of the main ways tissue coordinates its own repair.
The interest in hair is about signaling to the dermal papilla, the follicle's control center, which governs whether a follicle stays in its growth phase or drops into rest.
Stem cells
Stem cells can become other cell types and can influence the tissue around them. In regenerative medicine the interest is less about replacing cells outright and more about what they signal to the environment they land in.
For hair that environment is the follicular niche: the cells and vasculature surrounding follicles that have thinned but have not been lost.
Proven, and promising
PRF has randomized trials behind it. Exosome and stem cell therapy have mounting evidence and no FDA approval yet. Dr. Rhodes uses all three, and he will always tell you which tier you are getting.
Any clinic claiming these are FDA approved is either uninformed or counting on you not to check.
4 treatments. About 6 months
This is a course of care, not a single appointment. Hair grows on a cycle measured in months, so the protocol is measured in months too.
Consult and mapping
Scalp exam and history. Dr. Rhodes marks exactly where you are losing and builds the plan.
First treatment
Draw, spin, inject. You leave with your scalp mapped and photographed.
Treatments two through four
Every four to six weeks. Your interval is set by your scalp, not by a calendar.
Reassess at six months
Photos side by side, density compared. Then we decide what maintenance looks like.
The visit, and the months after
Treatment day runs about an hour. What happens afterward runs on the hair cycle, which is measured in months and cannot be rushed.
A one to two hour treatment
Blood draw, centrifuge, topical numbing, then a mapped grid of small injections across the thinning zones. Most people describe pressure and brief stinging rather than pain, and most go back to work the same afternoon.
Tenderness, then nothing
Expect scalp tenderness and mild swelling for about a day. No shaving, no incisions, no scar. Wash normally after twenty-four hours unless Dr. Rhodes tells you otherwise.
Shedding slows first
The earliest change most people notice is less hair in the drain and on the pillow. Density comes later. Watching the shed is the better early signal.
Density and caliber change
Individual hairs come in thicker and darker before the count goes up. This is the window where side-by-side photographs start showing what the mirror will not.
We compare and decide
Photos from the same angle and lighting, density compared side by side. Then a straight conversation about maintenance.
Maintenance, if it earned it
Hair loss is progressive, so results are maintained rather than finished. Most people who respond come back periodically. If you did not respond, we will say so and stop.
Hair comes back
Most people walk in convinced they waited too long. These are patients of Dr. Rhodes in St. George. Each case shows what was done and how much time passed between the photographs.
Photographs published with each patient's written permission. Individual results vary, and these images show what happened for these patients rather than what will happen for you.
You have more hair left than you think
Thinning hair is not gone hair. Follicles shrink for years before they quit, and a shrunken follicle is one Dr. Rhodes can work with. Your consultation tells you exactly how much you still have in play.
Often a good candidate
- Early to moderate thinning with hair still present in the area
- A widening part or diffuse thinning across the crown
- Miniaturized hairs that have gone finer and shorter over several years
- Women in perimenopause or menopause watching density change
- Anyone who wants to slow the loss before it becomes a transplant conversation
Usually not a candidate
- A fully bald scalp where the follicles are gone. PRF cannot bring back what is not there
- Active scalp infection or an untreated inflammatory scalp condition
- Platelet disorders, bleeding disorders, or certain blood-thinning medications
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Anyone who cannot travel to St. George. This treatment cannot be done over video
If the exam shows this will not work for you, Dr. Rhodes says so at the consult and refers you out. Nobody here sells a series that cannot deliver.
A surgeon's hands, not a technician's
At almost every clinic offering this, a nurse or a technician does your injections. A surgeon's hour is too expensive to spend that way. Dr. Rhodes spends it anyway.
The scalp is layered tissue with a blood supply and a healing response, and that is the territory a plastic surgeon has worked in for 40 years. He is reading tissue, not running a protocol from a weekend course.
Reconstruction is what he loves. Four decades of giving people back what they lost, and hair sits in exactly that place. It is where his focus is now.
How PRF compares to the other options
These treatments are not rivals. Most people who do well combine two of them. Here is the honest comparison, including where PRF is weaker.
| RhodesMed regenerative | Minoxidil | Finasteride | Hair transplant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | PRF from your own blood, plus exosome and stem cell therapy layered in when the plan calls for it | A topical or oral vasodilator | An oral DHT blocker | Surgical relocation of follicles you still have |
| Where it works | Follicles that are thinning or miniaturized but still alive | Broadly, on active follicles | Androgenetic pattern loss driven by DHT | Bald areas, using donor hair from elsewhere on your head |
| Who performs it | Dr. Rhodes, in person, St. George | You, at home, daily | You, at home, daily | A surgical team, one long procedure |
| Ongoing commitment | Four sessions over six months, then maintenance | Every day, indefinitely. Stopping reverses gains | Every day, indefinitely. Stopping reverses gains | One procedure, plus recovery |
| FDA status for hair loss | PRF is your own blood, processed and returned in the same procedure. Exosome and stem cell therapies are investigational and not FDA approved for hair loss | FDA approved for pattern hair loss | FDA approved for men. Used off-label in women | A surgical procedure, not a drug |
| Where it falls short | Cannot regrow hair where the follicle is gone. Requires travel to St. George. Regenerative evidence tiers differ by modality. Results vary | Shedding phase early on. Scalp irritation. Daily adherence is the hard part | Sexual side effects in a minority of men. Not for pregnancy | Cost, downtime, and a finite donor supply |
Straight answers
What people ask before they book a hair consult in St. George.
What is PRF, and how is it different from PRP?
PRF stands for platelet-rich fibrin. Both PRF and PRP are made by drawing your blood and spinning it in a centrifuge. The difference is that PRP is spun with an anticoagulant, which keeps the platelets suspended in liquid plasma. PRF is spun without one, so the blood begins to clot naturally and the platelets are captured inside a fibrin mesh along with white blood cells. That mesh sits at the injection site and releases growth factors over days rather than hours.
How many treatments will I need?
The standard course is four treatments spaced four to six weeks apart, completing in roughly six months. That said, everyone is individual. Dr. Rhodes sets your interval based on your scalp and how you respond to the first two sessions. After the initial series we photograph, compare, and decide whether maintenance makes sense.
When will I see results?
Most people notice reduced shedding before they notice new density, often within the first two to three months. Visible changes in thickness generally take three to six months, because that is how long the hair growth cycle takes to turn over. Results vary, and some people do not respond.
Does it hurt?
No. You are given local anesthesia, the same as having wisdom teeth removed, so you are completely comfortable and do not feel the injections. Expect some tenderness afterward, and most people go back to work the same day.
Does PRF work for women?
Yes. Female pattern thinning and diffuse loss through perimenopause and menopause are among the most common reasons women come in, and women often respond well because they tend to seek treatment while the follicles are still active. Hair Restoration sits alongside our women's health and hormone care rather than apart from it.
Do you perform hair transplants?
No, and for most people that is the point. Regenerative treatment means no incisions, no donor strip, no shaved head, no scar, and no recovery to plan your life around. If a transplant genuinely is your better option, Dr. Rhodes will say so at the consult and point you to one.
Can I combine PRF with minoxidil or finasteride?
Yes, and most people who do well are combining approaches. PRF treats the follicle environment. Minoxidil and finasteride work through different mechanisms. Dr. Rhodes will review what you are already taking and build the plan around it.
Where is Hair Restoration performed?
In person, in our office in St. George, Utah. This is the one RhodesMed service that cannot be delivered over video, because the blood draw and the injections happen in the room. RhodesMed currently serves Utah, with Arizona and Idaho coming soon.
What does it cost?
Hair Restoration is priced as a series rather than per injection, and your consultation confirms the plan before you commit to anything. Visits are cash-pay with no required subscription, and we provide an itemized superbill you can submit yourself. HSA and FSA funds may be eligible depending on your plan. See our pricing page for current figures.
Stop watching it go
The hair you have today is the most you will ever have. A struggling follicle can come back. A lost one cannot.