Exosome Therapy – Harness Your Body's Innate Power to Regenerate
The next frontier in regenerative aesthetics. Use nature’s own signalling molecules to rejuvenate ageing skin and revitalise thinning hair, without the need for cell injections.
What Are Exosomes? Your Body's Cellular Messengers
Exosomes are not cells. They are natural, nano-sized vesicles released by various cells in the body, most notably stem cells. Think of them as sophisticated biological communication packets.
How They Work
Loaded with a powerful cargo of growth factors, proteins, peptides, and RNA, exosomes function as essential cellular messengers. When delivered to target tissues (such as skin or hair follicles), they:
Transmit Signals: Communicate with existing cells, instructing them to optimise their function.
Stimulate Regeneration: Activate dormant stem cells and fibroblasts to promote new collagen, elastin, and capillary formation.
Modulate Inflammation: Help regulate the inflammatory environment, crucial for healing and rejuvenation.
Enhance Cellular Communication: Improve overall tissue health and resilience.
The Key Advantage Over Traditional Stem Cell Therapy
Exosome therapy provides all the powerful regenerative signalling benefits of stem cells without injecting any whole cells. This makes the treatment more refined, reduces any risk of immune reaction, and focuses purely on triggering your body’s own innate repair mechanisms.
Facial Rejuvenation: Beyond Surface-Level Results
Move beyond treatments that simply fill or freeze. Facial Exosome Therapy works at a cellular level to fundamentally improve skin health and reverse signs of ageing from within.
Treatment Protocol
Gold-Standard Approach: Exosome-Enhanced Microneedling
A medical-grade microneedling device creates controlled micro-channels in the skin.
A potent, laboratory-cultivated exosome solution is infused directly into the dermis.
The exosomes immediately begin signalling for repair and regeneration.
Key Benefits for the Face
Profound Collagen & Elastin Stimulation: For significant improvement in fine lines, wrinkles, and skin laxity.
Enhanced Skin Texture & Tone: Refines pores, smooths roughness, and improves radiance.
Intrinsic Hydration & Barrier Repair: Strengthens the skin’s moisture barrier for lasting hydration.
Reduction in Pigmentation & Redness: Helps modulate melanin production and soothe inflammation.
Scar Remodelling: Can improve the appearance of acne scars and surgical scars.
Long-Lasting, Natural Results: Works with your biology for progressive improvement over 3–6 months.
Ideal For: Those seeking a comprehensive, natural-looking rejuvenation; individuals with early to moderate ageing; patients wanting to enhance results from other procedures or with poor wound healing.
Hair Restoration: Revitalise Your Follicles from Within
Exosome therapy offers a groundbreaking, non-surgical approach to hair loss by targeting the health of the hair follicle microenvironment.
How It Treats Hair Loss
The exosome solution is injected via micro-droplet technique into the scalp in the areas of thinning. The exosomes then:
- Wake Dormant Follicles: Signal follicles in the resting (telogen) phase to re-enter the active growth (anagen) phase.
- Prolong the Growth Phase: Help follicles stay in the anagen phase longer, producing thicker, stronger hair shafts.
- Improve Follicle Health: Enhance blood supply (angiogenesis) and reduce perifollicular inflammation, a key factor in pattern hair loss.
Key Benefits for Hair
Increased Hair Density & Coverage: Promotes new hair growth in thinning areas.
Improved Hair Shaft Thickness: Transforms fine, vellus hairs into thicker, terminal hairs.
Reduced Shedding: Helps stabilise the hair growth cycle.
Non-Surgical & Minimal Downtime: An in-clinic procedure with no surgery required.
Synergistic with Other Treatments: Can be combined with PRP, topical regimens, or oral medications for compounded results.
Ideal For: Men and women with androgenetic alopecia (pattern hair loss); those experiencing diffuse thinning; individuals seeking to improve results from existing hair loss treatments; patients not ready for surgical intervention.
What to Expect
A mandatory medical assessment to determine your suitability, discuss realistic outcomes, and create a personalised treatment plan.
- For the Face: Topical anaesthetic is applied. The microneedling with exosome infusion takes 45-60 minutes.
- For the Scalp: A local anaesthetic may be used. The injection process takes 30-45 minutes.
- The exosome solution itself is a clear, sterile fluid derived from ethically sourced, laboratory-cultivated mesenchymal stem cells.
- Downtime: 24-48 hours of redness (like a sunburn) for facial treatments. Scalp may be tender with minor pinpoint scabbing.
- Aftercare: Use gentle, prescribed skincare; avoid sun exposure, heat, and strenuous exercise for 48-72 hours. For scalp, avoid washing for 24-48 hours.
- Results Timeline: Initial effects may be seen in 4-6 weeks. Optimal results develop progressively over 3-6 months as new collagen forms and hair cycles renew.
Treatment Course:
We typically recommend an initial series of 2-3 treatments, spaced 4-6 weeks apart, for cumulative benefits. Annual maintenance treatments may be advised.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: When sourced from a reputable, regulated laboratory and administered by a qualified medical professional, exosome therapy is considered very safe. The exosomes are rigorously screened for pathogens and contain no whole cells, minimising risks.
A: PRP uses growth factors from your own platelets. Exosomes provide a more potent, standardised, and targeted cocktail of regenerative signals from cultivated stem cells, often yielding more predictable and significant results, especially in cases where a patient’s own growth factors may be deficient.
A: The risk is extremely low. Exosomes are immunologically neutral and do not contain cell surface markers that typically trigger immune reactions. We always review your full medical history.
A: As the therapy stimulates your own cells to produce lasting structural changes (collagen, healthier follicles), results can be long-lasting. Like all anti-ageing treatments, maintenance is recommended due to ongoing ageing processes.
A: No. As a precaution, exosome therapy is contraindicated during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
A: We use only allogeneic, human-derived exosomes from ethically sourced, donated mesenchymal stem cells (often from umbilical cord tissue, with full donor consent). These are expanded in a controlled laboratory, and the exosomes are meticulously harvested, purified, and tested to ensure safety, purity, and potency.
A: Yes. Many clients choose to have both in a single session for a comprehensive regenerative approach, often termed a “total rejuvenation” protocol.
Before & After Treatment
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