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Lazlo Fontaine

Writes patient-first explainers on PRP therapy: costs, recovery timelines, and how to weigh the options.

6 stories by Lazlo Fontaine

A gloved clinician holding a centrifuge tube of separated blood showing a distinct yellow plasma layer above a red cell layer, in a bright clinical treatment room.

Compare · 8 min · Lazlo Fontaine

Leukocyte rich or leukocyte poor: two different products sold under one name

Two clinics can both truthfully say they offer PRP and hand you preparations whose white cell content differs by more than an order of magnitude. Which one you get is rarely disclosed, never on the invoice, and for tendons versus joints the evidence points in opposite directions.

July 28, 2026

A sports medicine physician performing an ultrasound-guided injection into a patient's elbow in a clinic examination room

Joints & Recovery · 8 min · Lazlo Fontaine

PRP for Tendon Injuries: A Tendon-by-Tendon Map of Where the Evidence Is Strong and Where It Collapses

PRP is sold as one treatment for tendon pain, but the research does not behave that way. The evidence for tennis elbow and the evidence for Achilles tendinopathy point in genuinely opposite directions, and no clinic menu tells you that.

July 25, 2026

Close-up of a clinician parting a patient's hair to examine the scalp under bright clinic light, with a vial of golden platelet-rich plasma on the tray beside them

Compare · 6 min · Lazlo Fontaine

PRP vs hair transplant: which one fixes hair loss?

One strengthens the follicles you still have; the other relocates new ones. How to tell which procedure your stage of hair loss actually needs.

July 19, 2026

Two prepared syringes on a stainless steel medical tray, one holding clear corticosteroid solution and one holding golden platelet-rich plasma, beside a centrifuge vial in soft clinic light

Compare · 6 min · Lazlo Fontaine

PRP vs cortisone shots for joint pain: which injection, when

One works in days and fades in weeks. The other builds slowly and lasts longer. How the two most common joint injections actually compare.

July 16, 2026

Compare · 6 min · Lazlo Fontaine

PRP for facial rejuvenation versus fillers

They are often pitched as competitors, but PRP and dermal fillers solve different problems. Here is how to tell which one you actually want.

June 24, 2026

Compare · 7 min · Lazlo Fontaine

PRP versus the alternatives: when it is the right call

For hair, skin, and joints there is usually a more established option. Here is how PRP stacks up against each.

May 29, 2026

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