Diagnosis-first, non-surgical hair & scalp care · Austin, TX
Start with the reason, not the remedy
Diagnosis first. Then treatment. It sounds obvious — and almost nobody in hair restoration works this way.
PROGEN™ Trichology is a physician-supervised hair regeneration practice serving Austin, Texas, under our Medical Director, Dr. Marcial Oquendo, MD. We treat hair loss the way medicine treats everything else that matters: identify the condition, then match the care to it.
Walk into most hair clinics and the conversation starts with a product — a package, a procedure, a program. Walk into PROGEN and the conversation starts with a question: why is this happening to you?
Because “hair loss” isn’t one condition. It’s a symptom shared by several very different ones:
### The conditions we evaluate
Androgenetic alopecia (pattern thinning). The most common form in men and women — gradual, hereditary, hormone-mediated, and progressive. In men: recession and crown thinning. In women: a widening part and diffuse volume loss. Progressive doesn’t mean hopeless; it means timing matters.
Telogen effluvium. Sudden, diffuse shedding — often two to four months after a trigger like illness, surgery, childbirth, rapid weight change, or intense stress. Frequently temporary, sometimes persistent, and commonly mistaken for pattern loss (and treated wrongly because of it).
Alopecia areata. Patchy, well-defined loss driven by an autoimmune process. Needs careful assessment and honest guidance — including, where appropriate, coordination with dermatology.
Traction alopecia. Loss along tension lines from tight styling — braids, extensions, tight ponytails. Caught early, the follicles often recover; caught late, the loss can become permanent. Early evaluation is everything.
Cicatricial (scarring) alopecia. A group of conditions where inflammation replaces follicles with scar tissue. These need prompt, accurate identification — and honesty about what regeneration can and cannot do once scarring exists.
Different mechanisms, different urgency, different treatments. This is why your first appointment is an evaluation, not a sales meeting.
Once your diagnosis is clear, your plan is built from these — individually or in combination:
PROGEN™ Revive — Microfocused Ultrasound. Our patented flagship: focused ultrasound energy delivered at three calibrated depths (1.5mm, 3.0mm, 4.5mm) to stimulate the follicular environment. Non-invasive — no needles, no incisions, no downtime. About microfocused ultrasound →
PRP Therapy. Growth factors concentrated from your own blood, prepared and administered under medical supervision — recommended only when the diagnosis supports it. About PRP therapy →
Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation). Clinically studied wavelengths of light supporting follicular energy metabolism. Painless, non-invasive, and often layered with other protocols. About red light therapy →
Bioactive Peptides. Targeted peptide support integrated into plans where the diagnosis calls for it. About bioactive peptides →
Also at PROGEN: Ultherapy® Prime — non-surgical lifting for face, neck, and décolleté, on the newest Ultherapy platform. Different goal, same standard of physician-supervised care. About Ultherapy® Prime →
Every plan comes with realistic timelines and transparent pricing. Individual results vary — which is exactly why nothing here is one-size-fits-all.
Minoxidil that did little. Supplements by the drawerful. Maybe PRP at a med spa, sold by the session with no diagnosis behind it. If that’s your story, you’re our most common patient — and your experience isn’t proof that nothing works. It’s proof that untargeted treatment doesn’t work. An evaluation tells you, often in a single visit, whether the approaches you tried were ever aimed at your actual condition.
Hair transplantation is real medicine with real results — for the right candidate, at the right stage, with realistic expectations. But it’s surgery: incisions or extractions, recovery, cost, and permanence. We believe it belongs at the end of the decision tree, not the beginning. PROGEN exists for everyone who wants to know what’s possible before that step — and if your evaluation shows surgical consultation genuinely fits your goals, we’ll tell you so plainly. That honesty is the product.
One clinic, one standard: our Austin studio on Northland Drive, serving Bee Cave, West Lake Hills, and the Lake Travis area.
The one matched to your diagnosis. Pattern thinning, post-stress shedding, autoimmune patches, and tension-related loss all respond to different care — which is why “best” only means something after an evaluation.
Non-surgical protocols can be effective when they’re matched to the right condition at the right stage — and disappointing when they’re not. Candidacy is what the evaluation determines. Individual results vary.
Diagnosis and supervision. A stand-alone PRP session without an evaluation is a guess. Here, PRP is one tool inside a physician-supervised plan built on your findings.
Yes — women’s hair loss, including postpartum shedding, perimenopausal changes, traction alopecia, and female-pattern thinning, is central to this practice, not an afterthought.
Sooner beats later, in almost every condition we see. Early-stage loss has the most options; some conditions (traction, scarring types) become harder to reverse with time.
Plans are priced to the diagnosis. After your evaluation you’ll see every option and cost in writing — before you decide anything.
