What is PRP:
Platelet Rich Plasma, or PRP, is blood plasma with concentrated platelets and other growth factors. The concentrated platelets found in PRP contain huge reservoirs of bioactive proteins, including growth factors and signaling proteins that are vital to initiate and accelerate tissue repair and regeneration. In response to an injury or tissue damage, your body naturally recruits platelets and white blood cells from the blood to initiate a healing response.
Under normal conditions, platelets store numerous growth factors which are released in response to signals from the injured tissue. Modern technology allows us to concentrate platelets from your blood, and induce this growth factor release as the solution is injected into injured tissue, simulating this same healing response in a more powerful form.
PRP’s most exciting feature is that it is YOUR body, YOUR blood and YOUR plasma. Nothing artificial, nothing modified and therefore is 100% safe. It is the most natural way of rejuvenating.
Treatment Process:
To prepare PRP, a small amount of blood is taken from the patient’s arm. The blood is then placed in a centrifuge. The centrifuge spins and separates the platelets from the rest of the blood components. The entire process takes less than 15 minutes and increases the concentration of platelets and growth factors by up to 600%. Using the patient’s own blood, specifically prepared platelets are taken and re-injected into the affected area.
When PRP is injected into the damaged area it stimulates the tendon, ligament, or muscle with a high concentration of growth factors that triggers the healing cascade. As a result, new tissue begins to develop. As this tissue matures it begins to shrink, causing the tightening and strengthening of the tendons, ligaments, and muscles of the damaged area.
How does PRP work?
Depending on the severity and duration of your injury, 1 to 3 PRP injections is suggested. Following the initial treatment with PRP, a follow-up visit occurs two to three weeks later. At this visit, an evaluation of your response to the initial therapy is performed and a decision is made regarding the need for additional PRP treatments.
Are PRP Injections Safe?
Yes, PRP is FDA approved. Research and clinical data show that PRP injections are extremely safe, with minimal risk for any adverse reaction or complication. Because PRP is produced from your own blood, there is no concern for rejection or disease transmission. Not to mention, recent research suggests that PRP may have an anti-bacterial property which protects against possible infection.
Conditions that benefits from PRP injections:
- The eye area
- Fine lines and wrinkles
- Improvement in skins tone & texture
- Full face rejuvenation
- Décolletage
- Dull dry skin
- Crepey neck
- Back of hands
Dr. Bembi uses Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections to rejuvenate and slow down the aging process of the skin and face, effectively treating:
