This is a type of regenerative medicine with the patient’s own blood and uses components called platelets in the blood to rejuvenate the skin.
These growth factors enhance proliferation of fibroblasts and keratinocytes which produce collagen and keratin respectively.
PRP Wrinkle Reduction Therapy is a truly bio-friendly approach to wrinkle reduction and volume augmentation.
Upon activation, PRP is injected into wrinkles for immediate volume augmentation and long lasting collagen regenerating effects. Additionally it enhances the texture and vitality of your skin by creating new blood vessels. Newly created vessels provide vital nutrients to the skin to maintain you.
It is effective particularly for inducing skin regeneration, the therapy is also effective in treating wrinkles, acne marks, sags, and wrinkles on the neck.
Interaction between PRP and white blood cells results in the release of growth factors that potentiate the natural healing power and tissue reorganization potential at injection sites and subsequent regeneration of the skin.
In conventional therapy, it takes about two months for any benefit to be seen, although the time varies among individuals. PRP Skin Regeneration Therapy produces noticeable symptomatic improvement in a short period of about two weeks.
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| Enrichment of platelets | About two-fold |
About six- to ten-fold (three to five times that for conventional procedures) |
| Time to benefit | About two months |
About two weeks (one-fourth that for conventional procedures) |
| White blood cells | Little or no WBC | Appropriate amount of WBC |
PRP Skin Regeneration Therapy uses components called platelets contained in the blood. Platelets play a role in stopping bleeding and repairing damaged blood vessels and cells in the body. Platelets contain substances called growth factors that activate and rejuvenate cells in the body. The growth factors, when released, induce the production of collagen and generation of new capillaries to rejuvenate the skin.
As described previously, skin regeneration with PRP is based on the mechanism that platelets release a variety of growth factors to promote tissue repair, angiogenesis, and collagen production for skin rejuvenation.
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 The aged skin has less collagen, low elasticity, reduced amount of hyaluronic acid, and low ability to retain moisture. |
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 Cell growth is activated, and collagen is produced. |
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 Collagen is produced, and skin elasticity is improved. The ability to retain moisture is restored. |
PRP Skin Regeneration Therapy is expected to provide great benefit. The therapy uses the patient’s own blood for rejuvenation and thus poses no risk of infection or allergy. It has the advantage of a longer duration of efficacy compared with injection of hyaluronic acid and collagen that are absorbed into the body. Other features such as no need for skin incision and short downtime (swelling usually resolves in two to three hours) make this therapy a safe treatment.
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| Specific treatment | Injection of platelet-rich plasma containing autologous white blood cells collected from the blood. Use of regenerative power of the skin. | Injection of medical-grade hyaluronic acid or collagen for maintenance of firm skin, or injection of Botox to reduce the movement of muscles. |
| Benefit | Crepy skin under the eyes, fine wrinkles in the face, nasolabial grooves, acne marks, sagged skin, etc | Nip and tuck for fine wrinkles in the whole face, wrinkles on the neck and hands, nasolabial grooves, wrinkles between the eyebrows and forehead, expression wrinkles at the corner of the eyes, chin, nose, etc. |
| Adverse reaction | Infections and allergy do not occur because the patient’s own blood components are used. | Unlikely to occur. |
| Effective period | About 1 year | Absorbed in about 0.5 to 1year |
| Re-injection | The blood is not absorbed, and thus repeated injections are not necessary (additional injection is allowed). | Repeated injections are necessary because those agents are absorbed into the body. |
| Costs for 1 session | 1 site(6cc): $650 |
Hyaluronic acid:$1000 Botox: $600 or more |
Angelina Jolie Receives PRP Injection in Face
Superstar actress Angelina Jolie has received PRP Injections in her face to boost collagen. Jolie is trying to keep her youthful beauty and got the PRP facelift which should improve collagen production. This platelet rich plasma was injected into the Jolie’s face which should smooth out her wrinkles and give Jolie a glowing look. Angelina Jolie is one of the most famous actresses to use PRP Injection on her face.
Before and After
Another feature of the therapy is that the patient will experience a natural change in the operative site and minimal discomfort because beneficial effects gradually occur after about two weeks of therapy.
