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What is PRP?

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)Facial Rejuvenation is an extremely safe, more natural option, because the procedure uses your body’s own stem cells, stimulating collagen production. It’s hydrating, provides nutrition and healing properties in the form of concentrated plasma, and helps to repair delicate tissue – such as the thinner skin under the eyes.

A boost in collagen creates a more youthful appearance, and results can last for months to years after a PRP Facial Rejuvenation treatment. Typically, one to two treatments are necessary, depending on your specific skincare needs.

Ideal candidates for PRP Facial Rejuvenation have these skin concerns:

Dark circles under the eyes
Aging skin
Wrinkles
Volume loss
Fine lines

At Shore Wellness Med Spa, our goal is to develop a personalized plan to help you look and feel beautiful, and get you back on the road to optimum health. If you have skin concerns, and are interested in PRP Facial Rejuvenation, please contact our offices today to learn more.

PRP Hair Restoration

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is a proactive therapeutic option for male and female patients experiencing hair loss. PRP is an exciting non-surgical therapeutic option for patients who require stimulation of hair growth for hair loss conditions. Recent scientific research and technology provide the medical community with new understandings of wound and tissue healing. As a result of these scientific studies, we recognize PRP is an all-natural autologous medical procedure performed in physician’s offices for scalp, skin, and hair stimulation.

How Does PRP Work?

Human blood contains mesenchymal stem cells and autologous blood products that contain essential and specific growth factors that assist in tissue regeneration and healing. Published medical literature from Europe and the United States confirms the safety and use of PRP therapy. It has been used as a medial adjunct therapy for over two decades for skin and wound healing. PRP therapy has established itself to be effective as a medical treatment modality in the specialty fields of oral surgery, neurosurgery, plastic and cosmetic surgery, sports medicine, and orthopedics. It has been used extensively in these specialties for the last twenty years with generally positive outcomes and success. In the field of hair restoration, evidence supports PRP therapy as a promising treatment option to promote hair growth. No claim can be made of its efficacy. While PRP is in the early stages of scientific research in hair restoration, PRP is not meant to replace current FDA approved therapies such as DHT blockers and Minoxidil. But it is a promising non-surgical therapeutic option for those patients with hair loss.

How Do You Perform the Procedure?

Blood is drawn in our office as though you are having routine blood testing at your physician’s office. The blood is spun in a centrifuge and the PRP is separated and removed from the rest of the blood.

The PRP is taken from your body and is specially prepared by spinning down the blood cells to a high concentration. We use Harvest Medical PRP System. It is a closed sterile system and the platelets are concentrated to 3X the normal blood values. The system eliminates granulocytes which hurt tissue regeneration and wound healing. An anesthesia block is given to the nerves of the scalp so the patient does not feel any pain. The highly concentrated platelet rich plasma (PRP) is then injected into the scalp. The patient’s hair is then washed and the patient may drive home without any assistance. No sedation or any medication is given during the procedure to inhibit the ability to drive or use machinery.

The Science fo PRP

PRP contains special cells called Platelets, that can theoretically cause the growth of the hair follicles by stimulating the stem cells and other cells in the microenvironment of the hair follicle. These special Platelet cells promote healing, accelerate the rate and degree of tissue healing and regeneration, respond to injury, and formation of new cellular growth. The primary purpose of using PRP in hair restoration is to stimulate inactive or newly implanted hair follicles into an active growth phase.

Inside the Platelets are many intracellular structures such as glycogen, lysosomes and alpha granules. These granules within the PRP contain clotting and growth factors that are eventually released during the healing and repair process.

PRP specific cells that cause hair growth include:

 Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF)—promotes blood vessel growth, cell replication, and skin formation; Transforming Growth-Factor-Beta (TGF-b)—promotes the growth of matrix between cells and bone metabolism; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)—promotes blood vessel formation; Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)—promotes cell growth and differentiation, blood vessel formation, and collagen formation; Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (FGF-2)—promotes the growth of specialized cells and blood vessel formation; and, Insulin Like Growth Factor – (IGF)—a regulator of normal physiology in nearly every type of cell in the body.

Who Should Not Have PRP Treatment?

 Patients with a history of heavy smoking, drug, and alcohol use. Medical diagnoses such as platelet dysfunction syndromes, thrombocytopenias, hypofibrinogenaemia, hemodynamic instability, sepsis, acute and chronic Infections, chronic liver disease, anti-coagulation therapy, chronic skin diseases or cancer, and metabolic and systemic disorders.

Is PRP for Me?

 PRP has been used successfully in other medical and surgical disciplines for many years. The decision to use PRP is a personal decision and should be made after careful research, consideration, and consultation with a physician. PRP is safe and natural because the procedure concentrates the good cells from your scalp and injects them directly back into the area where it is needed. There is absolutely no chance of getting a blood infection from another human being. PRP involves using your own cells that are not modified or changed, and it will not be rejected by your immune system. Men and women with hair loss or thinning of hair may consider this natural treatment.

Extensive clinical trials are not complete and medical data is not yet published to establish the absolute effectiveness of PRP therapy in hair restoration. PRP should not be considered a “cure” for hair loss and no guarantee can be made about its individual effectiveness. No claim of PRP efficacy in promoting hair growth can be made because there is no FDA approval that would allow such claims to be made.

Can I Use Other Medical Therapies Concurrently?

 Absolutely. In fact, we encourage it and prescribe PRP therapy as a complement to a nonsurgical approach for those patients who are not eligible for surgery or who want to delay hair restoration surgery. As a non-surgical treatment option, we recommend PRP therapy along with Minoxidil and DHT blockers or for those patients who can not tolerate or have side effects with these medications.

Conclusion:

 In summary, PRP therapy offers the opportunity for hair growth for those patients who have hair loss, on just thinning of hair or for those who want to rejuvenate hair and prevent hair loss.