What is PRP and how is it created?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a natural product created from a patient’s own blood. The process begins with a simple blood draw, similar to what happens when you come in for lab testing, and far less involved than when you donate blood.
Heather takes that sample and places it in a medical device called a centrifuge, which spins it at a high rate of speed. This spinning action causes the solid components to separate from the liquid plasma, making it easy to collect the platelets and reintroduce them into the now-cleared plasma.
Platelets are filled with special proteins called growth factors, which work to promote new cell development. PRP is a highly concentrated solution that both reduces inflammation and encourages new tissue development.
Patients seek out PRP treatments because they don’t rely on pharmaceutical interventions.
How can PRP help with medical issues?
PRP has long been used in orthopedic treatments and offers a pathway to relieve joint pain. When injected into a damaged joint, PRP goes to work, encouraging new blood vessel development, reducing swelling, and triggering tissue growth that can repair damaged joint components.
PRP is also useful in treating acute soft tissue injuries and osteoarthritis. LAH Health & Aesthetics is dedicated to offering the very latest biologic therapies, including PRP.
Is PRP used in medical aesthetics?
PRP is also a powerful tool in helping you achieve your aesthetic goals. When incorporated into microneedling, PRP promotes quick healing to the microinjuries and helps your body create new collagen and elastin, smoothing away lines and wrinkles and delivering overall enhancement in the tone and texture of skin.
Hair restoration is another area where PRP delivers outstanding results. Administering PRP to the scalp enhances your body’s ability to create new hair growth, filling in areas where thinning or balding is present.
The best way to learn more about the concierge medicine, longevity medicine, and aesthetics services available through LAH Health & Aesthetics is to book a personalized visit online or by phone.