PRP (platelet-rich plasma), popularly known as the Dracula therapy, injects your own platelets and fibrin to treat wrinkles and scars on the face, neck, décolletage and hands.
PRP therapy (platelet-rich plasma) consists of injecting your own platelets and fibrin, for cosmetic purposes, to treat wrinkles and scars on the face, the neck, the décolletage and the hands.
This therapy, popularly known as the “vampire therapy” or “Dracula's therapy”, is minimally invasive, takes 20 minutes, and its effect on the elasticity and firmness of the skin lasts more than 18 months.
It is a good treatment both for prevention and for maintenance, and it carries no risk of allergic adverse reactions, because the “substance” injected is your own plasma, rich in cellular growth factors that stimulate the synthesis of collagen.
It is used on young as well as mature skin, it reduces superficial wrinkles, it dramatically improves the texture of skin damaged by the sun (actinic damage), and it softens deep wrinkles and resting furrows.
PRP serves to maintain and prolong the active phase of the hair growth cycle, known as anagen, and it can stimulate the pluripotent stem cells in the dermis to create new hairs, leading to the regeneration of the hair.
It also has strong effects in inducing cell proliferation, through its content of growth factors and immunological modulators, which makes it an important therapy for other disorders marked by hair loss, such as: alopecia areata, diffuse alopecia and androgenic alopecia.
The method consists of drawing venous blood, about 8 ml per tube, centrifuging it to separate the platelet-rich plasma from the other blood components (red cells, white cells and so on), treating it to obtain an active gel, and injecting it into the upper layers of the dermis.
For larger areas, several tubes are drawn.
For an excellent and lasting effect, three sessions four weeks apart are recommended, followed by one session at 6 or 12 months. Good results are obtained even from a single treatment, and the effects are cumulative.
For striking results, PRP can also be combined with other dermato-aesthetic procedures such as: dermaroller, CO2 laser, fillers and radiofrequency, procedures that further contribute to remodelling the dermis and stimulating the formation of new collagen.