PRP (platelet platelet-enriched plasma) is a medical application. It is done by experts. Prp actually started to be applied in dental treatment approximately 15 years ago. It is a method developed to strengthen the teeth roots so that the weak, old teeth do not fall. Hair PRP is one of the most effective methods benefit to hair loss.
WHAT IS PRP?
PRP application, a new skin rejuvenation method, has been developed in recent years. In the PRP method, 8–20 cc of blood is taken from the patient and centrifuged. The serum obtained in the treatment of PRP is injected into small amounts such as mesotherapy and is widely injected into the skin.
When any damage occurs in our tissues, our blood collects the clot cells to this tissue and initiates a repair process. Thus, the repair of the target tissue starts quickly and strongly and results more quickly. The density of platelets in the serum obtained by the PRP method is 2 to 4 times greater than in the blood.
How to Implement PRP in Practice?
A small amount of 8–20 ml of blood is taken from the person to be treated, the platelets are separated in the centrifuge device. Separated platelets accumulate in the tube in the kit and accumulate and a blood product called PRP is produced. This product (PRP) is applied to the skin by means of filler or mesotherapy, the skin becomes more visible with a bright and vivid appearance immediately after the rejuvenating effect.
How Many Applications Are Required to Ensure the Full Effect?
In fact, at least 3 injections should be performed at intervals of 3 weeks to obtain a final result. Then, every 6–12 months of the application allows the protection of the results. Do the positive results obtained with a cure disappear completely afterwards? It does not disappear, but it should be repeated every 6–12 months. In this case, the effect of cures applied is equivalent to a permanent rejuvenating effect. In other words, a cure consisting of 3 or 4 applications to be performed every 20 days should be repeated every year on average.
Benefits of PRP
There are many reasons for PRP implementation. Some of these are listed as follows;
- Gives skin flexibility and shine
- Prevent hair loss, strengthen hair
- Prevent wrinkles and collapses
- Reconstruct skin in wound, crack and skin damage
- To provide rapid structuring of the leather after laser operations
- It is used in medical aesthetics such as face, hands and arms, legs, neck and décolleté.
- PRP provides a non-surgical solution to the achilles tendon rupture.
- PRP method is used for pain.
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