| This article describes the potential for
doctors to use platelet rich plasma in their
daily practice in the aesthetic fields of
mesotherapy, nappage and fillers.
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME
FOR SKIN REJUVENATION
From the centrifuged blood of the
patient, we can obtain, in a specific tube,
a plasma, with platelets and white cells
separated from the red cells by a gel.
Once we have this plasma, we can inject
it into the patient’s skin in different ways:
nappage mesotherapy and/or fillers. But
before starting the protocol for aesthetics
injections, we have to understand what
autologous cell regeneration (ACR)
means, and what the components of
the PRP are.
WHAT IS AUTOLOGOUS
CELL REGENERATION?
Autologous cell regeneration is the
bio-stimulation of the cells of the dermis
using an injection technique which utilises
the patient’s own bio-active platelet rich
plasma (PRP), including leucocytes. The
aim of these injections is to stimulate and
regenerate aged and damaged skin and
hypodermal tissues, and to produce a
new dermis.
WHAT IS PLATELET RICH PLASMA?
Platelet rich plasma is an autologous
concentration of human platelets in a
small volume of plasma measured as
1,000,000 platelets per mm3 or two to
three times the native concentration of
whole blood at a pH of 6.5-6.7 (whole
blood pH is 7.0-7.2). It is also referred to as autologous platelet
gel, plasma rich growth factors (PRGFs)
or autologous platelet concentrate. PRP is
a concentration of the fundamental protein
growth factors which have been proved to be actively secreted by platelets to initiate
all wound healing. |
