PRP is a comfortable, in-office, non-surgical procedure that takes about an hour start-to-finish. Most patients notice a brief period of inflammation during which their scalp remains somewhat pink and numb for a few hours. Swelling is rare and if it occurs, it is noticeable in the forehead or around the eye area on the next day. Any swelling takes about a day or two to resolve.

On average, the benefits of PRP Treatments last forever; however, most patients will need to repeat PRP treatment after an average of one year in order to maintain the hair growth effects.

Hair growth improvements can typically be measured in about three months, but it takes six to twelve months to visually “see” the difference in photos and in the mirror.

Patients with areas of “weak quality” hair growth on the scalp with still functioning hair follicles appear to have the greatest success with PRP hair regrowth treatments.

In short, both facial treatments improve the skin’s texture and help to reduce unwanted wrinkles. Healing time is the major difference between the two treatments. With traditional microneedling, you can expect five to seven days of redness. Microneedling with PRP, or the vampire facial, decreases downtime to 24 hours. The platelet-rich plasma are essentially healing the micro-injuries to the skin as they are inflicted. The rich growth factors and healing properties within the PRP stimulates greater collagen formation and boosts the skin’s natural healing process. Microneedling with PRP is superior to traditional microneedling because you can achieve better results with fewer treatments.

Microneedling with Platelet Rich Plasma can create tightness in the skin and speed the healing process along. Used to treat everything from age spots and wrinkles to scarring and other forms of hyperpigmentation, the added PRP injections may boost these effects and help you achieve your desired results faster.

The vampire facial is done through microneedling. Professionals use a microneedling device to safely and precisely create controlled micro-injuries to the skin. Then platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is injected into the skin to trigger new collagen and elastin production, break up existing scar tissue and make the skin look and feel smoother, brighter, tighter and more youthful.

Platelet Rich Plasma is used in both Medical and Aesthetic treatments at Dermatology Consultants. PRP injection therapy is used in hair growth restoration that works to help your body reactivate its inactive hair follicles and grow brand-new hair with a thicker diameter. PRP is also used with microneedling.