Micro-needling with PRP

Micro-needling is one of the most common and effective noninvasive skin rejuvenating procedures offered at Carolina Facial Plastics in Charlotte, North Carolina. The benefits of micro-needling include:

1. reduction of wrinkles
2. reduction of poor size
3. tightening of skin
4. stimulate the production of new collagen
5. stimulate the production of new elastic fibers

PRP, otherwise known as platelet rich plasma, is a well-studied and documented serum that has been used for injections to promote healing for years. It is well-known in the orthopedic community as it has been injected into joints to successfully promote healing. One use of PRP used at Carolina Facial Plastics in Charlotte is combining it with micro-needling treatments to improve the health and quality of the facial skin.

PRP stands for platelet rich plasma. Platelets are a component of blood that are best known to help promote clotting, but they have many other functions in the body. Platelets are responsible for stimulating the body to heal at the site of an injury or trauma. When a platelet enters an area of injury, it releases the growth factors, and cytokines stimulate the body to create new collagen, stimulate cell growth, and accelerate the healing process.

PRP is created by using the patient’s own blood. In our office, we will draw a small amount of blood from the patient. That blood goes through a process of centrifugation, or spinning, that will separate the platelets from the other blood components. After we concentrate the platelets, the one solution that is created is called platelet rich plasma or PRP.

Adding PRP to a micro-needling treatment will greatly enhance the overall results of the micro-needling. Adding PRP to micro-needling will further stimulate collagen, tighten skin, reduce pore size, and smooth wrinkles. Micro-needling combined with PRP will cause a profound improvement to the facial skin. Adding PRP to micro-needling is like adding horsepower to a race car.

To learn more about the effects of adding PRP to a micro-needling treatment, visit clinicaltrials.gov.

After the PRP is created, it is placed on the face, and the micro-needling treatment is performed. Micro-needling creates small channels and injuries to the facial and neck skin that the platelet rich plasma penetrates. As these platelets penetrate these areas of injuries, they will become activated. Activated platelets will release growth factors and cytokines that will stimulate cell growth, collagen production, and healing of the skin. This addition of your natural healing factors during micro-needling is the responsible step in the enhancement of the micro-needling treatment.