PRP Treatment For Wound Healing
PRP is a highly effective form of aesthetic treatment in several different applications. From anti-aging to sports medicine, doctors are continually discovering new, and innovative applications for the use of PRP, including wound healing.
Wound Healing
Whether it’s a surgical wound, a diabetic ulcer, or a pressure ulcer, PRP therapy can help accelerate the body’s natural healing process to repair both internal, and superficial injuries.
When you experience an injury to the skin, naturally the tissue is damaged which causes the body to begin its healing process. During the healing process, there are four main stages in the body undergoes, one of those stages is collagen production to help repair tissue damage and encourage the skin around the wound to heal.
The other stages of wound healing include:
Hemostasis – where the blood thickens to a gel-like substance to prevent further bleeding, and seal damaged blood vessels.
Inflammation – this is where the body releases chemicals around the wound which will cause redness and swelling around the area. Depending on the severity of the wound, the body may also raise its temperature to help combat any germs or bacteria.
Dispersion – this is where new collagen and growth factors concentrate in the area to begin building new tissue to heal the wound. New blood vessels are also produced to carry oxygen and nutrients.
Maturation – this is the final stage in healing where the wound begins to develop skin. Depending on how severe the wound was, this process can take some time, whilst the inner tissues heal and regenerate.
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PRP For Wound Healing
When used to accelerate wound healing, PRP is highly effective because it simply uses the body’s naturally created components found within the plasma.
The human blood contains several natural components that all play a vital role in both the healing process and supporting your overall health. One of the key components found within the blood is platelets, which contain thromboxane to aid in blood coagulation.
The blood also contains plasma that carries water, enzymes, and other key nutrients to the wound site, and growth factors that help to support fibroblasts, and keratinocytes. Fibroblasts are simply cells that makeup tissue and collagen, and keratinocytes are cells that produce the top layer of skin.
Now, whilst the body’s healing process is very efficient, the growth proteins are only mildly present, meaning the process can take time. PRP therapy significantly speeds up the healing process in a similar way to medications that doctors use within bandages.
How Does PRP Work?
PRP works by extracting blood from your arm and separating it from its key components including plasma and platelets in a special centrifuge. The separated proteins are then injected directly into the wound area to help encourage and speed up the healing process.
Overall, treatment takes around 40 minutes to complete, and you may require more than one treatment for best results. Your clinician will be able to advise on the frequency of your visits, but they will be spaced out adequately to accommodate natural tissue healing.
As PRP uses nothing more than your own blood, it is said to have the lowest complication and infection risk of any aesthetic treatment. However, you should always seek a trained professional who will assess if the procedure is suitable for you, and perform it within a safe, medical, and sterile environment.
There is no real downtime required after treatment, but it is natural to experience slight discomfort, swelling, and bruising around the area for a couple of days.
PRP is a fantastic treatment and one that we have been offering for many years now at our clinic. We both do believe that regenerative medicine is the future of aesthetics and PRP is just that – we wish more people knew about its many benefits. The product we use is Regen PRP produced by Regen Lab which we couldn’t recommend enough. Not only is this product safe and easy to use, but it has also benefited patient goals and outcomes. Five stars!