Skin Care Tips- PRP | Vampire Facials

https://www.instagram.com/drdavinlim/ Instagram- for awesome skin FOR LIFE https://www.lasersandlifts.com.au My guide to skin treatments, lasers, peels, and many more http://www.realself.com/find/Australi... More before and after pictures, and real reviews Skin Care Tips - PRP | Vampire Facials PRP or platelet rich plasma has been used for over a decade- made famous by Kim Kardashian with the Vampire Face Lift. Nice name, but does it really deliver the results that many clinics promise? PRP is now used in treating nearly all skin conditions, from eye rejuvenation, skin rejuvenation, wrinkles, volume replacement, smoker’s lines, acne scarring, burns, sun damage, hair loss and even melasma pigmentation! The logic behind PRP is to deliver one’s own platelets rich in growth factors to help with wound healing, redness, and to stimulate more collagen and elastin. Some clinics use this with microneedling to even treat melasma only to make it worse by giving pigment drop out deep into the dermal layers, converting normal melasma to dermal melasma. In context of skin rejuvenation and scar remodeling there are limited studies to scientifically demonstrate the real benefits of PRP, however nearly all clinics offer this service. Let us look at 3 conditions PRP is used for in the context of dermatology. Firstly skin rejuvenation, eye bags rejuvenation and improvement in overall texture. Here is the truth- PRP does not reliably work, and is often an ‘add on’ – especially in t