PRP Therapy (The Vampire Facelift)

PRP stands for Platelets Rich Plasma, this defines a high concentration of blood platelets in a small volume of plasma.

Platelets (blood cells) are powerful little cells that contain great things, including the growth factors that promote healing and regeneration. With PRP we deliver a concentrated dose of your own platelets back into your skin. We extract a small amount of your blood (hence the vampire facelift nickname), alter the balance of platelets to plasma and gently inject this back into your skin, where you wish to see improvement of your complexion.

The Ageing Process damages your skins layers and decreases you levels of Collagen, Elastin, skin fatty layers, extra cellular matrix and your total number of cells. This leads to changes in skin texture, firmness, radiance, volume, flexibility and wrinkle formation.

Your PRP therapy (or vampire facelift) gives measurable improvement of skin complexion, tone, texture and colour, visible changes will be noticeable in 3 – 4 weeks (especially forehead, cheeks, neck and backs of hands).

PRP is not a filler it is your own enriched plasma.

PRP augments your skin by enhancing growth and collagen levels.

One – off treatment brings negligible down time and noticeable results but cut to the on-going process of ageing subsequent treatments are recommended.

Currently, only Plasma rich in growth factors allow for the stimulation of the cell healing process in many different tissues in your body.

PRP uses your own blood cells to regenerate your skin, making it inherently safe.

It can take about 3 – 4 weeks to see the full effects after the treatment.

Up to six month, although 3 – 4 months is most common. We offer all our patients the opportunity for a free 2 week follow up appointment to assess the effect of treatment & administer any top up treatments if necessary.

This is an effective therapy that can give a little discomfort during the injection procedure and localised tenderness following.

Any mild swelling or gentle bruising at the injection site should subside within 48 hours. True side effects are extremely rare, but as with any medicine an allergic reaction may occur or occasionally a treatment may relax nearby muscle groups, causing temporary drooping of eyebrow or eyelid that may last only a few weeks.

We can discuss this at your initial appointment.

If you are undergoing or have : Chemotherapy, steroid therapy, dermatological diseases (i.e. Porphyria), blood disorders or platelet abnormalities, certain herbal products, Aspirin use, anticoagulation therapy.

Following your vampire facelift you should avoid rubbing or touching the injected areas and avoid having facials and massage for 48 hours, this is to ensure that the treatment remains at the site of injection. Also avoid vigorous exercise for 48 hours.

From £350