Vampire Facial (PRP)
What is Vampire Facial (PRP)?
Vampire Facial, also known as the PRP treatment, began with the Kardashians in Hollywood and has gone on to take the world by storm. It becomes the most popular skin treatment during the past few years. Though the Vampire Facial cannot make you live forever, it can certainly give you an ageless appearance which it’s the ultimate rejuvenation.
Vampire Facial uses platelet-rich plasma taken from your blood which is rich in growth factors to aid the regeneration and renewal of the skin cells. Instead of using unnatural substances, Vampire Facial use your own plasma to heal, renew and boost the production of new collagen for firmer and smoother youthful skin in a more natural way.
The technology of the Vampire Facial is used widely for clinical purposes – treating arthritis, eyes, burns, etc. The fibroblasts inside the platelet-rich plasma synthesize collagen and elastin, it can accelerate the restoration and growth of the skin to rejuvenate and tighten. It can also help with the hair loss
What does the Vampire Facial involve?
Before the treatment, you will have a full consultation with our consultant to access if you are suitable for the treatment. We will discuss your concerns and your desired results, to customise your treatment plan.
During the treatment, practitioners first take your blood and then, using a precise centrifugal technique, extract the rich plasma, and then re-injecting it back into the skin or hair. It can also be injected into the scalp to aid with balding. You may have the numbing cream applied on the treatment areas to reduce the discomfort during the treatment.
How does the Vampire Facial work?
The extracted plasma contains a variety of growth factors and proteins that can help to improve a variety of skin problems such as acne scarring, the signs of ageing, and hair loss from the inside out.
The 6 growth factors in platelet-rich plasma include:
PDGF(Platelet derived growth factor): promote collagen production, and smooth out the skin.
EGF (Epidermal growth factor): help to repair the skin cells and regrowth of the top layers of skin.
VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor): stimulate the renewal of vascular endothelial cells, and enhance the micro-circulation of the skin.
FGF(Fibroblast growth factor): activate the skin cells to repair faster
TGF-β (Transforming growth factor-β): Boost the renewal and regeneration of skin cell.
SDFI-alpha（Stromal cell Derived Factor）： improve the immunity of the skin.
These growth factors stimulate the growth of skin cells while increasing the skin’s capacity to form more collagen and collagen fibres. Meanwhile, they can increase the skin’s metabolism to a healthy level. It also stimulates the growth of collagen and hyaluronic acids while greatly improving dry and dehydrated skin, the health of skin barrier, acne scars, hyperpigmentation, rough skin texture, etc.
What does Vampire Facial treat?
- Wrinkles and fine lines: It can improve forehead wrinkles, frown lines, glabellar wrinkles, crow’s feet, fine lines around the eyes, bunny lines, laugh lines, wrinkles around the mouth, necklines, etc.
- Acne scars: It can impel the skin to restoration and reproduction while stimulating the formation of collagen and visibly improving atrophic acne scars.
- Loose and sagging skin: Vampire Facial impels the formation of collagen and elastin in the dermis to firm and uplifts the loose skin.
- Brightening and evening out skin tone: As the Vampire Facial encourage the new production of skin cells, it accelerates the skin’s metabolism and banishes darkened spots or tired skin while fading hyperpigmentation.
- Improve dark circles: injecting PRP around the eyes can aid circulation and stimulating the metabolism of pigmentation to fade dark circles.
- Rough skin texture and enlarged pores: A rough skin texture and enlarged pores are both related to the loss of collagen. Therefore, Vampire Facial can improve rough skin texture and enlarged pores via stimulating collagen growth.
The Advantage of Vampire Facial (PRP)
Convenient and fast: a micro-invasive lunch break treatment requiring only 60 minutes and with but minimal recovery period.
Safety: when extracting blood, our practitioners maintain a rigid aseptic technique and guarantee an entirely standardised, aseptic injection procedure with single-use apparatus. The injection uses only your blood to avoid any risk, resulting in a zero chance of an allergic reaction.
Treat multi problems in one treatment: rough skin, enlarged pores, dry and dehydrated skin, acne scars, dark spots and clear anti-ageing effects, removing fine lines, lifting and tighten the aged skin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Before the treatment, we will apply an anaesthetic cream on the target area to reduce any discomfort. However, because it requires injection from the deep layers of skin, there will still be mild discomfort during the procedure.
After the treatment, usually redness and swelling will appear, sometimes bruising, and in some cases, there might even be a feeling of dryness. The injected areas are relatively deep, so bruising is common side effect of Vampire Facial than other aesthetic injections. If bruising does occur, it usually only requires 5-7 days to fade away, but it varies from person to person, some might need a little longer.
Safety always is our first priority. As a result, we provide aseptic apparatus to every customer, while our isolation containers are also single-use septic tools. Outside of this, our professional medical team also pass rigid training programmes and has a breadth of experience, constantly maintaining safe practice to ensure your safely.
Vampire Facial can be combined with mesotherapy, anti-wrinkle injections etc. to combat the process of ageing. During your consultation, we will carry out a detailed assessment of your skin and create a custom plan most suited to your needs.
Vampire Facial can be used to treat skin ageing, acne scars, dark circles etc, but the number of treatments required varies because everyone’s condition is different. However, most people see visible results after three treatments; acne scars and dark circles require 5-6 sessions to see visible improvements. On top of this, you can repeat the procedure within 4-6 months after a course of Vampire Facial to maintain ideal results.
Please avoid applying makeup the day of the treatment, but you will be fine to continue as normal the day after.
- 6 hours after the treatment, you should avoid touching the injected area or getting it wet. The day after the treatment, you may resume your normal skincare.
- Avoid drinking or smoking for 2-3 days after the treatment.
- Avoid taking aspirin or other similar medications after the treatment.
- A slight redness and swelling or even bruising might occur after the injection. Sun protection must be taken after the treatment to avoid hyperpigmentation.
- Avoid sauna, spa or other extreme temperature activities within 1-2 weeks after the treatment.
- For 7 days after the treatment, please avoid using any strong exfoliating face washing or skincare products for 2 weeks
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