And also you may not need PRF for plumping up your nasal labial folds: “PRF is being offered as filler, however I do not suppose it really works like filler,” says Dr. Day.
So why are extra folks focused on PRF? There’s a newness issue, for certain. There’s a consolation issue (whether or not or not it’s warranted), in one thing that’s derived from your individual physique.
After which there’s this: Extra “sufferers are on the lookout for options to filler,” says Ava Shamban, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, who affords PRF remedies in her personal apply. We’re dwelling in a time of “filler fatigue”—fueled by sufferers who “expertise sagging, heaviness, or stretched-out tissues from overfilling and improper strategies [like poor] product placement,” says Dr. Shamban.
However regardless of all of the speak of filler fatigue, we’re additionally getting extra injectables—fillers have been up 4% in 2023, as in comparison with 2022, in accordance with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ survey and pattern report. We need to look younger. However we don’t need to look stuffed. That makes “a extra ‘pure’ product for pores and skin revitalisation and rejuvenation” a tempting proposition, says Dr. Shamban.
She is extra optimistic about PRF’s potential, however agrees with Dr. Day that it’s not an alternative to hyaluronic acid filler, as a result of it doesn’t have the identical power or volumising talents, and it breaks down sooner. Nevertheless, she sees a world through which it’s attainable PRF may very well be mixed with filler. It may very well be a useful device for particular sufferers—“as suppliers, now we have an unlimited array of merchandise, however it’s about 25% the merchandise chosen and 75% strategies and injection model that make a distinction,” says Dr. Shamban.
What does the FDA should say about utilizing a affected person’s blood to probably regenerate their pores and skin? In line with Dr. Shamban, the FDA views PRP and PRF equally to a tissue switch. “They’re nervous about contamination, like if [the blood] is badly processed,” she explains, including that the recognition of PRF and PRP remedies at medi spas versus board-certified dermatologists means there may probably be a mix-up of affected person samples.
For reference, a New Mexico spa got here underneath fireplace after three folks have been contaminated with HIV after receiving PRP facials. The FDA has issued a warning letter in opposition to regenerative medication merchandise that embrace stem cells.
Within the letter, the FDA cautions, “There may be numerous deceptive info on the web about these merchandise, together with statements in regards to the situations they can be utilized to deal with. FDA is worried that many sufferers looking for cures and cures could also be misled by details about merchandise which can be illegally marketed, haven’t been proven to be secure or efficient, and, in some instances, could have vital questions of safety that put sufferers in danger.”
We reached out to the FDA to ask if PRF injections could be included on this warning, and at press time, had not obtained affirmation
A model of this text initially appeared on Attract.