And also you may not need PRF for plumping up your nasal labial folds: “PRF is being sold as filler, but I don’t think it works like filler,” says Dr. Day.
So why are extra folks concerned with 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 personal physique.
After which there’s this: Extra “patients are looking for alternatives to filler,” says Ava Shamban, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, who gives PRF remedies in her personal follow. We’re residing in a time of “filler fatigue”—fueled by sufferers who “experience sagging, heaviness, or stretched-out tissues from overfilling and improper techniques [like poor] product placement,” says Dr. Shamban.
However regardless of all of the discuss 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 development report. We wish to look younger. However we don’t wish to look crammed. That makes “a more ‘natural’ product for 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 choice to hyaluronic acid filler, as a result of it doesn’t have the identical energy or volumising talents, and it breaks down sooner. Nonetheless, she sees a world through which it’s potential PRF could possibly be mixed with filler. It could possibly be a useful software for particular sufferers—“as providers, we have a vast array of products, but it is about 25% the products chosen and 75% techniques and injection style that make a difference,” says Dr. Shamban.
What does the FDA must say about utilizing a affected person’s blood to probably regenerate their pores and skin? In response to Dr. Shamban, the FDA views PRP and PRF equally to a tissue switch. “They’re worried about contamination, like if [the blood] is improperly 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 beneath fireplace after three folks have been contaminated with HIV after receiving PRP facials. The FDA has issued a warning letter in opposition to regenerative drugs merchandise that embrace stem cells.
Within the letter, the FDA cautions, “There is a lot of misleading information on the internet about these products, including statements about the conditions they can be used to treat. FDA is concerned that many patients seeking cures and remedies may be misled by information about products that are illegally marketed, have not been shown to be safe or effective, and, in some cases, may have significant safety issues that put patients at risk.”
We reached out to the FDA to ask if PRF injections can be included on this warning, and at press time, had not obtained affirmation
A model of this text initially appeared on Attract.
