PRP Injections with Dermal Fillers
PRP Injections with Dermal Fillers Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Glendale CA
Dr. Martin Stepanyan is pleased to offer PRP Injections with Dermal Filler, which combines the science of hyaluronic acid fillers (i.e., Restylane and Juvederm), unipotent stem cells, and beauty to provide a custom designer procedure. By combining these sciences, Dr. Martin Stepanyan can help rejuvenate your skin and enhance your overall appearance.
Read below for more information, and call our office at (818) 551-0088 or fill out our online form for a consultation with Dr. Stepanyan.
What Is PRP?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a concentrated solution derived from your own blood that harnesses your body’s natural healing and regenerative properties. During treatment, a small blood sample is drawn and processed in a centrifuge to separate and concentrate the platelets, which contain powerful growth factors and proteins. When injected into the skin or scalp, these growth factors stimulate collagen production, improve skin texture and tone, and promote tissue regeneration. PRP helps rejuvenate the face, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, improving skin quality, and enhancing overall results when combined with other aesthetic procedures.
Aging Skin
The skin color changes because of less underlying blood flow. The shape becomes collapsed and droopy as muscle and collagen decrease. The texture of the skin becomes less smooth. As a result, the person looks worn out, tired, or droopy. The lively, rosy hue seen in children of every skin color fades to a dull gray.
Treatment Pros & Cons
With so many ways to improve the face and with countless products and procedures available, why look for a better way?
Although there can be a place for a surgical facelift, such procedures are not necessarily a panacea or cure-all to the concerns of the aging face. Cosmetic surgery, when needed, can remove excess skin and make the person appear younger. However, a surgical facelift can actually contribute to a face collapse as the skin stretches tighter against the bone making the person look skeletonized.
With hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, the face is truly lifted away from the bone and youthful volume can be restored to a beautiful shape. With that in mind, HA fillers should not be used around specific areas near the eye. Furthermore, the injector must be careful to avoid creating a shape that looks foreign to the person’s face or even foreign to this planet. Also, HA fillers are not extremely effective for improving skin tone and texture.
Beverly Hills PRP Injections with Dermal Fillers Procedure
The first part of the PRP Injection with Dermal filler procedure utilizes HA fillers to begin sculpting specific areas of the face. The glycosaminoglycans (what an HA filler replaces) act like a sponge that holds water in the face providing a basic shape. This initial injection of HA is the precursor to the ultimate desired form. Next comes the polishing and refining step of the sculpting process which ultimately contributes to the appearance of a younger version of you.
Creating Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in Los Angeles
Within a matter of minutes, your practitioner can create autologous (which means from you to you) PRP and activate your stem cells for the PRP Injections with Dermal Filler procedure.
Heres how:
First: The practitioner draws a similar amount of blood required for a basic lab test.
Second: The practitioner places the blood into a centrifuge to spin the blood at a very rapid rate to separate the platelets from the other components of the blood.
Third: The platelets are activated by using one of two methods that are natural to your body. This activation of platelets is the final step in producing your very own platelet-rich plasma treatment. The best way to visualize PRP is to remember the yellow goo that surrounded the scab you had when you fell on your knee as a child. The thickening of the serum that forms the yellow material holds specific growth factors in place that call stem cells to the area and activates them to create new skin.
Specializing in Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Martin Stepanyan is a board certified surgeon with over 15 years of excellent education, extensive training and over 22 years of successful practice in the field of Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Activating 8 Growth Factors in Glendale, CA
Platelet-rich plasma, PRP, is similar to HA fillers because it can be injected to sculpt the face. But here’s the best part: not only does the PRP cause an increase in volume, but the PRP contains at least 8 growth factors that will, over a long period of time, continually work like a rejuvenating agent.
By activating these growth factors, all three parts of the aging process improve:
- The skin color becomes a younger color because of new blood vessel formation.
- New collagen formations in the dermis to lift the face back to a more youthful shape.
- Because the growth factors are working to build a new dermis, the epidermis (the outermost layer of your skin) appears smoother.
The Science of Pure Beauty
The third and final part of the PRP Injections with Dermal fillers procedure implements the science and mathematics of pure beauty. As far back as Leonardo da Vinci up until the present day, physicians, scientists, and artists have worked to define what shapes, contours, and proportions make a face more beautiful.
The challenge becomes how to take a face and bring out that which is beautiful, without creating a shape that appears unnatural. In the art and science of pure beauty, millimeters are miles. Therefore, the physician employs the ideas of artists and scientists who have deeply studied beauty when considering where and how much HA filler and growth factor to apply. Although this third component is the most difficult, it takes a skilled provider to achieve beautiful, natural-looking results.
Is PRP Injections with Dermal Fillers in Beverly Hills Right for You?
The procedure may be too much for some and not enough for others, but you don’t need to wonder. Simply contact Stepanyan Surgical Arts Center and tell them you’re curious whether PRP Injections with Dermal Filler is right for you. They will quickly arrange a cosmetic evaluation based upon these powerful ideas about restoring beauty! Experience the journey of the PRP Injections with Dermal Fillers with an experienced expert by your side!