What is PRF Microneedling?
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Microneedling with PRF is a minimally invasive procedure for facial rejuvenation. It involves applying the patient’s platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) to the skin and puncturing the skin with fine needles. The needling creates tiny injuries that stimulate skin renewal while the PRF speeds up recovery. Platelet-rich fibrin is derived from the patient’s blood. It’s a mix of platelets, white blood cells, growth factors, and a clotting protein called fibrin. PRF helps stimulate wound healing and promotes collagen and elastin production. PRF is a newer version of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and is sometimes called a second-generation product. The medical use for these products is similar, but where PRP needs anti-clotting additives to activate growth factors, PRF does not. These additives in PRP block natural clotting and slow down the healing process, so experts consider PRF a better product. Without additives, PRF can release healing proteins over a longer time, which gives longer-lasting results. How does microneedling with PRF work? PRF Microneedling treatments use a handheld needling device that creates controlled, superficial injuries that don’t damage the outer layer of a patient’s skin. The process sets off a wound-healing cascade, causing the body to release growth factors and immune cells that generate new tissue. Cells migrate to these areas and start producing collagen fibers — a protein matrix forms and collagen deposits in the skin, leading to skin tightening. The needles don’t cause real wounds but instead trick the body into sensing an injury and setting off this cascade. Microneedles also break down tissue strands in scars and restore blood flow to the area. Along with needling, a provider applies PRF to the patient’s skin. The PRF comes from the patient, so the provider must first draw the patient’s blood and then spin it through a centrifuge at a low speed. The machine separates the blood from the plasma, settling the heavier cells to the bottom and increasing the number of platelets and cells available. Essentially, PRF primes the skin with the growth factors and cells it needs to heal. These cells are part of the natural healing cascade, so combining PRF with skin needling feeds the skin and the body its own natural healing ingredients, which speed up recovery time. Compared to PRP, PRF doesn’t have any additives that block the healing process, so it steadily releases these growth factors into the skin. The effect is faster and natural healing, more significant collagen and elastin production, and longer-lasting results. Microneedling is an intentional and controlled skin injury that triggers the body to rejuvenate and repair the skin. PRF can be applied to these micro-injuries to stimulate natural skin tissue renewal further and lead to smoother and firmer skin. |