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Rejuvenate with growth factors
Growth factors in skin care are proteins that play a crucial role in cell regeneration and repair, contributing to skin rejuvenation. They stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, which are vital for skin elasticity and firmness.
WHAT ARE GROWTH FACTORS?
Growth factors are naturally occurring proteins that act as signaling molecules, prompting skin cells to repair and regenerate. They are involved in various skin processes, like:
- Anti-aging Effects: By promoting collagen production and cellular repair, growth factors contribute to reducing wrinkles, improving skin elasticity, and enhancing overall skin rejuvenation.
- Collagen and elastin production: They promote the synthesis of collagen and elastin, which are crucial for maintaining skin firmness and elasticity.
- Wound healing: Growth factors like TGF-beta, EGF, and FGF, released by stem cells, play a vital role in wound healing by stimulating cell proliferation, migration, and collagen synthesis.
- Reduce wrinkles and fine lines: By stimulating collagen and elastin production, growth factors can help to plump up the skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
- Improve skin tone and texture: They can promote cell turnover and renewal, leading to a smoother, more even skin tone and texture.
- Enhance skin barrier function: Growth factors can strengthen the skin's natural barrier, making it more resilient to environmental damage.
SKIN GF
The growth factors present in SKIN GF are potent proteins that act as signals between cells, activating signaling cascades that trigger the production of collagen and elastin, essential for skin regeneration and restoring its elasticity and firmness. In addition to stimulating these
key components of the extracellular matrix, SKIN GF regulates critical cellular processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation & migration, which enhances skin repair and helps combat the effects of aging.
The addition of Vitamin C to the SKIN GF formula acts as an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals, protecting skin cells from oxidative stress. This protection not only slows skin aging but also plays a crucial role in the synthesis of collagen and elastin, promoting firmer, more supple skin.
Additionally, its intensive hydrating effect increases moisture in the treated areas, providing softer, brighter, and more youthful-looking skin.
SKIN GF not only combats the signs of aging, but also accelerates the repair of stretch marks and scars thanks to factors such as PDGF and TGF-ß, which remodel affected tissues. These growth factors, along with FGF-7, promote the regeneration of keratinocytes, the predominant cells in the epidermis, helping to repair and strengthen the skin's protective barrier. The VEGF and SCF present in SKIN GF improve skin vascularization, which is essential for proper regeneration, especially in areas with chronic damage. These growth factors promote the formation of new blood vessels, ensuring a better supply of oxygen and nutrients, which accelerates the repair process and improves the quality of the regenerated tissue.
PRP
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used cosmetically as a skin rejuvenation tool, for supporting hair regrowth and regenerating skin. The concentrated platelets contain growth factors that stimulate tissue regeneration and renewal.
BENEFITS OF A PRP
- Reduces healing time after laser treatments
- Rejuvenates skin
- Improves overall skin quality
- Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
- Smooths skin texture
- Promotes hair regrowth in hair loss
WHAT IS PLASMA?
Plasma is your body’s diamond and jewel transportation system. You can think of plasma as the river, and your cells, nutrients, messengers – and platelets – as the precious cargo that gets carried around in the flow, dropped off where it needs to go.
WHAT ARE PLATELETS?
Platelets are disc like cells floating around in your bloodstream waiting for something ‘bad’ to happen so they can activate, and start the repair process.
Activated platelets secrete growth factors and produce a special ‘glue’ (fibrin fibres) that control the delivery of growth factors to damaged tissue and help the platelets stick together. Activated platelets also produce anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial elements, keeping inflammation down and microbes out.
THE PROCESS OF PRP
First, we draw blood from your arm. Only your own blood is ever used, which means PRP is a very low-risk treatment.
To get the plasma to be highly concentrated with platelets (platelet-rich), we centrifuge it, to remove the components we don’t need.
The heavy bits, like red blood cells, sink to the bottom of the vial in the spinning centrifuge, and the lighter bits – like platelets – rise to the top. This leaves us with the separated plasma with a high concentration of platelets in it: platelet-rich plasma.
GROWTH FACTORS IN PRP
There are some special growth factors found in platelets that are beneficial for the regeneration of tissue, particularly skin. There are about 30 known growth factors in platelets, but the main four that we take advantage of are:
- Epidermal growth factor (EGF): Stimulates cell growth and helps repair tissue
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF): Makes new blood vessels
- Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) – fibroblasts are skin cells, so FGF encourages cells to multiply and turn into specialised cells, and supports wound healing
- Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) – encourages new blood vessels to develop
How many PRP treatments will I need?
The number of PRP treatments you get will depend largely on what your skin or hair-growth goals are. PRP for skin rejuvenation or hair loss usually requires three treatments at 4-6-week intervals.
Does PRP work instantly?
The nature of using your body’s own healing systems means seeing the visible results of PRP treatments takes a little time. Collagen production takes about three months, but the first thing you’ll notice is an improvement in skin elasticity and firmness. This will start relatively soon after your first treatment, and increase over time and with further treatments.
Factors that decrease the effectiveness of treatments include smoking, stress, and being generally unwell
What to expect after PRP treatments
There will be some mild to moderate swelling in the treatment area immediately after the injections, which goes down within days. The area might feel hot and be red, which is the immediate reaction of the activity of platelets in your skin.
Minor bruising is expected.
If you have a big event coming up, we recommend planning your treatments well in advance, to accommodate the 4-6 weeks between the three typical treatments.