PRP Injections
Your own platelets and growth factors, drawn and processed in clinic at the time of treatment.
What is PRP?
The patient’s blood is drawn and centrifuged to concentrate platelets and growth factors, which are then injected or micro-needled into the treatment area.
Blood is drawn and spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets, which carry the growth factors the body uses to repair tissue. That concentrate is then injected or micro-needled into the treatment area, where it stimulates collagen and improves skin quality over the following weeks. Because the material is yours, nothing synthetic is introduced and there is no product to reject or dissolve. PRF is a second-generation preparation spun more slowly and without anticoagulant, which leaves a fibrin scaffold behind so growth factors release gradually rather than all at once. Under the eye, where hyaluronic acid filler can hold water and puff, PRP and PRF are often the better choice — and where volume is genuinely missing, EZ Gel processed from the same draw can provide it.
What happens during a PRP treatment?
The appointment begins with a blood draw, much like any routine blood test. That sample goes straight into a centrifuge, which separates it by density and concentrates the platelets and the growth factors they carry. The preparation takes place in the room while you wait, and the concentrate is used immediately — nothing is stored, and nothing is brought in from outside. It is then either injected into the treatment area or applied to the skin during microneedling, so it passes the surface through the channels created. Which of those is used depends on what is being treated: injection for under-eye and targeted areas, microneedling for overall skin quality across the face. The whole appointment takes longer than an injectable treatment because of the draw and the spin, but the treatment itself is brief.
How soon will I see results from PRP?
Not immediately, and this is the expectation worth setting before treatment rather than after. PRP does not fill or freeze anything; it prompts the skin to repair itself, and that repair takes place over weeks. Any change in the first days is from swelling rather than from result. Improvement in texture, tone and under-eye quality develops gradually and accumulates across a course, which is why it is planned as a series rather than a single appointment. Because the effect depends on your own healing response, outcomes vary between individuals more than they do with a product-based treatment — someone who heals well tends to respond well. Your clinician will set the number of sessions and the interval at consultation, and will tell you when to expect to see a difference.
Is PRP safe, and who is it not suitable for?
Because the material is your own blood, there is no manufactured product to react to, reject or dissolve, which removes an entire category of risk that applies to fillers. The remaining risks are those of any injection: bruising, swelling, tenderness, and the small infection risk that comes with breaking the skin. It is not suitable for everyone. Blood disorders, low platelet counts, active infection, some cancers and certain medications — anticoagulants in particular — can rule it out or require it to be deferred, and treatment is avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Anaemia may need addressing first. This is why medical history is taken properly rather than as a formality, and why the answer for some people is that PRP is not the right treatment. Bring your current medications to consultation.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Sherwin Hariri, MD, Medical Director & Chief Longevity Physician. Last reviewed August 2026.
This page is for information only and is not medical advice. Suitability for any treatment is determined at consultation.
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PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma)
Platelet-rich plasma drawn from your own blood and spun in clinic to concentrate the platelets and the growth factors they carry, then injected or micro-needled into the skin to stimulate collagen and improve texture. Used on the face, under the eyes, across the neck and décolleté, and in the scalp for hair thinning. Nothing synthetic is introduced.
PRP / PRF - Full Face
Your own platelet-rich plasma injected or micro-needled into the face to stimulate collagen and improve skin quality.
PRP / PRF - Under-Eye
Platelet-rich plasma placed beneath the eyes to improve skin quality, texture and dark circles.
PRP / PRF - Neck & Decollete
Platelet-rich plasma treatment for crepey skin on the neck and chest.
Common questions
What is the difference between PRP and PRF?
PRF is spun more slowly and without anticoagulant, which leaves a fibrin scaffold in the preparation. Growth factors release gradually from that scaffold rather than all at once. PRP is the more established preparation; which suits you is a clinical judgement.
Is PRP better than filler under the eyes?
Often, yes — for skin quality, texture and dark circles, and because it avoids the water-holding that can make hyaluronic acid puff in this area. Where genuine volume is missing, filler or EZ Gel may still be needed. A senior injector will tell you which applies.
How many sessions are needed?
A course rather than one treatment, since it works by stimulating your own repair response over time. Your clinician will set the number to your goals at consultation.
Also consider
PRF
A second-generation preparation of your own blood, spun slowly and without anticoagulant so the growth factors release over time.
Learn more →Hair Restoration
Scalp injections and microneedling to support follicle health and hair density.
Learn more →EZ Gel
A filler made from your own blood — for smile lines and under-eye hollows, with no synthetic product involved.
Learn more →Microneedling
Controlled micro-injury that prompts the skin to rebuild — over a course, not a single session.
Learn more →Exosomes
Signalling molecules applied to support regeneration, most often alongside microneedling.
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