Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for Acne Scars

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What Is Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and What Is
It Effective For

• Platelets are blood cells that are formed in the
  bone marrow. They contain packets of proteins
  that are responsible for clotting and for wound
  healing.
• Once platelets are released into the bloodstream
  from the marrow, they have a circulating life
  span of about 7-10 days. When there is acute
  injury, platelets accumulate at the site. A
  sequence of events occurs with formation of a
  clot and then release of growth factors. These
  growth factors attract various other blood cells
  to the area. These other growth factors and cells
  assist in the healing process. In many instance,
  the addition of calcium chloride and human
  thrombin has been used to stimulate the release
  of growth factors. While bovine thrombin has also
  been used, there have been reports of
  hypersensitivity reactions in a small number of
  patients.
• In PRP Therapy of Denver Platelet-rich plasma,
  PRP, is a concentrate of whole blood that
  contains at least 1 million platelets per 6 cc's.
  Ideally, platelet concentrations in the 3-5
  million ranges are better since higher
  concentration of platelets means more growth
  factors and theoretically faster healing.

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• One of the early papers describing the utility of
  PRP was published by Mishra and Pavelko in the
  American Journal of Sports Medicine in 2006. They
  presented a non- randomized study of 20 patients
  with chronic lateral epicondylitis. The patients
  were evaluated eight weeks after receiving their
  treatment and there was a 60 per cent improvement
  in the PRP treated group versus 16 per cent in
  the control group.
• This treatment has also been studied for Achilles
  tendon problems. The results have been mixed. A
  Dutch study published in the Journal of the
  American Medical Association in 2010, involving
  54 patients showed no statistical difference
  between the PRP treated group and the group
  treated with saline and exercise.
• However, there has been criticism regarding the
  study design, and also there have been other
  studies reporting positive results with PRP with
  Achilles tendonitis.

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• Other conditions for which PRP Therapy of Denver
  has been used include patellar tendonitis
  ("jumper's knee"), rotator cuff tendonitis of the
  shoulder, plantar fasciitis, gluteus medius
  tendonitis of the hip, and even osteoarthritis.
• When PRP is administered it is done following a
  needle tenotomy- a procedure where a small needle
  is introduced into the area of tendon damage
  using ultrasound guidance. The needle is used to
  make small holes in the diseased tendon in order
  to create an acute injury.
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