PRP with Microneedling for Acne Scars

Описание: Hello, I’m Mahsa Karavan. I’m a board-certified dermatologist and I practice at U.S. Dermatology Partners in Plano. Today, I’ll be talking about acne scars and microneedling as a method of treatment for acne scars. Microneedling is a method of inducing collagen in the skin and restructuring old scars. It is using very small tiny needles to penetrate the skin bypassing any trauma to the top layer of the skin and only creating micro injury where we want it in the dermis, which is the deep part of the skin, which naturally brings in healing to blood and growth factors that can help us build new collagen and plump up scars, plump up wrinkles and has a great benefit for pigmentation as well as redness within the acne scars and helps shrink the pores and improve the appearance of skin overall.
Platelet-rich plasma or PRP often we refer to is your own blood spun down to get all the growth factors amplified so PRP has about three to five times the concentrations of platelets which are these wonderful cells that bring with them plenty of growth factors and when they're concentrated that fluid from your own blood now has over 30 growth factors highly concentrated and it's supercharged to improve pigmentation, to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles as well as to build new collagen and elastin tissue under scars to plump them up and to make you look more youthful and glowy.
One wonderful method of treating acne scars is actually physically cutting the fibrous bands that hold down the indented or atrophic scars and that is called subcision, it is used after numbing the skin of course. It is using a needle that has a tiny blade at the end and we go underneath the acne scars and we cut the fibrous bands and that releases the acne scars up to the surface allows for the healing blood and the growth factors to occupy the space underneath the scar and over a month up to six months, you will see the building of new collagen and improvement in the appearance of scars. This procedure can be repeated as many times as you desire depending on how severe your acne scars are. It is best combined with microneedling, or microneedling with platelet-rich plasma, to further improve your results. If you're interested in treating your acne or acne scars or if you have questions about microneedling with platelet-rich plasma or any other treatments for acne scarring, please visit us at usdermatologypartners.com for an appointment.