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Does Adding Platelet Rich Plasma to Harvested Fat for Fat Transfer Work?
asked 8 months ago by friends77 in houston
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
Question viewed 179 times
Tags: effectiveness, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
Is it an effective way to add fat for procedures such as BBL?
5 answers to Does Adding Platelet Rich Plasma to Harvested Fat for Fat Transfer Work?
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There are several people with the same question, and the idea is interesting, but I am still waiting for a peer reviewed journal advocating this as the best way to transfer fat, and have good stats to support the long term viability of the fat transferred.
Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon
Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Platelet rich plasma, #vampireinjections, fat grafting, facial/body contouring #cosmeticsurgery
Dear friends77 in houston,
PRP or platelet rich plasma is growing in popularity. I have used it for direct facial shaping without fat, for improving the texture of the skin, improving wound healing. As far as micro fat grafting- I do not add it as the results of fat grafting are excellent on their own....so this would be an added expense.
With Warm Regards,
Trevor M Born MD
Trevor M. Born, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon
Toronto Plastic Surgeon
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Platelet Rich Plasma for Fat Grafting.....
There are many claims that PRP improves the fat cell survival, but as Dr Shureih stated, there is no good scientific evidence that this is true.
If the fat is handled properly, you can obtain great results even without PRP.
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Platelet rich plasma for fat transfer
Platelet rich plasma has many growth factors and has ben found to be beneficial in certain medical scenarios. Unfortunately there is no good scientific data on whether it fascilitates fat survival during fat grafting. That does not mean that it may not help, but fat grafting is too new a science and not enough research has been performend to define the ideal techniques. That being said, I don't believe that it can hurt and it may offer an advantage.
Regards,
D. Medalie, MD
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Adding Platelet Ruch Plasma, with all the growth factors in that mix may help with fat transfer take.
How ever there is NO scientific data to support that. We are waiting for the science.
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon


