A clinician describes a facial rejuvenation procedure using autologous blood-derived products (platelet-poor plasma heated into a gel and platelet-rich fibrin kept cool) mixed to create an injectable biological filler that restores facial volume and delivers growth factors. The speaker emphasizes this is a platelet/plasma product (not stem cells) and outlines the basic processing steps.
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As we age, we have loss of fat in our face, mostly because of solar exposure or sun exposure. We've jumped a step forward in the last four to five years. We're using a blood product. It's not a stem cell. It's actually a platelet product or a plasma product to revolumize the face. Plasma means the platelets are still active in that area. Clotting has not occurred. We spin in such a way that we have something called platelet poor plasma at the very top. We basically heat it or cook it. It turns into a solid gel like a biological filler. We move from that little cooling device. Then we take the platelet rich fiber and we keep that cooled down so it doesn't clot up and we mix these two back together. We've got a biological filler that can be injected with a syringe into the tissues. And not only does it restore volume, but it has three different key growth factors.