#dermatology #skincare - get to know the Vampire FaceLift (using your blood to rejuvenate your face)!

Do You Show These 3 Signs of Aging?

1. Skin color becomes more gray because of less blood flow.

2. Facial shape becomes collapsed and droopy as muscle and collagen decrease.

3. Skin texture  becomes less smooth. As a result, the person looks “worn”, or “tired” or “droopy.”  The lively, rosy hue (seen plainly in playing children of every skin color and in young adults) fades to a dull gray.

3 Steps of the Vampire FaceLift® Procedure

First, the injector (1) uses HA fillers to create a beautiful shape. (2) Then, the physician isolates growth factors from the patient’s blood.  (3) When these growth factors enter the face (injected by the physician), then muti-potent stem cells become activated to grow new tissue.  This new tissue includes new collagen, new fatty tissue (for smoothness), and new blood vessels (for a healthy glow).

1. Creating a Beautiful & Natural Shape

In the first part of the Vampire FaceLift® procedure, the physician uses an Hyaluronic Acid (HA) filler (like Restylane or Juvederm) in a very specific way to sculpt a younger appearing face–while still keeping the shape natural.

Providers of the Vampire Facelift procedure take into account the mathematics of beauty as defined by much research (starting with the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci) to avoid at all costs creating an unnatural shape.  After creating a younger, natural shape, then the physician harvests from the woman’s own blood (hence the name Vampire) growth factors that her body would normally use to heal damaged tissue.

2) Isolating  & Activating the Magic from Your Blood

First,  the physician draws about  2 teaspoons of blood. Then, using a centrifuge, the physician isolates platelets from that blood (platelet-rich plasma or PRP)–all within about 10 minutes in the office!

Those platelets are "activated" to cause the release from the platelets of at least 8 growth factors that would normally be used to heal injured tissue.  These growth factors work like magic to cause increased collagen & new blood flow. To rejuvenate new skin, these growth factors must be put back into your face. 

(3) Injecting the Magic into Your Face

Using numbing cream and a very small needle (for almost no pain), the physician injects the patient’s own growth factors back into the face in a particular way. These growth factors activate multipotent stem cells  already in the skin. Done! A new younger tissue should be generated.

The multipotent stem cells then develop into new collagen, new blood vessels, and new fatty tissue. The result…younger-appearing skin!

The effects of the procedure improve for 2 to 3 months and last for at least 1 to 2 years!

IMPORTANT! The Vampire Facelift® procedure is not for everyone.  Many would do better with surgery, or laser therapy, or Botox®, or simply an HA filler used alone. A trustable professional will be able to offer the right procedure for your face.