Overhyped or Is The Vampire Facelift a Procedure to Consider?

Most celebrities that we know of have structured faces, with prominent cheekbones, distinctive chins, and beautiful noses. All these have been done to make them look good from any angle. Vampire facelift is one of those procedures that helps to attain a facial shape with good skin texture.

What is Vampire Facelift?
The cosmetic procedure uses blood drawn from the patient’s arm. In a centrifuge, the blood is spun to separate the platelets and then re-injected in the affected areas that need to be filled out. Patients who want to re-position their facial tissues surgically go ahead and do this.

The procedure, though bloody (pun intended), reduces wrinkles and refreshes the skin. It helps to renew collagen production, stimulate skin healing. The result is a younger and firmer appearance.

The cosmetic procedure is non-invasive, and only a few areas of the face are targeted. It uses needles similar to dermal filler and Anti-wrinkle injections.

Who is eligible for this procedure?
Improving the quality of our skin is what most, if not all of us want and having that youth-like appearance makes us feel younger than our actual age. The Vampire Facial isn’t for everyone as people who take blood thinners, have anemia, bone or blood cancer patients are recommended not to have the procedure done.

The patients that Vampire Facial is specifically for people who have sun damaged skin, scarring from acne, crow’s feet, rough, grey or dull skin texture and tone, dark circles under the eye, lines around the mouth and crepey skin in the neck, and in the eye.

There isn’t a wrong candidate who can try this procedure. People with normal skin will have maybe up to 4 treatments, but if you have acne scarring, you might require between six and ten procedures done. It should be done every four weeks and spread out to allow it to work correctly.
30 minutes to an hour is what the process is likely to take. It depends on the areas you want to treat.

Why you should consider this procedure.
For those who do not like being cut open and foreign fluids injected into you, this cosmetic treatment is for you. The injections don’t have chemicals but your blood, and it causes no bruising, or allergy reactions. The procedure can be painless (but depends on how well you manage pain) and no side effects. It is cheaper than a facelift surgery, and it can take up to 15 months on average before you have to re-do it.

If you want your wrinkles to be less visible, lines around your mouth, circles underneath your eyes to disappear, give this procedure a try. Various advantages make it quite desirable, plus you don’t have to get surgery to get a facelift, only your blood.

Some of the benefits include tighter skin, stimulation of collagen production, removal of scar marks and spots. You get to have better skin quality, gets rid of sagging skin and fights factors of aging. After the procedure is complete, you get soft skin, and your blood flow improves resulting in healthier skin.

After getting the Vampire Facial, you end up looking glamorous and attractive. Despite the media popularity the procedure had garnered and the countless celebrities trying it out, Vampire Facial isn’t all hype. The positive reviews and results left by patients who have tried it, and backed up by earlier clinical data, PRP is likely to stay here for a while and not fizzle out like other procedures.

Just like any cosmetic treatment, get a consultation with a certified dermatologist, and they should give you all the answers that you have regarding this treatment and what options you can try.

Dr. Usha Rajagopal is a certified surgeon with over two decades of experience in cosmetic surgery of the breast, body, and face. You can visit her office in San Francisco, 490 Post Street, Suite 430, CA 94102. In case you are curious about Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) or would like to book an appointment call (415) 392-3333. You can visit San Francisco Plastic Surgery & Laser Centre website to see what other cosmetic dermatological treatments and procedures Dr. Usha offers.