Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy in Dermatology

ABSTRACT

Platelets present in the human blood produces a wide range of hormones. The activated forms of platelets are actively motile and their motility is clearly shown by the author in a video recorded through a simple microscope and uploaded in YouTube (Moving platelets & PRP_Dr Lokendra Yumnam at www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4nav0Fvy). The platelet-rich plasma can be prepared easily at any side-laboratory attached to the Dermatology OPD. The same may be used in treatment of many skin conditions previously thought to be very difficult to be treated. The author presents results of administering one PRP therapy in patients with androgenic alopecia, disfiguring lesions on face, recalcitrant ulcers including ulcers in leprosy patients, lichen sclerosus, vitiligo and also enhancing skin-graft uptake in scars. The results of PRP therapy in many refractory skin conditions are promising. More researches need to be taken up in this form of magical therapy. This may open up new avenues in the successful treatment of many skin conditions which are hitherto considered to be non-treatable.