PRP treatment

What is PRP treatment?

PRP stands for ‘’Platelet Rich Plasma’’. It is a new method of therapy. Altough in the beginning it was used for cosmetics and anti-aging, lately it is being used in muscle and skeleton system illnesses. In this method the medication is made from the patient’s own blood so it is natural.

How is PRP made?

10-20 cc of blood is extracted from the patient. The extarcted blood is put into tubes and go through a special centrifuge process. This process takes 10 minutes. After the centrifuge, the cells in the blood except thrombocyte fall down at the bottom of the tube so there is a high amount of thrombocyte at the top of the tube. The plazma that contains the thrombocyte is sucked into a injector. Lastly before the injection, a medication that will activate the thrombocyte (calcium chloride) is added. Now PRP is ready and should be injected to the designated area without any delays with the proper teqnique.

 

How does PRP effect the body?

Thrombocyte helps the blood congelate and contains some natural protective matters inside. The liquid plazma Works as a natural medication. Speeds up the healing process of cartialges and tendons. PRP has a healing effect especially on cartilage deformaties caused by knee calcification. In theses types of situations PRP provides a slow but premanent treatment.

 

How is PRP applied?

1-3 ml of plasma is injected to the body, just once or 2-3 times  periodically by injection. In knee calcifications it is injected 3 times once a month. In the presence of tennis elbow, achilles tendon, shoulder tendon tear, it is injected twice once a month. We as a clinic, combine our PRP treatments with ozone therapy and neural therapy. We believe that we increase our effectiveness by doing this.

On which illnesses can PRP applied?

Knee calcifications

Cartilage damage on the knee

Cartilage abrosions that occur on early age

Tennis or golf elbow

Shoulder tendon tear

Achilles tendon

Other tendons

Chronic wound healing

Skin and hair applications

Teeth implants

Cardiovascular surgery

 

When does the healing effect PRP starts?

It starts a few weeks after the injection and the healing process continues between 3 to 12 months. That’s why there no fast pain reduction. The pain fades away slowly and goes away completely in months.

 

Does the PRP process have any side effects?

PRP method does not have any side effects. It only has a temporary pain and swell on the injection area. This effects goes away in 1-2 days and does not have any permanent damage.

Who can not get PRP treatment?

People who have insufficent amounts of thrombocyte

Cancer patients

Pregnant women