Beauty Doc with Dr. Joel Kopelman

Irregular skin pigmentation and hyperpigmentation is a distressing cosmetic problem for many patients.Treating the skin with the aim of lightening these dark skin spots has been a challenge for decades.

Centrifuged blood is fractionated into three parts. A layer of plasma, a small layer of platelet rich plasma (PRP) and a larger portion of red blood cells. It has been shown that the platelet rich portion has growth factors that can accelerate healing and stimulate hair growth when injected into the scalp. 

Dr. Joel Cohen & Dr. Joel Kopelman discuss in this episode on the Beauty Doc Podcast the benefits of combining PRP with micro-needling and laser resurfacing to accelerate healing ,improve the final cosmetic results as well as using it to stimulate hair growth in androgenic alopecia. If you are thinking about about PRP in combination with laser resurfacing, scar treatment or micro-needling this is a podcast you must listen to in order to learn the best way to achieve great results.

Flawless, smooth and a blemish free complexion are important components of youthful beauty. Over twenty-five years laser resurfacing and micro-needling have evolved as minimally invasive technologies to smooth wrinkles, tighten skin, restore evenness to your complexion and significantly reduce hyperpigmentation. These techniques have also emerged to reduce recovery downtime so that you can return to your personal and professional schedules in a matter of days rather than weeks.