- Enhances overall skin texture and tone
- Stimulates natural collagen and elastin production
- Softens fine lines and wrinkles
- Reduces the appearance of pigmentation and uneven skin tone
- Improves acne scarring and skin damage
- Brightens dull, tired-looking skin
- Restores a healthy, youthful, radiant glow
- 100% natural — uses only your body’s own plasma
What Is
Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment?
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is one of the most exciting advances in natural skin rejuvenation, and it works by using something incredibly clever: your own body.
A small sample of your blood is taken and gently spun in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma, the part of your blood packed with growth factors, proteins, and nutrients that play a key role in skin healing and renewal.
This concentrated plasma is then carefully reintroduced into the skin, where it gets to work stimulating collagen production, boosting elasticity, and refreshing your overall complexion from within.
Because PRP uses nothing but your body's own resources, there are no synthetic fillers, no foreign substances, and no risk of allergic reaction. It's a beautifully natural way to rejuvenate the skin, brighten your complexion, and bring back a healthier, more youthful glow.
The Benefits of PRP Treatment
Areas PRP Can Help
PRP is wonderfully versatile and can be used across the face, neck and beyond. Common treatment areas include:
- Full Face: Overall rejuvenation, brightening, and improved skin quality.
- Under-Eye Area: Softens dark circles, smooths fine lines, and refreshes a tired, hollow appearance.
- Neck and Décolletage: Improves crepey skin texture and restores firmness.
- Acne Scarring: Helps smooth and soften the appearance of pitted or uneven scarring.
- Pigmentation & Sun Damage: Encourages a more even, balanced skin tone over a course of treatments.
How Your PRP Treatment Works
- Consultation: A thorough one-to-one consultation to assess your skin, talk through your concerns, and confirm that PRP is the right treatment for you.
- Blood Draw: A small sample of blood is taken from your arm, much like a routine blood test. Quick, simple, and carried out by an experienced medical professional.
- Plasma Preparation: Your blood is spun in a centrifuge to isolate the platelet-rich plasma, your body’s natural healing powerhouse.
- The Treatment: The PRP is then carefully applied to the skin, either through fine needle injections or combined with microneedling to enhance absorption and stimulate collagen even further.
- Aftercare & Results: You may notice some mild redness or warmth for 24 to 48 hours afterwards, similar to a light sunburn. Visible improvements build gradually over the following weeks, with full results developing over the course of treatments.
Things to Note Before Your Treatment
Contraindications
PRP may not be suitable for you if you have any of the following. Please let us know in your consultation:
- Platelet function disorder
- Critical thrombocytopenia
- Haemodynamic instability
- Septicaemia
- Local infection at the treatment site
Discuss With Us First
The following conditions may require additional medical approval before treatment:
- Regular use of NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or aspirin) within the last 48 hours
- Use of corticosteroids within the last 48 hours
- Smoking
- Recent illness or fever
- Cancer, particularly bone cancer
- Chronic liver conditions
- Low fibrinogen levels
- Haemoglobin levels below 10 g/dl
- Platelet count below 105/μl
Before Treatment Guidelines
To get the very best from your PRP treatment, please:
- Arrive with a clean, makeup-free face on the day of your appointment.
- Avoid pain relievers such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin for several days beforehand, as these can affect how your platelets work.
- Stay out of the sun and avoid sunburn for at least 7 days before and after treatment.
- Stop using retinoids and acid-based skincare products for 3 days before and after your appointment.
- Avoid other aesthetic treatments such as peels, lasers, fillers or anti-wrinkle injections for 7 days before and after.
- Drink plenty of water in the lead-up to your appointment to make the blood draw easier.
Why Choose Dermal Designs for Your PRP Treatment
PRP is a medical-grade treatment that should only ever be carried out by a qualified healthcare professional. At Dermal Designs, every PRP treatment is delivered by Joe Church, a registered pharmacist and independent prescriber with over 20 years of healthcare experience and more than a decade in aesthetics.
- Treatments delivered by a registered pharmacist and an independent prescriber
- Clinic registered with Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland member
- Sterile, regulated clinical environment
- Honest advice, personalised treatment plans, no upselling
- Calm, welcoming setting in the heart of Perthshire
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: Is PRP treatment safe?
Yes. Because PRP uses your body’s own plasma, there’s no risk of allergic reaction or rejection. When carried out by a qualified medical professional in a regulated clinic setting, PRP is considered an extremely safe, natural treatment.
Q2: Does PRP hurt?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
Q3: How long do results last?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
Q4: When will I see results?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
Q5: Is there any downtime?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
Q6: How many sessions will I need?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
Q7: Can PRP be combined with other treatments?
When administered by a qualified medical professional using premium, regulated products, dermal fillers are considered a very safe non-surgical treatment. As an experienced pharmacist prescriber and Healthcare Improvement Scotland practitioner, Joe carries out every treatment to the highest medical standards.
