What is Selphyl and is it a new anti ageing breakthrough?. Selphyl is a name brand of a treatment protocol for harvesting and injecting “platelet rich plasma”. This is a biologic substance derived from one’s own blood. Used successfully in orthopedic procedures for years ,“PRP’ treatments has helped promote healing by utilizing growth factors from harvested blood.
For cosmetic use, The procedure takes about 20 minutes to draw and process the blood of a patient. The substance is then injected in to wrinkles and scars to achieve a filling effect. The question is – does it work and how will growth factors improve wrinkles and scars which aren’t really a type of wound. Pros- this is a natural substance from one’s own body and it will have some sort of a filling effect Cons- it will unlikely have the same filling or lasting effect of many of the fillers on the market currently and it is unlikely that growth factors are going to dramatically change wrinkles and sundamage.
This may be a good option for those who cannot tolerate other fillers or as a adjunct to other procedures. The goal is that injecting one’s own growth factors may help to rejuvenate the skin over time. We shall see!