Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy uses platelets and other materials inside your blood. Platelets are a type of blood cells that helps your blood clot. Platelets also help wounds heal more quickly.

PRP therapy is also less risky for patients as it involves no general anesthetic, offers no possibility of transmissible infection and has very little risk of causing an allergic reaction.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are a treatment used to help heal an injury. These shots, which are based on your own blood, are being used more to treat sports injuries and to help wounds ...

PRP therapy involves concentrating platelets from a patient's own blood and injecting them into the affected area to promote healing and regeneration, particularly for conditions such as hair loss ...

The key to how PRP works lies in superconcentration of the platelets. As part of the treatment, about 15 milliliters (approximately 1 fluid ounce) of the patient’s blood is taken from the arm.