How Do Vampire Facials Work?
A Vampire Facial combines two complementary techniques: microneedling and platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Microneedling prepares the skin with microscopic channels, whereas PRP supplies concentrated components from your own blood directly to the treated surface.
Microneedling
Microneedling passes fine, sterile needles across your skin to create thousands of controlled microscopic channels. These tiny injuries trigger the skin’s normal wound-healing response, a process associated with collagen and elastin production and cellular turnover. The channels also provide pathways through the skin’s protective outer barrier, allowing the PRP applied afterward to reach beyond the surface more effectively.
PRP
PRP is prepared by spinning a small sample of your blood in a centrifuge to concentrate platelets within the plasma. Platelets contain naturally occurring growth factors involved in normal cellular processes and tissue repair. When PRP is applied after microneedling, it can enter the newly created microchannels, placing these concentrated blood-derived components directly within the areas being treated for skin rejuvenation.