Platelet-based regeneration

Aesthetic Medicine · Trade magazine article (author) · October 2025

In October 2025 Aesthetic Medicine magazine, in its Body Issue, published an article by Dr Ed on platelet-based regenerative treatments. Written for practitioners, it sets out the science behind platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and describes how he uses them in clinic, illustrated with patient case examples.

What Dr Ed wrote

Dr Ed explained that PRP and PRF are often confused. PRP is prepared with an anticoagulant and a faster spin, while PRF forms a fibrin scaffold that releases growth factors more slowly. He stressed that preparation quality matters, because plasma contaminated with red and white blood cells can be pro-inflammatory.

“What we want in aesthetics is leukocyte-poor PRP with a high platelet concentration, not an inflammatory soup.”

He described using Arthrex's Autologous Conditioned Plasma (ACP), a liquid form of PRF prepared in a closed double-syringe system, for skin quality and hair restoration, and combining it with microneedling, lasers, diluted calcium hydroxylapatite and polynucleotides. He also drew on his own experience of PRP as a patient. As the magazine noted in his biography, Dr Ed is a key opinion leader for Arthrex and Sciton.

Quoted exactly as published by Aesthetic Medicine in October 2025.

Clinical context

Platelet treatments use a patient's own blood, so results build gradually and depend partly on the patient's health, hydration and lifestyle. They suit people looking for better skin texture and quality or for help with early, diffuse hair thinning, rather than those wanting volume. Combining treatments can often achieve more with fewer sessions, but every plan should start with an assessment. Learn more about PRP and PRF treatment and our hair loss treatments.

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Related treatments and advice

• PRP and PRF
• Hair loss
• Polynucleotides
• Regenerative aesthetics explained

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