One of the rarer but very useful applications of mesotherapy in a
medical practice is in the treatment of eczema and psoriasis. The procedure can provide your patients with
a great deal of relief and cosmetic improvement when it comes to the chronic
appearance of plaques and red rashes.
Injecting Platelet-Rich Plasma
Both eczema and psoriasis respond wonderfully to injections of
platelet-rich therapy. A small amount of blood is withdrawn from the patient
and the centrifuged at a very high speed until the platelets are separated and
constitute a rich solution. The serum
rich with platelets is then injected intradermally into the skin in an artful
way that addresses the outbreak of psoriatic plaques or eczema rashes.
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Common Sites For Chronic Exczema |
The effectiveness of these treatments are now being proven in university
studies all over the world. A study from
India about the newest trends in mesotherapy talks about how growth factors
like platelet-derived growth factors, transforming growth factors and vascular
endothelial growth factors are released and encouraged the body to produce
procollagen, fibroblasts and type1careboxy peptides that provokes the skin into
healing itself. A result is an improvement in the structural integrity of the
skin. [1]
To be effective this treatment should be one every four to six months
for one year and then every year as maintenance therapy depending on the
response of the patient. Assessing the patient and determining the frequency of
platelet-rich therapy treatments is a skill taught in the Pinewood Institute
for Advanced Therapy.
Peptides In Mesotherapy
It is the peptides in mesotherapy that make it so effective. These
peptides and their role in assisting your patient’s ability to heal are
addressed more thoroughly in the course.
They include:
Acetyldecapeptide-3: that helps generate new cells in damaged dermis
Decapeptide-4: for wound healing
Copper tripeptide-1: helps blood circulation in the skin to get rid of plaques
Oligopeptide-24: minimises scars and plaques on skin by forming new skin cell
Tripeptide-6: hydrates dry skin and helps it stay in balance
Decapeptide-4: for wound healing
Copper tripeptide-1: helps blood circulation in the skin to get rid of plaques
Oligopeptide-24: minimises scars and plaques on skin by forming new skin cell
Tripeptide-6: hydrates dry skin and helps it stay in balance
The treatment for eczema and psoriasis has its own mesotherapy cocktail
of acids, peptides and vitamins that can also assist with healing of the
condition.
Relief from itching or pain is not always immediate for this disorder
and patients receiving PRP mesotherapy should be told that they could
experience additional itching, burning, bruising, soreness and swelling and
that this side effect is temporary.
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[1] Konda D, Thappa DM. Mesotherapy: What is
new?. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol [serial online] 2013 [cited 2014
Aug 26];79:127-34. Available from: http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2013/79/1/127/104689