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According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADD), about 50% of women between the ages of 20 and 29 suffer from acne. It also affects 25% of women ages 40 to 49.

Overproduction of sebum and hormonal imbalance causes acne. Since your oil glands are connected to your skin hair follicles, they become stuck in your follicles, collecting impurities, bacteria, and dead cells. Acne is the body’s way of getting rid of impurities. Severe acne can damage your lower layers of skin tissue and dermis, causing acne scars.

PRP for acne treatment has a concentration of growth factors, platelets, cytokines, and mesenchymal stem cells. The compounds have healing abilities and cause oxygen, nutrients, and blood flow, removing accumulated toxins.

PRP therapy can also build soft and hard tissue that forms cells in the spa. Once the serum is applied millimeters into the scarred regions, your elastin and underlying collagen layer start regenerating and creating new cells. The scar will disappear when your skin is full, restoring your confidence and smooth look and preventing further breakouts.

Celebrities like Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and Angelina Jolie have one thing in common: they have all undergone PRP therapy. Clinical evidence supports the health benefits of the innovative platelet-rich plasma for ankle pain.

PRP is a concentration of growth factors and platelets extracted from your blood. The components have regenerative power and are key for tissue healing, repair, and regeneration. When the cells are injected into the injured site, the body responds by accelerating your recovery process.

PRP treatment for your ankle injury could mean that if you are an athlete, you can return to the game without sitting out an entire season without surgery. The therapy is also beneficial to non-athletes.

Common ankle injuries treated by PRP include:

• Arthritis
• Plantar fascia tissue tear
• Chronic plantar fasciitis
• Sprain and strains
• Achilles tendonitis
• Posterior tibial tendonitis

Even if you have previously sustained an ankle injury, you should obtain facts about different treatment options. Our therapists can help you understand the procedure better, answer your questions, and address your concerns.

PRP therapy is used at your injury site and has anti-aging properties that can elevate your skin’s overall look. The concentration contains proteins and nutrients that assist your skin cells in rejuvenating at the cellular level. The procedure is today used to transform your overall skin appearance.

Below are the body treatment benefits of platelet-rich plasma:

• Heals acne scar — Injecting the concentration into your face areas damaged by the sun, losing elasticity, or with acne scars promotes healing and cell growth. It hydrates the skin, allowing you to feel younger and plumper.
• Eliminates stretch marks — Stretch marks happen when the skin loses elasticity due to excess cortisone in your body. While they naturally fade over time, you can accelerate the recovery process with PRP therapy.
• Removes blemishes and scars — The therapy rejuvenates and regenerates tissues by generating more elastin and collagen, stimulating wound healing. During the treatment, fibroblasts and keratinocytes create new skin while replacing old, marked, and scarred skin.

For more information regarding our body treatment for acne scarring, stretch marks, and blemishes, contact us at 323-475-9288 to book your appointment.

Micro-needling with platelet-rich plasma is a cosmetic treatment that stimulates collagen production by rolling fine needles over the patient's skin and applying platelets. Platelets facilitate blood clotting, hence crucial for healing injuries and wounds. PRP also contains proteins like cytokines and growth factors that assist the skin to heal itself.

The doctor will first use a micro-needling tool to prick your skin and make holes on your skin surface. Then they will apply PRP to the tiny holes to promote cell reproduction and collagen production.

Some of the conditions treated by micro-needling with platelet-rich plasma include:

• Blemishes on your face or body
• Acne scars
• Fine lines and wrinkles
• Hyperpigmentation
• Large pores
• Sun damage
• Uneven skin texture
• Surgical scars

The treatment can take a couple of weeks to show results, as your body takes time to produce collagen.

To learn more about the benefits of PRP for facial micro-needling, please call us at 323-475-9288.

Does another stroke of hair brush mean another handful of hair strands that increases the visible patch of your scalp?

If the scenario sounds familiar, you are among the 80 million Americans suffering from androgenetic alopecia (baldness). Baldness can affect confidence and be brutal socially.

Platelet-rich plasma is rapidly becoming a popular regenerative treatment in dermatology treatment, offering many people hope for hair restoration without pills, topical ointments, or surgery. PRP is a novel procedure that reverses hair loss, reduces hair shedding, improves hair thickness, and promotes new hair growth.

The therapy involves taking platelet-rich plasma from your blood, and once separated, the concentration is injected into the area affected by hair thinning or hair loss. The injection triggers natural hair growth and strengthens hair follicles, promoting regrowth. The treatment option takes one doctor’s visit and has minimal discomfort or downtime.

Our fellowship-trained team is dedicated to offering safe and natural-looking results through your personalized treatments. Achieving the desired look is our priority.

A foot injury is painful. Walking around Los Angeles can also be challenging and prevent you from doing household chores, exercising, and engaging in what you love the most. LA Pain and Joint Center treat various conditions like tendinosis of the foot, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendonitis using platelet-rich plasma, a minimally invasive procedure.

The therapy offers numerous benefits. Because PRP comes from your blood, you are less likely to experience side effects except for minor discomfort at the injection site. The procedure is painless and less time-consuming.

You do not have to be an athlete to benefit from the treatment. Whether you fell or injured yourself in a tennis match, the therapy relieves tendons, ligaments, muscle pulls, pain, and strains.

Please contact us at 323-475-9288. One of our friendly and compassionate providers will be glad to assess the injury and determine if PRP therapy suits your injury or condition.

Although treatment options like steroid injections and surgery are often effective in relieving hand pain, they come with several risks, complications, and side effects like an intensive amount of rehabilitation, infections, tendon weakening, and nerve damage.

With modern advancements in regenerative medicine, PRP therapy uses your body platelets as the healing agent, reducing the possibility of infections. The procedure is non-invasive, eliminating the need for a rehabilitation plan and allowing you to return to your everyday activities shortly after your treatment.

Hand conditions treated by PRP include:

• Basal joint arthritis
• Triangular fibrocartilage complex
• Carpometacarpal arthritis
• Arthritis
• Instability
• Trigger finger

If considering the treatment, a consultation with our office is critical to ensure you qualify for the treatment. Since PRP therapy is not for everyone and your recovery is our priority, our medical team will only offer you the most effective treatment options for hand pain. If we find you fit for the procedure, we will guide you on how to prepare and what to expect during and after the therapy.

Plantar fasciitis is the leading cause of heel pain, affecting approximately 1% of Americans annually. The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissues that stretches from your toes to the heel. Every time you make a step, your plantar fascia stretches and absorbs shock. When you have plantar fasciitis, the thick band of tissues has tiny tears (microtears), causing painful tissue degeneration.

Is plantar fasciitis affecting your social activities or athletic goals? Have you been rolling a unique roller or can back and forth under the foot to no avail?

LA Pain and Joint Center, a seasoned orthopedic facility, has been on the cutting edge of regenerative medicine like PRP to treat hard-to-treat conditions.

Your body contains platelets and plasma. Since platelets have healing properties, the concept behind PRP is creating a concentration rich in platelets. Our team uses a centrifugal machine to spin blood, separating platelets. Then they are added to plasma and injected into the foot to stimulate the fascia recovery process.

Your rotator cuff stabilizes and moves the bone of your humerus (upper arm) within your shoulder joint. It comprises four muscles from the scapula, connecting to your humerus’ head. The muscles are responsible for upper arm and shoulder movements.

Gone are the days when patients had to deal with the injury with surgery or pain management options that did not facilitate repair or healing. PRP is a regenerative treatment that uses components that happen naturally in the body to support recovery.

Your doctor will collect blood and use a centrifuge to separate the PRP from the remaining blood sample. Then the concentration is injected directly into the treatment site. The therapy stimulates the production of growth factors in the rotator cuff, repairing its tissues and generating new tissues. It also restores hyaluronic acid in your tissues and cushion joints, keeping them functional.

You do not have to live with rotator cuff pain, as LA Pain and Joint Center can help you live a fulfilled life. Some of the injuries we have treated include tendinitis, tendinopathy, and rotator cuff tears. Contact us to schedule an appointment and learn how we can help you.

Erectile dysfunction is the complete or partial challenge in maintaining or achieving an erection until sexual intercourse is done.

The PRP shot is a non-surgical solution to natural sexual enhancement that benefits millions of patients. The treatment harnesses growth factors extracted from your blood, triggering new tissue growth within your penis. It also repairs damaged tissues, reduces the inflammatory response, and remodels vascular tissues in your penis to promote erectile function.

Persons with mild to severe ED can benefit alongside those suffering from medication side effects, enlarged prostate, after-surgery effects, diabetes, obesity, neurological disorders, and prostate cancer. Some benefits of platelet-rich plasma for erectile dysfunction include:

• Long-lasting, stronger, and firmer erection
• Improved sexual stamina and performance
• Increased blood circulation and flow
• Enhanced appearance and size of your penis
• Relieves prostate discomfort
• Increased pleasure and sensation

Please contact us at 323-475-9288 to learn more about PRP therapy for ED.

Chronic pain can interfere with living normally, irrespective of the body part it affects. Nevertheless, when pain strikes your wrist, it can be devastating, making it challenging to perform basic tasks.

Plasma therapy is effective in reducing symptoms and taking advantage of the healing process in ligaments, tissues, tendons, and muscles of the wrist, including:

• Trigger finger
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• De Quervain's tendinitis

We recommend three sessions. However, the number can vary depending on the severity of your scars and the body’s regenerative ability.

At LA Pain and Joint Center, we understand that non-invasive treatment is not just about alleviating pain but also assisting you to gain control of your life. We will analyze your medical history and condition to understand its root cause and create your personalized treatment plan. Please contact us at 323-475-9288 to book your appointment and learn how we can help you live a relieved life and restore function.

Tendons connect bones to muscles and are found around all joints. When muscles are used repetitively, tendons absorb a tremendous amount of shock and can be irritated after rubbing against bones. Common tendon injuries include:

• Golfer’s elbow
• Patellar tendinopathy
• Achilles tendonitis
• Tennis elbow
• Strains
• Rotator cuff tears

Ligaments have collagen fibers that connect bones and stabilize the vertebral segments and joints. When a ligament is damaged, it no longer supports the joint capsule or joint space, leading to pain. The instability causes the muscle surrounding the injured area to tighten and go into spasm, stiffness, pain, and nerve compression. The most common ligament injuries are in your elbow or knee.

Generally, ligaments and tendons heal gradually because they have little blood flow. Nonetheless, PRP injections allow tendon, muscle, and ligament regeneration and increase the strength of the tissues after recovery.

While most people can resume their exercise and normal activities within the first week after treatment, give yourself time before engaging in strenuous athletic events and consult with your doctor.

Overusing ligaments and muscles in your spine or strains causes back pain. The pain can go away with rest and medications. However, if you experience chronic pain that lasts more than six (6) months, it could be due to:

• Herniated disc
• Osteoarthritis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Osteoporosis
• Spinal stenosis

Other factors that cause back pain include obesity and aging.

If the pain affects your capacity to stay active or quality of life, you should schedule an appointment with the LA Pain and Joint Center for a diagnosis. We will work closely with you to review your job responsibilities, everyday activities, and medical history to identify the cause of your pain. We will also perform diagnostic imaging tests to examine your spine’s inner structures. Then we will develop your treatment plan depending on the seriousness of the pain and your diagnosis.

PRP can be effective in back pain treatment. Growth factors produced by the concentrated platelets in PRP restore the degenerating disc’s integrity. Also, platelet-rich plasma's anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects contribute to symptom relief and disc repair in patients.

Your elbow is prone to injuries due to numerous underlying factors, including sports like golf and tennis. Both tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow are tendonitis conditions characterized by severe pain that begins in the elbow and radiates into the wrist and forearm. If left untreated, elbow pain can become chronic and challenging to cure.

PRP treatment is a well-studied treatment that significantly reduces pain, enhances elbow function, and outperforms corticosteroid infections. The therapy is performed in-office and involves making highly concentrated platelets using your blood and injecting it into your inflamed and damaged tendon. The concentration has growth factors that promote tissue regeneration and healing.

Unlike most treatments, PRP treatment addresses the root cause of pain in your overuse injuries and offers a long-term solution.

Most patients experience notable improvement in pain after three to four weeks. However, it is worth noting that different patients recover differently, and some people respond better to the treatment than others.

Your hip joint is the most powerful and prominent joint in the body. Common causes of hip pain include:

• Chronic hamstring tendinitis and tenon wear
• Bursitis
• Groin pain caused by tendinopathy
• Arthritis
• Hip labral tears
• Muscle strains

Unlike other joint pain treatment options, PRP is not painful. Patients also return to their activities in half the time needed for rehabilitation. It is because it:

• Restores healing mechanisms and accelerates the repair of damaged tissues
• Relieves pain
• Increases collagen production for more resilient and firmer cartilage
• Improves blood flow to deliver nutrients, supporting healing

Suppose you are experiencing stiffness, a limited range of motion, or hip pain that affects your ability to exercise or have challenges sleeping due to pain. In that case, you might qualify for PRP therapy. Do not hesitate to contact us to schedule an appointment and if you qualify for PRP. And if yes, if the treatment option can relieve your hip pain.

At LA Pain and Joint Center, we aim to provide patients with comprehensive care and eliminate dysfunction and pain without surgery. We treat shoulder pain using state-of-the-art treatments like platelet-rich plasma and help you return to your favorite activities as fast as possible.

PRP therapy injections leverage the body’s natural healing ability to restore functionality, improve the range of motions, and alleviate pain. It also offers long-lasting solutions for symptom relief and pain. We treat common shoulder conditions and injuries like arthritis, shoulder dislocations, labral tears, rotator cuff tears, and rotator cuff tendonitis.

We work to maximize the healing response with one treatment. However, patients with severe arthritis or tears might require two to three injections spread out over months. Our skilled physicians will examine your shoulder condition or injury and the response to treatment to develop a plan that meets your needs.

While you might experience discomfort, soreness, or pain around the injection area, it will go away in a couple of days.

Knee pain is a common medical complaint, and like most joint health conditions, it tends to become even more common as we age. It is also common among people who engage in physical activities, including athletes.

One practical and non-invasive way of treating knee pain is PRP. It can also be integrated with other treatment options to delay or avoid more extensive treatments like surgery. Finally, physicians can use it to stop further joint damage and promote healing after surgery.

Common conditions treated include osteochondral defects and knee arthritis, conditions that damage the cartilage of the joint’s layer. Cartilage prevents inflammation and friction in the joint. However, if an injury or wear and tear damages your cartilage, you will experience swelling, reduced range of motion, stiffness, and pain in your joints. PRP therapy stimulates the growth and development of new cartilage.

We perform the treatment in the office. The therapy has minimal downtime and no side effects.