PRP isn’t actually a vampire facial, but I’m sure you know that by now. Here’s a refresher: it’s platelet-rich plasma, and it’s been my trusted anti-aging glow-up treatment for years.
While the laser girlies out there are melting their face fat (and probably triggering melasma—or is that just me?) I’ve been sticking to microneedling and PRP and am content with the results, tyvm.
So when Tina Craig, founder of U Beauty and fellow beauty obsessive, told me about a PRP facelift that involves zero knives or threads but promises lifted, tightened skin, I was all in. Some people trade stock tips. We trade doctors and treatments.
Dr. Chris Asandra perfected this technique in Australia, and it’s unlike any PRP treatment I’ve experienced before. Rather than the usual inject-and-move-on approach, this method is deliberate. It weaves the PRP beneath the skin, from eyes to chin, creating an interconnected web (think of it like a spider web), rather than isolated points of treatment.
“I’m injecting the entire space beneath the skin to stimulate collagen growth. We’re rejuvenating and detoxifying the skin from below, not just on the surface,” explains Dr. Chris. “The fanning method allows the entire face to receive the benefits of PRP, instead of just certain spots.”
The treatment protocol involves three PRP “facelifts,” spaced four to six weeks apart, followed by yearly maintenance.
But here’s what actually happens:
First, they take your blood (a lot of it—more than I’ve ever had taken for a similar treatment). It gets spun, separating the good stuff (platelet-rich plasma) from everything else. They cut it with Lidocaine to take away the sting (if you’ve ever had PRP injections, you know what I’m talking about).
Then Dr. Chris begins his web work, using four to six injection points on each side of the face. I wouldn’t say it’s painful, but there’s definitely pressure. Post-procedure, I looked swollen and flushed, like I had a sunburn. Tina and I joked that we’d just gotten into a fight. When the Lidocaine wore off, my face felt sore, and talking was, let’s just say, challenging.
Dr. Chris calls the bruising “part of the process.” By day two, the bruises reveal themselves, and by day three, they become manageable. On day four, the swelling transforms into what I can only describe as refined fullness, lasting about two weeks before gradually settling into the new you.
“PRP is a natural way to rejuvenate the skin and stimulate collagen, using your body’s own natural growth factors,” Dr. Chris explains. Each treatment builds off the last, which is why the process calls for three of them. The second session left me particularly bruised, but the glow-up afterward was worth every mark.
Now, my friends keep asking what I’ve done to my face—not in an accusatory way, but in that “please tell us your secrets” way. I look like me, just … more lifted, more subtly snatched.
It’s the kind of results that make you wonder if the fountain of youth was running through our veins all along. Poetic, I know.
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