Platelet aggregates has been used in surgery for many years. The primary goal of these ‘Autologous Preparation’ was to aggregate platelets and their growth factors and to convey it to a surgical site, to improve healing only. The latest research work shows that the PRF also can be used for Protection of Graft, neo-angiogenesis, vascularization locally and release of various growth factors apart from healing.
Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) is considered as the new generation of platelet concentrate. “Choukroun’s PRF” or Leucocyte PRF (L-PRF) is the new development, which was first developed by Choukroun’s et al. in 2001 as an ‘Autologous biomaterial.’ A systematic literature search was performed to identify relevant articles that describes the use of PRF, through PubMed and Scopus databases.
The focus of this article is to explore the role of PRF in esthetic facial surgery.
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