At Vanguard Medical Clinic, we are committed to providing high-quality, patient-focused care to support your overall health and well-being. As a trusted walk-in clinic in Calgary, our team—led by Dr. Folake Pepple and made up of experienced physicians—offers a compassionate, inclusive environment where individuals and families can access timely medical support. We take a personalized approach to care, ensuring that your unique health concerns are understood and addressed with professionalism and empathy.

For patients interested in aesthetic treatments, we also offer PRP (platelet-rich plasma) therapy—a natural, regenerative option that uses your body’s own platelets to promote healing and improve skin and hair quality. This treatment has delivered impressive results for many patients, helping to enhance texture, stimulate hair growth, and rejuvenate targeted areas. If you’re in the Calgary area and curious about PRP, we’d be happy to provide more information and help determine if it’s the right option for you.

Patients are discovering PRP

Plasma, a component of your blood containing special proteins, helps your blood to naturally clot. These same proteins also promote cell growth and can be extracted from your blood supply and concentrated for PRP treatments. These treatments involve injections of the PRP into damaged tissues with the purpose of growing new, healthy cells.

Cosmetic purposes for PRP injections

Dr. Pepple utilizes PRP injections for several cosmetic reasons including skin and hair treatment. A PRP skin treatment will stimulate collagen production and promote cellular turnover to:

  • Tighten skin
  • Improve skin quality
  • Improve and brighten a dull complexion
  • Improve skin elasticity following cosmetic surgery

In addition, PRP injections can be used to supply blood to your hair follicles, resulting in new hair growth for patients looking for a thicker, fuller head of hair.

The wonders of PRP injection

 PRP is being used throughout the medical world for several groundbreaking treatments. PRP injections have been used across several applications including:

  • Hair loss: When injected into the scalp, PRP can promote thicker, fuller hair growth and has been shown as an effective treatment for androgenic alopecia.
  • Tendon Injuries: When PRP is injected into these tough, thick bands of tissue that are normally quite slow in healing after an injury, the healing process has shown to be accelerated. Chronic tendon problems can include tennis elbow, Achilles tendonitis and jumper’s knee.
  • Acute injuries: Pulled hamstrings and knee sprains have shown to be reactive to PRP injections with healing occurring at a more rapid rate.
  • Postsurgical repair: Doctors have begun to use PRP injections in a post-operating manner in order to accelerate healing in procedures dealing with tendons and ligaments.
  • Osteoarthritis: Studies have been performed which suggest that PRP, when injected into the knees of patients suffering from osteoarthritis, has shown to be more effective than traditional hyaluronic acid injections.

As you can see, the benefits of a PRP injection reach across a multitude of medical applications. What’s more, with this treatment still being a relatively recent discovery, new applications for the future are still being studied.

The PRP treatment

Because PRP comes from your own blood, it’s risk-free. This means that your body will not have any adverse reaction to it or reject it. For the treatment, blood is extracted and then, using a centrifuge, the platelets are separated from your blood supply before being re-introduced into your skin via injections. Minimal reactions to this re-introduction can include minor swelling, redness or bruising. All of these are temporary and fade very quickly. These treatments are incredibly quick also, often taking no more than 45 minutes.

If you are looking for healthier-looking skin or a fuller head of hair, you should consider PRP injections. Dr. Folake Pepple would love to go over the procedure with you and answer any questions you may have about it. To set up a consultation, please call us today!