PRP
The Princess and the PRP
Regenerative expert, nurse Claudia McGloin, decodes PRP related inflammation
CLAUDIA MCGLOIN
Claudia McGloin is a registered nurse holding dual registration in both the UK and Ireland. McGloin is the clinical director and nurse practitioner at The New You Clinic in Sligo. She is one of Ireland’s leading platelet-rich plasma experts and has performed thousands of PRP treatments.
While widely used to reduce inflammation, PRP therapy can sometimes cause or exacerbate it...
PRP is prepared by centrifuging the patient’s blood to isolate a plasma fraction rich in platelets, typically three to five times the normal platelet concentration. Platelets contain alpha granules loaded with growth factors such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Upon activation, these platelets release their growth factors, which play crucial roles in modulating inflammation, promoting angiogenesis, recruiting stem cells, and stimulating collagen synthesis.