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Grafting
One of our most powerful methods for growing new tissue is platelet-leukocyte autografting.
- Platelets are blood cells that carry a pouch of growth factors. Growth factors are the complex proteins in our bodies that act as contractors and subcontractors to initiate and organize the growing of tissue.
- Leukocytes are white blood cells, several kinds of immune system cells that are also key to tissue growth.
- Stem cells are cells that divide to leave one stem cell and another cell of whatever kind may be needed by the growth factor contractors to make new structures. By concentrating the blood we are concentrating some amount of stem cells natural to the blood. The injection of this blood cell concentrate has also been shown to attract a large additional amount of stem cells to the repair site.
- Grafting is taking tissue or cells from one place and putting it in another place where it is needed.
- Autografting is using the tissue or cells from one's own body.
How does it work? Your blood is drawn and processed here on-site over about an hour. The resultant platelet, white blood cell and stem cell concentrate is then immediately grafted to within the damaged tissue via injection. Intelligent regeneration of the broken tissue fibers and fibrils ensues. Growth and repair continues for up to a month. Some series of monthly procedures is usually necessary.
The result is new, healthy, natural young tissue that is permanent.
