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Heparin and blood cream

Posted by belassi on May 30, 2018 at 5:19 pm

Apparently there is a doctor in this city with his own clinic who is performing weird treatments to “rejuvenate” the skin. He is drawing blood and then reinjecting it all over the face. He also makes a cream from the blood and includes Heparin in it.

belassi replied 5 years, 11 months ago 9 Members · 12 Replies
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DAS

Member
May 30, 2018 at 5:58 pm

Errr… let’s see if I got this right. He takes the blood and then injects it again in the face?. Perhaps this has some benefit on old people with varicose veins or diabetics, but sounds extreme.

What possible benefit will have a cream made with blood?. Maybe heparin has some sort of benefit, but making a cream with it without any science to back it up its reckless.
OldPerry

Member
May 30, 2018 at 6:38 pm

Sounds like Snake oil to produced by a Quack to me.
Microformulation

Member
May 30, 2018 at 6:59 pm

I would imagine that the Heparin (an RX anti-coagulant IV administered in the US) is keeping the blood from coagulating so it remains fluid.
DAS

Member
May 30, 2018 at 7:11 pm

So… fluid body painting?.
belassi

Member
May 30, 2018 at 7:26 pm

I think he should call it “Vampire Cream”
Microformulation

Member
May 30, 2018 at 8:16 pm

No, if you allowed blood to coagulate, it would become solid and granular. Heparin would prevent this and it would maintain fluidity in the cream. Still an infection control issue, biohazard, snake oil and a bit disgusting.
Gunther

Member
May 30, 2018 at 9:16 pm

It sounds like Platelet Rich Plasma
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609914/
with Heparin to prevent blood from coagulating.

It’s enticing to:
1 have your own blood drawn
2 chemically treat it (they use Calcium chloride, I believe)
3 centrifuge it
4 sterile filter it (to prevent it from going sour)
5 mix it in a proper transdermal delivery cream
6 claim 100% natural, 100% renewable carbon, not tested on animals, bioidentical, and so on.

Transdermal delivery of human epidermal growth factor facilitated by a peptide chaperon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23385091

Enhanced transdermal delivery of epidermal growth factor facilitated by dual peptide chaperone motifs.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24364869

Transdermal Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Delivery with Surface Engineered Gold Nanoparticles.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28112909
beautynerd

Member
May 30, 2018 at 11:39 pm

Curious what he’s charging for it. Reported rate is $1,400 per session north of the border.

https://www.allure.com/story/vampire-facial
Bill_Toge

Member
May 30, 2018 at 11:39 pm

if this had happened 100 years ago it could almost be something out of H. P. Lovecraft, notwithstanding the notion that truth is stranger than fiction
Doreen

Member
May 31, 2018 at 4:56 am

And not to mention the risk of working with blood products in some sort of ‘clinic’… risky business. :smirk:
zaidjeber

Member
May 31, 2018 at 7:16 am

drawing blood and then reinjecting it all over the face

This sounds like Homeopathic therapy

Blood cream

Never heard of that though
belassi

Member
May 31, 2018 at 3:12 pm

He is charging around $27 for the cream I believe, which includes obtaining the blood and putting it into a cream.