What Happens During a PRP Microneedling Facial?

LVN performing collagen induction therapy for scar reduction 
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After an established career as a family physician, Dr. Stephen Petteruti D.O. opened the life-extension medical clinic, Intellectual Medicine in Rhode Island. Dr. Stephen Petteruti delivers cutting-edge skin rejuvenation treatments, such as microneedling enhanced with Platelet Rich Plasma therapy.

Microneedling is a painless outpatient procedure that boosts skin vitality by stimulating collagen and new skin cell growth. The procedure can be combined with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) protein, which is derived from the patient’s blood cells. This protein can help boost the body’s natural healing mechanisms, and since comes from the patient’s cells, there is no risk of rejection.

Before performing a PRP microneedling facial, the provider will assess the patient’s skin and determine if he/she is eligible for treatment. The patient should keep out of the direct sun and avoid tanning beds for several weeks before the procedure.

On the day of the facial, the patient’s skin will be numbed. Some blood will be withdrawn from the patient are used to synthesize the PRP. Then, the PRP is applied topically to the target area, which is then treated with the microneedle.

The entire procedure takes approximately an hour. While some people may experience redness shortly after, patients can continue with their day directly after treatment. The skin heals within 48 hours and full effects appear within four weeks.

The IM 120 DripBar

IV Infusion
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With more than 30 years of experience as a doctor of osteopathy, Dr. Stephen Petteruti earned his DO from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Since 2012, Rhode Island-based Dr. Stephen Petteruti has been working as a physician and medical director at Intellectual Medicine (IM) 120.

IM 120 is a project of life extension medicine that guides people to live 120 years while retaining their youth. It features a drip bar located in Warwick, Rhode Island, and provides individuals with advanced hormonal, nutritional, medical, and complementary new age-delaying techniques.

The IM 120 drip bar offers several vitamin drips with essential nutrients that are absorbed almost entirely by the body through IV infusion therapies. The nutrients are the same ones generally ingested through food. However, many people do not consume the necessary quality and quantity of food necessary to achieve optimal vitamin levels.

The vitamins are ingested in cocktails, each with a different physiological goal depending on the needs of the customer. Examples of benefits made possible by the IV-infused cocktails are a strengthening of the immune system, enhancement of energy levels, smoothing of aging effects, and improvement in hydration, among others.

How L-Carnitine Supports Health

Wellness
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Family physician and integrative medicine specialist Dr. Stephen Petteruti, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), spent nearly two decades treating patients from his private practice in Warwick, Rhode Island, before he became a staff physician for Intellectual Medicine 120. As the medical director for the lifestyle medicine brand, Dr. Stephen Petteruti oversees the company’s holistic health and wellness services and supplement line. Intellectual Medicine 120 offers supplements and powders that contain important nutrients such as L-carnitine.

L-carnitine is produced naturally and derived from two essential amino acids: lysine and methionine. L-carnitine plays a main role in fueling cells by transporting fat to the mitochondria.

A decline in mitochondria function is closely associated with many aspects of the aging process, including reduced organ function. Sufficient levels of L-carnitine help keep mitochondria healthy.

Several studies have also shown that L-carnitine can improve weight loss results for older or obese people. Further, researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that the supplement can protect sperm health and increase sperm count.