Abstract
In the decade since the emergence of PRP as a treatment option in sports medicine and dermatology, controversies surrounding the procedure have emerged. These primarily centre on conflicting accounts of its efficacy, a lack of standardization when it comes to PRP production and injection protocols and the potential for misleading the general public with celebrity endorsements of a procedure that may implicitly overstate the results that the treatment can achieve. The lack of robust clinical trial data assessing the efficacy of PRP has led to considerable skepticism of what is a highly lucrative procedure for most providers who offer it. Without the prioritization of unbiased quantitative evaluations of PRP, controversy surrounding it as a procedure built upon unsubstantiated hype is likely to continue.
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Syed, U., Shridharani, S.M. (2021). Controversies in PRP. In: Sadick, N.S. (eds) Platelet-Rich Plasma in Dermatologic Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66230-1_9
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