Thank you for your question.
You’re asking is it normal to peel after a Vampire Facelift.
Well I can certainly help you with this question.
Just to give you a little bit of my background, I’m a Board-certified cosmetic surgeon,
certified by the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, and Fellowship-trained cosmetic oculofacial
plastic and reconstructive surgeon.
I have been part of the Vampire Facelift network for many years, and I’ve been very vocal
about education about the Vampire Facelift.
So, I think that before I answer that question, first we’ll do a definition and then a distinction.
The first is the definition.
Vampire Facelift is a specific method of using platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which is derived
from your blood with the healing growth factors (which you’ve probably already been educated
about), as well as the use of a hyaluronic acid filler such as Restylane or Juvederm.
Now, this is in contrast to a very similar sounding procedure called the Vampire Facial.
A Vampire Facial is the use of PRP, but it does not involve the injection of hyaluronic
acid, but rather it is the use of a micro-needling device to create little holes in the skin.
Now the Vampire Facial became very well publicised when a well-known celebrity posted her photos
after her very visually significant results immediately after her Vampire Facial on Twitter.
So, of course, in the media the term Vampire Facelift and Vampire Facial just became a
mess in terms of confusing people about the definition.
So I would say that if your skin is peeling, in other words just dry skin is coming off,
it’s probably not the treatment itself.
If you had a Vampire Facelift, then there’s no reason for the skin to peel.
It may be that your skin may have been prepped with alcohol or with betadine or something,
and you may have had an allergy, and you’re getting some kind of contact dermatitis, or
your skin is just plain dry.
Now, if you had a Vampire Facial, depending on the depth of the micro-needling device,
then you could have a little bit of dry skin and little tiny scabs, that is possible after
the treatment.
I think it’s better that you speak to your doctor who performed the treatment and have
your skin looked at.
But I would say that if you had the Vampire Facelift, peeling is not a normal part of
the actual procedure, but it may be a normal part of something that was done concurrently
in terms of your preparation or aftercare.
So I think it’s best that you meet with your doctor who performed the procedure and
find out what’s going on with your skin.
So I hope that was helpful and I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you for your question.