PRP Male Enhancement Injection?
The PRP Male Enhancement Injection involves taking Platelet Rich Plasma from your blood and injecting it into your penis. This means your doctor takes your cells and tissues and injects them into your penile tissues to promote tissue growth and purportedly give you better erections.
What is the PRP Male Enhancement Injection used for?
The PRP Male Enhancement Injection is based on PRP therapy used in recovery from muscle and joint injuries and explored for treating chronic health conditions.
In all cases, it’s considered an experimental treatment.
The PRP Male Enhancement Injection has been used as an alternative treatment in cases including:
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general sexual function, performance, and orgasm enhancement
Does it work?
The evidence is anecdotal. If it works to enhance sexual function, no one knows why, whether it’s repeatable, what the outcomes are, or how safe it is.
Orgasms happen (and don’t happen) for many physical, mental, and emotional reasons. A shot may not do anything for the root cause of your ability to have orgasms.
How to Find a Provider
Start with your Doctor
Your primary care physician, a Urologist (for people with penises) or gynecologist (for people with vaginas) may have some experience about this procedure or know of a specialist who performs the PRP Shot.
If you don’t have a urologist, the Healthline FindCare tool can help you find a physician.
Questions to Ask
Here are some questions to consider as you search for someone to do your PRP Male Enhancement Injection:
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Are they licensed or certified to practice medicine by a recognized medical board?
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Do they have an established clientele with positive reviews and results?
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Do they have substantial information on their website about costs, how they do the procedure, before-and-after pictures (if applicable), and anything else you want to know?
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Are they easy to get in touch with, either by phone, email, or through an office administrator?
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Are they willing to do a quick meet-and-greet consultation or answer some of your initial questions?
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What steps or options are involved in their P-Shot treatment?
What to expect during Your Appointment
The PRP Male Enhancement Injection is an outpatient procedure so that you can go in, have it done, and be out later that day. You may want to take a day off from work or other responsibilities to allow enough time to complete it, but this isn’t necessary.
When you arrive at the facility, you’ll likely be asked to lie on a table and wait for the doctor. Once the procedure begins, the doctor or assistant will:
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Apply a cream or ointment that numbs the genital area and give you a local anesthetic that numbs the area around it, too.
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Take a blood sample into a testing tube, usually from your arm or somewhere noninvasive.
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Put the testing tube in a centrifuge for a few minutes to separate the components of your blood and isolate the platelet-rich plasma (PRP).
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Extract PRP from the testing tube fluid and inject it into two syringes.
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Inject PRP into the penile shaft, clitoris, or area identified as the Gräfenberg (G) spot. This is completed in a few minutes with about four to five injections.
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Give a penis pump to people who received an injection into the penile shaft. This helps draw blood into the penis and ensures the PRP works as intended. You may be asked to do this yourself daily for 10 minutes over a few weeks. But using one too often or too long can damage elastic tissue in the penis, leading to less firm erections.
You’ll probably be able to go home in an hour or less afterward.
Potential Side Effects and Complications
You’ll probably have some minor side effects from the injection that should go away in about 4 to 6 days, including:
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swelling
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redness
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bruises
Some rare complications may include:
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infection
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scarring
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outbreaks of cold sores if you have a history of herpes simplex virus
When should You see the results?
Your results can vary widely based on your overall health and other factors that may be contributing to your sexual function. Some people experience results right away after one treatment. Others may not experience results for several months or until they’ve received multiple treatments.
Gaines categorizes responses to treatment into three general buckets:
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Early responders see effects within the first 24 hours.
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Typical responders see effects in three to six treatments; after the second treatment, they notice a change in responses. In 1 month or 2 months, they reach the peak of their results.
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Late responders see good results in 3 to 4 months.
“[With] very severe ED, which means several years it’s been an issue, there’s a lot of variables,” Gaines added.
