Brighter, smoother under-eyes using your own platelets

PRF under the eyes is an injection of your own platelet-rich fibrin into the thin skin below the lower lid. A few tubes of blood are drawn from your arm, spun slowly without an anticoagulant so they set into a soft gel, and the gel is placed under each eye through a cannula or fine needle. Over 4 to 8 weeks its growth factors build collagen, so crepey skin, fine lines, and mild hollowing improve. It’s done as three sessions about four weeks apart.

It depends on how many sessions (three is the studied protocol), PRF versus PRP, under-eyes only versus the whole face, and whether microneedling is added in the same visit using the same blood draw. Every treatment starts with a consultation and a written plan, a small non-refundable deposit comes off your treatment, and Affirm, Afterpay, and Klarna are available if you’d like to spread out the cost.

PRF injections are your own platelet-rich fibrin, made from a small blood draw, injected back into an area to improve skin quality or, on the scalp, to support hair growth. PRF is spun at low speed without an anticoagulant, so it forms a gel that releases growth factors over days instead of hours. It isn’t a drug, and it isn’t FDA-approved for cosmetic use. The usual facial areas are under the eyes, the cheeks and smile lines, and the neck.

We recommend three, about four weeks apart. That’s the protocol most published studies used, and single sessions give little lasting change. We’ll judge the series together at three months. Because the improvement often fades by month six, most people plan a maintenance session between six and twelve months.

Yes, for the right problem. In a 2025 systematic review of 14 studies, PRP “showed stronger evidence for treating hyperpigmentation,” meaning dark circles caused by brown pigment in the skin, and its pigment results held at six months. PRF had the better data for crepiness and fine lines. Neither one removes fat bags or lifts loose lid skin.

PRF tends to be the pick for texture, crepiness, and fine lines, and PRP for pigment-type dark circles. PRF is a slow-release gel and PRP is a liquid, and the few studies comparing them were small, leaned toward PRF, and came from a group with a financial interest in PRF. We’ll help you choose based on what your skin needs. Both are made from your own blood in the same visit.

Often, yes. The under-eye skin is thin and shows a bruise more than anywhere else on the face. Bruising tends to appear on days 1 to 3, turn yellow, and clear by about day 7, and you’ll be puffy on day one from the volume of fluid. We suggest booking at least a week before any event or photos, and pausing aspirin, ibuprofen, and fish oil beforehand if your doctor agrees.

Not true bags. If the bag is a pocket of orbital fat pushing forward, or loose lid skin folding over, PRF won’t remove it, and a surgical consult for blepharoplasty is the better path. If what you’re calling a bag is crepey, tired, slightly hollow skin that reads as puffiness, PRF can help over a series of three sessions.

Yes. PRF has no sun restriction, so it works in July as well as January. The only timing to plan around is bruising, which can last up to a week, so book at least a week before a wedding, graduation, or other event. A cold compress and sunglasses help on the first day.

They have different risks, and neither is risk-free. PRF is your own blood, so there’s no product to react to, no filler lump, and no bluish tint under thin skin, and no serious adverse events were reported across 14 studies in a 2025 review. Any injection under the eye can injure a blood vessel, though, and PRF can’t be dissolved with hyaluronidase the way a hyaluronic acid filler can. Filler carries the FDA’s list of rare but serious risks, including vascular occlusion. Both belong in the hands of someone who injects under the eye regularly.

PRF is made from your own blood, and your body metabolises it. If you don’t love the result, it resolves on its own over months. Filler under the eye would need dissolving, while PRF simply fades away.