EZ Does It

The latest spin on PRP promises volume. But is EZ Gel a true alternative to filler?

In 2024, nobody wants filler. What we want is a “filler alternative,” particularly one that is autologous (from our own bodies) or otherwise “natural” (whatever that means). We want our lips, cheeks, temples, and under eyes to look less thin or flat or sunken — to look fuller — but we don’t want them to look filled. Or doughy, pillowy, boggy, bloated, puffy, inflated, overdone or any other ugly adjective associated with bad hyaluronic acid injections. Give us instead a shot that restores, regenerates, and refreshes, please. If it “boosts” our skin, even better.

Give us blood. Platelets, to be exact — those Insta-famous cells that bind together to encourage clotting and speed healing. Synonymous with repair, platelets are a source of growth factors, immune messengers, and enzymes. For decades, practitioners have been drawing blood and spinning it down to tease out its platelet-rich plasma (PRP), before reinjecting it into joints, scalps, and faces in order to stimulate and rejuvenate our cells. In the aesthetics realm, PRP is used mainly to jumpstart collagen production and hair growth, often with mixed results.