When it comes to plastic surgery, which is a billions and billions of dollar industry, you know there is a lot of motivation for them to keep thinking of newer, better procedures with less down time and more natural, attractive results.
Well, this latest one is pretty interesting because it uses stems cells from fat to make various parts of your body filled out (wrinkles, hollows in the cheeks, etc. as we age, and even breast augmentation).
If you’re a stranger to the news, then you may not know that stem cells in general have stirred quite a controversy in the medical community. They are very controversial in science right now because of stem cell therapies that are derived from fetuses.
Obviously, there is a moral dilemma there, and a debate on where a life begins and ends. However, fat stem cells are different, because they can be derived from a non-controversial subject.
Cosmetic surgery performed with stem cells has not been approved by the FDA, but it has been used successfully for years in other countries, which is typical for the stringent approval process of the US for all things medical and cosmetic.
Some of the supposed benefits of stem cell fat implantation versus non stem cell fat transplants used to fill out wrinkles and correct other cosmetic imperfections is the amount of time it lasts. It can last up to fifteen years in the body instead of disappearing or migrating more quickly to other areas of the body.
Many plastic surgeons say there is really no results differences between the two though, and tend to hesitate to back it because of it’s fairly exorbitant price compared to ordinary surgeries performed with fat cells.
It appears to be about double the price of regular fat transplants. Gosh, just saying that sounds hilarious. The fact that we transplant fat (a generally loathed thing) from area of the body to another is downright ludicrous if you think about it!
