Stem cell enriched fat grafting for breast augmentation, a recently developed technique, is now available in the US. January 20, 2010, (Sawf News) - Stem cell enriched fat grafting for breast augmentation, a recently developed technique, is now available in the US.
Dr Arthur Handal, MD., F.A.C.S., a certified American Board of Plastic Surgery surgeon, performed the first such breast augmentation on Monday, January 18, at Handal Plastic Surgery in Boca Raton, Florida.
Dr Handal is part of a nationwide physician network affiliated to Stem Cell Assurance, Inc., the first company in the US to provide full-spectrum adult stem cell services to consumers.
Fat was taken from the patient's hips and thighs by tumescent liposuction and processed to extract naturally-occurring regenerative cells.
Commenting after the surgery, Dr. Handal stated, "Today is a defining moment in breast augmentation surgery. The offering of this pioneering procedure through a collaborative national physician network is an important milestone that marks major improvement on current technology and the way in which it is delivered to the patient."
Stem cell enriched fat grafting aims to enlarge breasts by one cup-size without introducing a foreign implant into the body. The procedure appears to offer a significant advantage with longer lasting results than traditional breast augmentation procedures.
The patient's own fat and regenerative cells are used to create a graft for reinsertion to the breast, resulting in no risk of the body rejecting it.
The new process reduces the body's absorption of the fat grafted into breasts, eliminating the need for top-up treatment.
Traditional breast augmentation using 'fat grafting' involves harvesting fat from areas where it is in excess - like the abdomen, hips, thighs, or buttocks - and re-implanting it in the breast.
Another advantage: the re-implanted fat is harvested from an area of the body where it is in excess. It is like killing two birds with one stone.
The downside, some of the fat re-implanted is reabsorbed by the body within a few months. Depending on the experience of the surgeon, the patient and some other factors in the body, 30-50% of transferred fat can be reabsorbed into the blood stream or simply die.
With the new technique, the harvested fat is enriched with stem cells before being grafted into the breasts. Half the harvested fat is put through a special machine that extracts and condenses the stem cells, which are then mixed with the remaining fat before being injected into the breasts.
The stem cells stimulate generation of a blood supply capillary network to the transplanted fat cells, which then integrate with the existing fat cells.
The fat volume retention rate is estimated to be 80% or more.
As a result, breast augmentation is totally natural, permanent and instant.
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