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1. What is Cell-Enriched Cosmetic Surgery?

Cell-Enriched Cosmetic Surgery harnesses the patient’s own fat and extracted fat-derived stem and regenerative cells to enhance areas on the body. This revolutionary option is currently available to patients in Europe. This cell-enriched procedure uses only natural components of the patient’s body.

2. Who are candidates for this procedure?

Cell-Enriched Cosmetic Surgery may be right for patients if:

• They desire a natural way to enhance parts of their body
• They want to naturally enhance their body following aging, significant weight loss, tissue damage, or volume loss after breast feeding

They seek to refine their appearance

Patients need to be healthy and need to have an adequate supply of excess fat for this procedure.

3. What can this technique be used for?

There are many applications for cell-enriched fat grafting. In addition to breast augmentation, facial rejuvenation, others application areas include, but are not limited to:

4. What are the key steps involved in cell-enriched cosmetic surgery?

1. Anesthesia (local or general)
2. Liposuction removes an amount of the patient’s body fat, usually from the stomach, hips, or thighs. This part of the procedure usually takes one hour, but ultimately depends on the amount of fat to be removed.
3. Injection of Cell-Enriched Fat Graft into the desired area of the body

5. How long does the procedure last?

On average, the entire procedure takes between 3 and 4 hours.

6. How will the patient’s body look & feel after surgery?

• Immediately after surgery the patient should expect bruising, swelling, and soreness in the treated areas.
• The final results usually take shape over 2-3 months. The patient’s body will appear larger first due to swelling and the fluid that was injected during liposuction. Gradually, the fluid is absorbed by the body and the swelling subsides.
• Once the patient’s body recovers, she/he will be able to enjoy the benefits of this procedure with results that look and feel soft and natural.

7. What if the patient is skinny? Can the procedure still be performed?

The doctor will determine if fat can be harvested. If there is no excess fat – or not enough of it – the doctor may recommend using an alternative product, possibly in combination with cell-enriched fat to achieve the desired results.

8. Will the patient be able to feel the difference between grafted and non-grafted area?

The grafted areas look and feel natural just like other areas of your body.

9. What are traditional choices to restore volume in cosmetic surgery?

• Implants
• Injectible Fillers
• Lipofilling (also known as Fat Grafting)

10. What are the advantages of using fat over other methods?

Fat…

• is biocompatible, easily accessible and available
• produces aesthetically pleasing and natural-looking results
• no risk of rejection since the product is autologous and completely natural
• 2 in 1: liposuction + soft tissue enhancement

11. Why the addition of CELLS. What is the difference to traditional lipofilling?

The Two-in-One Benefit:

• Fat is biocompatible, easily accessible and available
• Fat produces aesthetically pleasing and natural-looking results
• No risk of rejection using only natural components
• Liposuction + soft tissue enhancement

+ Clinical experience to date has consistently shown that the results in patients who received cell-enriched fat are durable and long-lasting results, avoiding repeat procedures.

12. The procedure is new. Is it safe and effective?

Clinical experience to date has demonstrated that cell-enriched fat grafting is safe. In addition, cell-enriched fat grafting yields durable and long-lasting results for most patients. While further data needs to be collected to warrant or guarantee the results, the fat-derived stem and regenerative cells are believed to allow the transplanted graft to survive by promoting the creation and maintenance of new blood vessels. During liposuction, the fat is cut off from the blood supply that keeps it alive. Upon transplantation into the desired area, new blood vessels need to form in order for the transplanted graft to receive the oxygen and other nutrients essential for survival.

Often times, it is asked whether this procedure can influence the occurrence of breast cancer. There is no evidence linking the delivery of cell-enriched fat to the breast with the development of breast cancer, nor does the procedure impede the diagnosis of cancer in the future.

13. What are the surgical considerations for cell-enriched cosmetic surgery?

Like any surgical procedure, cell-enriched cosmetic surgery poses certain risks. Any risks generally associated with anesthesia, liposuction, or general surgery may apply. The possible side effects of re-implanting fat enriched with regenerative cells into the body are not completely known — however, it is believed that they would be generally the same as possible side effects of standard fat transfers. The possible side effects and complications are generally minor and recovery is usually fast.

Augmenting the breast with the patient’s own fat tissue first became popular in the 1980s. Professional organizations, including ASPS and ASAPS, initially cautioned its members against the technique because it was thought to be difficult to distinguish on mammograms between calcifications associated with breast cancer and calcifications associated with fat transfer. Today, with access to sophisticated radiology and modern digital mammography equipment, radiologists can determine the difference between any calcifications that may form as the result of the procedure and a tumor.

14. In the case of breast augmentation, by how many cup sizes can the breast be increased?

This procedure offers about a one to two-cup size enlargement and the enlargement will depend on the amount of spare fat the patient has.