Bra Wonder Without Silicon - Thanks to Stem Cell Enriched Own-Fat

Vienna (pts009/21.04.2008/10:15) No scalpel, no scars, no silicon: Lasting, natural breast augmentation with body-own adipose tissue derived stem cells instead of "football breasts".

A short time ago the story about an ex-footballstar's girlfriend undergoing breast enlargement with silicon was all over the media. Stories like that lead to confusion: They make people believe, that the use of silicon is state of the art in breast enlargement.

That is simply not so. Thanks to recent research on stem cells and cutting edge medical technology women today need not rely on plastic-pads if they opt for larger breasts. Today small or hanging breasts can be naturally augmented by the use of stem cell concentrated own-fat.

At his "Clinic DDr. Heinrich" Vienna based DDr. Karl-Georg Heinrich, expert in aesthetic medicine and anti-aging is the first to offer this method in Europe. "Breast Augmentation with stem cells for many women means lasting, natural enlargement of the breasts without implants or scars", says DDr. Heinrich.

Several clinical studies from Japan and the USA have made it clear that stem cell enriched own fat is an ideal, lasting and absolutely harmless filling for reconstruction of the breast following surgery as well as cosmetic breast augmentation. The procedure is also known under the term Cell Assisted Lipotransfer. The harvested stem cells are by no means artificially modified or propagated. Therefore leading experts in stem cell research, like Prof. Donnenberg of University of Pittsburgh, agree that implantation of these cells bears no risk of malignancies.

In the first step body fat will be extracted by special, patented microcannulas. After enrichment of the fat with stem cells from the patient's body the fat will be - with utmost aesthetical care - injected into the breast. The injection site will heal - just like after taking a blood sample - fast and without scar formation. Breast augmentation with stem cell concentrated own fat is normally done under local anaesthesia or in twilight sleep without general anaesthesia. Only minimal after care is necessary and the patient may go home right after surgery.

Typically an enlargement of the breast by one or two cup sizes, equalling 50-300 ccm can be obtained. The implanted volume of stem cell concentrated own-fat will be almost completely preserved. In comparison, in standard own-fat transplantation only 60-70 % of the transplanted volume will last. The enlarged breast will look and feel perfectly natural in each and every position. This results from the fact that volume is gained not by silicon but by living, body-own fatty tissue.

Some plastic surgeons argue that fat injection into the breast might complicate the radiologic diagnosis of breast cancer. DDr. Heinrich does not agree: "Any surgery may lead to minimal calcification which can be mistaken for cancer. This is just as true for silicon implants. Good radiologists are able to discern early stages of cancer from harmless calcification resulting from surgery. In doubt this can be clarified by use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)".

The stem cells used for breast augmentation are harvested from the patients own fat and not from embryonic tissue. Therefore the method is ethically uncritical. The cells needed for breast augmentation are available in sufficient amounts in fat from liposuction. There is no need to artificially propagate these cells, as it is necessary with stem cells from skin or bone marrow. Into which type of cells (skin, fat, muscle) the stem cells differentiate is triggered by the surrounding tissue.

DDr. Heinrich uses stem cell enriched fat also for natural body forming in other regions of the body like bud, hips, thighs and calves as well as for correcting of dents and rejuvenation of the skin in the face, the décolleté and the hands. "Adipose tissue derived Stem cells have a very special biological potency, allowing for use far beyond aesthetics - for example in the rejuvenation of organs", says DDr. Heinrich.

Those women who are not looking for "football breasts", bumping around like balls, may well consider natural and aesthetic breast augmentation with stem cell enriched fat from bud or belly. More information on http://www.liposkulptur.at .

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