If you’ve ever dealt with stubborn fat deposits, then you understand the desire to have a slender, contoured body that will make heads turn. While liposuction is an effective way to contour your body, some providers can be overly aggressive in their method, which can leave imperfections behind that mar the shape of the body. You may be left with dents, bulges, and other irregular contouring. These types of liposuction errors are not irreversible, and Dr. Calabria can provide adjustments that can restore your beautiful contours and slender curves. Through his body contouring with stem cell fat grafting procedure, you will regain the figure you wanted in the first place!

What Is Stem Cell Fat Grafting?

Stem cell fat grafting works by using your own stem cells (extracted from fat cells) to restore volume and smooth out irregularities caused by improper liposuction techniques. The stem cells are separated from your fat cells, purified, and then injected into the treatment sites. The method is effective because the stem cells stimulate growth factors that help with cell and tissue function. Your stem cells also help tissue to survive, and stem cells encourage your tissue to continue producing more cells. The process provides smooth and natural-looking results that can completely correct liposuction errors.

Why Stem Cell Fat Grafting?

Results from your stem cell fat grafting procedure are long-lasting. Because the stem cells are extracted from your own fat, your body recognizes them and doesn’t treat them as foreign substances. Though a percentage of fat is typically reabsorbed into the body, when infused with stem cells, that percentage drops significantly.

Stem cell fat grafting also has the benefit of helping you lose the stubborn fat in other areas of the body. It seems counterintuitive that fixing liposuction errors requires liposuction to be performed elsewhere, but that is the necessary procedure to extract the stem cells from your body. While correcting your previous liposuction treatment, Dr. Calabria can provide you with beautiful contours on other places on your body.

Procedure

Dr. Calabria performs body contouring with stem cell fat grafting as an outpatient procedure under general anesthesia. Dr. Calabria will insert a microcannula (essentially a small vacuum) through small incisions at the treatment site. He will then carefully harvest fat through the microcannula and a syringe, taking care not to damage any of the cells. Once extracted, he will use an enzymatic treatment that isolates the stem cells. These stem cells are then injected back into the areas of the body that need correction.

Results

Your final results will take time to become visible as the stem cells will slowly graft onto your tissues. While your results progress, you will notice your body contours becoming more natural, smoothing out, and losing any hint of irregularity. You will see improvement in the texture of your skin and also in improved body contouring in the liposuction site. Overall, it may take up to six months for you to truly see a dramatic difference.

If you have undergone an unsatisfactory liposuction procedure and are interested in learning how body contouring through stem cell fat grafting may benefit you, contact our office to set up your consultation with Dr. Calabria. Call our Beverly Hills office at 310.879.1488, our Rancho Mirage office at 760.836.0077, or our Milan, Italy office at +39.349.4662323.

Since the skin on our hands is very delicate, this area is often one of the first places where aging becomes noticeable. As the skin ages, the integrity and volume of the tissue begin to decrease. Since there is little fat stored in this area, your hands may begin to look gaunt and frail.

Hand rejuvenation procedures can prevent this decline in skin quality. Dr. Calabria offers fat grafting with stem cells to restore lost volume and restore youthful, smooth skin.

What Is Fat Grafting?

Fat grafting involves Dr. Calabria extracting fat from one part of your body to another via liposuction. After suctioning fat from one area, he will separate adult stem cells from the fat through a centrifuge. Adipose fat tissue is full of stem cells; liposuction is the most minimally invasive option to retrieve them.

Once the fat and stem cells are separated, Dr. Calabria will purify the stem cells through an enzymatic process. He will recombine the stem cells with fat cells and inject it into the treatment sites on your hands.

How Does It Help My Hands?

The injection of fat and stem cells is primarily used to add volume to your hands. As you age, the subcutaneous fat in your hands decreases. You will see skin that bags around your fingers, causing wrinkles and fine lines. You may even notice the increased appearance of veins, which may give your hands a subtle blue hue. With the addition of fat, your skin will plumpen, smoothing out the wrinkles and restoring a warm, vibrant skin tone.

Why Should I Consider This?

Fat grafting with stem cells is highly beneficial. Dr. Calabria restores volume with the fat from your own body, which means there is less risk of complications following the procedure. Your body recognizes the fat and stem cells as its own, minimizing the risk of rejection or allergic reaction.

While fat grafting does have a small risk of fat reabsorption, the addition of purified stem cells decreases that risk significantly (there is an approximate 80-percent retention rate).

For more information about how fat grafting can help rejuvenate your aging hands, contact our office for a consultation with Dr. Calabria. You can reach our Beverly Hills office at 310-879-1488, our Rancho Mirage office at 760-836-0077, or our Milan, Italy office at +39-349-4662323.

Having excess pockets of body fat is usually not considered a positive characteristic. However, fat is a valuable substance for fat grafting, a modern technique that repurposes unwanted fat for natural cosmetic enhancement. Dr. Renato Calabria is a leader in regenerative medicine and utilizes stem cells for his fat grafting procedures, both surgical and non-surgical. Stem cell fat grafting is an advanced procedure that is designed to improve displeasing body contours, replenish youthful facial volume, and produce lasting hand rejuvenation.

What Fat Grafting Can Improve

• Dents and contour irregularities that result from overdone liposuction
• Facial volume loss
• Textural concerns on the back of the hands
• Naturally small or deflated breasts

Benefits of Using Stem Cells

Traditional fat grafting methods often have a high reabsorption rate of up to 80 percent. This means that only 20 percent of the fat that is injected grafts successfully to the existing fatty tissue. Stem cells trigger the creation of new blood vessels and promote cell production at the injection site, resulting in an increased likelihood of tissue survival. Because stem cells stimulate the body’s natural regenerative responses, they are more likely to yield more predictable effects.

The Process of Fat Grafting

Stem cell fat grafting may be performed under general or local anesthesia, depending on the areas being treated and the extent of correction required. The procedure is a three-step process that involves the following steps:

• Harvesting: Localized deposits of fat are carefully removed from problem areas of the body via liposuction using a thin microcannula.

• Purification: The harvested fat is purified in a centrifuge device that isolates the stem cells and removes any contaminating debris.

• Reinjection: Using a precise injection technique, Dr. Calabria meticulously places the purified fat in the target area.

To learn more about stem cell fat grafting procedures or to schedule your personal consultation with Dr. Calabria, call our Beverly Hills office at 310.879.1488, our Rancho Mirage office at 760.836.0077, or our Milan, Italy office at +39.349.4662323.

The appearance of youthful, perky breasts is considered a beauty ideal, and one that many women strive for. A breast augmentation can help women attain that ideal by enhancing the size and shape of the breasts. Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgery in the United States, and millions of women undergo the procedure every year. Many women have concerns that their breast implants won’t look real or natural or that their breasts may look disproportionately large or misshapen. However, new advancements in stem cell technology can make your breast augmentation look even better than previous methods would allow. By utilizing fat grafts from your own body, Dr. Calabria can provide you with attractive, youthful, and natural new breasts.

How Does Stem Cell Fat Grafting Work?

The first step in the procedure is to extract fat from somewhere on your body like your buttocks or thighs. Adipose fat tissue holds the greatest concentration of adult stem cells, and liposuction is the most minimally invasive way to retrieve them. Once the liposuction procedure is performed, the fat and stem cells are carefully separated in a process that also purifies the stem cells. These cells are then recombined and injected into the breasts. Both the liposuction and breast injections are performed during the same procedure and will take four to six hours to complete.

What Is the Benefit of Stem Cell Fat Grafting?

The use of fat from your own body means that your breasts will not have a foreign object within them. Complications, such as capsular contracture, occur after standard augmentation procedures because the body begins attacking the implant. Using fat from your own body minimizes this risk and the risk of any allergic reactions.

A standard fat graft also has a risk of too much fat absorbing back into the body, which would make the size of your breasts less voluptuous than intended. However, with stem cell fat grafting, the risk of reabsorption is much less. These cells retain around 80 percent of their volume, so while there is still a risk of reabsorption, that risk is much lower. Most patients are still satisfied with the size of their new breasts after a year.

Additionally, your fat is extracted from your body by way of a liposuction procedure. This not only gives Dr. Calabria an ample amount of fat and stem cells to work with, but it allows you to target specific areas of your body for fat removal (sites like the tummy and thighs are common choices).

Because your augmentation procedure is done through the injection of stem cells, there will be no incisions and no scars on your breasts. The only scars from the procedure will be located at the liposuction incision sites. These will be small and will likely fade over time.

Recovery and Results

You will likely feel some initial discomfort around the liposuction sites. Your breasts may feel slightly tender and sore, though this will subside quickly. This discomfort can be managed with pain medication, and wearing compression garments will help minimize swelling. While you can expect to see immediate results, your breasts will continue to improve gradually as the implanted fat becomes part of your body. Your full results can take up to six months or longer to be clearly visible.

To learn how you can improve the appearance of your breasts with a stem cell breast augmentation, call us to schedule your consultation with Dr. Calabria today. You can reach our Beverly Hills office at 323.612.0859, our Rancho Mirage office at 760.836.0077, or our Italian offices at +39.349.4662323.