The Role of Stem Cells and Stem Cell Derivatives in Aesthetics
The United States is currently spending nearly $1 billion a year on stem cell research, indicating an understanding of the life-changing potential stem cells have in the fields of medicine, aesthetics and beyond.
In 2013 Dr. Norma Kassardjian stated “Research at the Mayo Clinic has shown stem cell therapy to delay or even eliminate joint replacement procedures, a revelation discovered through the stem cells’ ability to repair damaged cartilage in the hips and knees. With all of these promising results, it is becoming clearer and clearer that we are on our way to a medical revolution, and it is stem cell research that is leading the charge.”
And recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) commented that overall, clinical advances using various stem cells suggest a promising future for opening a new cell therapeutic strategy in plastic surgery. Let’s take a look at what this new future holds now.
Stem Cell Face Lift
The stem cell facelift is a complete non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedure that has been performed at the Plastic Surgery Center Internationale for over four years with outstanding results. The main function of the procedure is to restore both the youthful contour and shape of the face as well as improve skin quality, tightness and color irregularities caused by the aging process, sun exposure and other environmental damage. Patients who have undergone this procedure frequently avoid or markedly reduce the need for other maintenance procedures like Botox and cosmetic filler injections. The function of the procedure is based on the regenerative capacity of a group of cells called adult stem cells.
What makes the stem cell facelifts unique and different from other fat transplant procedures is the fact that the abdominal fat and stem cells are mixed with a specific combination of growth factors that help both the stem cells and adipose tissues grow into the needed tissue to restore both the fat to enhance the volume of the face as well as skin elements to improve both the quality and texture of the skin.
Stem Cells in Cosmetic Surgery
Regenerative cell-based strategies, such as those encompassing the use of stem cells, hold tremendous promise for augmentation of the soft tissue space. Adult stem cells such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) circumvent many of the ethical and technical issues associated with embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as they can be isolated from developed tissues including bone marrow, fat, and skin. Adult stem cells are a highly useful cell population in regenerative medicine as their ease of isolation, multilineage differentiation, and potential for autologous transplantation makes them a favorable candidate for clinical translation.
As Dr. Jeffrey Caruth stated, “While progress with stem cells is in the early stages, cosmetic surgeons will be one of the principal players in this new segment of medicine.”
Micro-Needling With Stem Cells
According to the Aesthetics Journal, recent studies suggest that there is significant statistical improvement in skin hdyration, melanin, texture, dermal thickness and collagen by combining mirconeedling with stem cell treatments, compared to microneedling alone, The marked improvement of this combination has to do with the issue of penetration and absorption. The message molecules attach to a cell receptor and that cell makes more of the same chemical. It then excretes it between cells to signal the cells nearby and so forth, creating a cascade effect with built in amplification. Single growth factors can distort the process of tissue regeneration. Nature doesn’t apply single growth factors to a problem. They come in complex arrays (cocktails) perfectly balanced for coordinated regeneration.
Stem Cell Technology Triple Approach
Stemology skincare’s proprietary technology, StemCore-3™, utilizes a three-pronged approach for optimal anti-aging results. First Stemology products contain secreted components derived from laboratory grown human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) cultures. MSC’s are very versatile (commonly called the duct tape of the body) and differentiate to create the structural tissues of the body. Second, plant stem cells are added to the formulation. And while plant stem cells cannot provide growth factors or cytokines that communicate with human cells (the “language” is not the same), the do contain specific epigenetic factors, the function of which is to maintain the self-renewal capacity of stem cells. Finally, a cell-to-cell communicator is incorporated which helps to stimulate dermal fibroblast communication with other skin cells through growth factors and cytokines.
To learn more about scientific advancements in aesthetic stem cell technology, listen to the full webinar “The Roll of Stem Cells and Stem Cell Derivatives in Aesthetics,” visit http://medresultsnetwork.com/archivedwebinars/.
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