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Revolutionary Fat Transfer Procedures Are Now Available from La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 14th, 2011

2011 APR 14 -- "Cell enriched fat transfer" sounds like either a science fiction comic or a medical school test question, but it is neither. It is a new technique that allows plastic surgeons to take fatty (adipose) tissue from a patient's own body, purify it, and place it -- safely and permanently -- in a different location of their choice.

Research over the past decade has shown that adipose tissue contains large amounts of stem and regenerative cells, the same versatile cells found in human embryos. With patient consent, La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre began participating in this research four years ago, and in January 2011 began performing cell...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2011-04-14)

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