Sooner than you think. But does that mean the end of the road for silicone and saline implants?Unlikely.
Scientists in Japan have developed a way to use fat cells from a woman's own tissue combined with stem cells to create an implantable tissue that looks and feels smoother than current silicone and saline implants.
Although the procedure is still being tested in Japan and Europe the results look promising. There needs to be an established set of long term data, such as side effects and durability, but time will tell.
Whether or not testing will begin in the United States is up to the FDA.
Oddly enough the procedure is based off of a process developed by a California firm using fat tissue and stem cells. The problem with implanting fat into other parts of the body is that the fat tissue without a blood supply eventually dies off. The use of stem cells promotes the growth of blood vessels to fuel the fat tissue, keeping the fat cells alive.
This process also is being tested in other types of tissue replacement procedures and may eventually help with curing of degenerative diseases and or accident victims that lose parts of their body tissue.
The cosmetic use of this process was started by Dr. Kotaro Yoshimura who is a surgeon at Tokyo University who said, “I believe that within five years my procedure will be available as plastic surgery and that it will prove very popular."
The main drawback to this process is the required amount of fat tissue needed for the implant, precisely twice the amount for a single implant which can be a problem for women with small amounts of fat tissue and also a problem for those wanting larger implants.
Of the 39 patients he's tested this procedure on he claims that there have been no major problems yet.
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