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Posted November 30, 2008 in Breast Implants
On Wednesday, November 19, CNN reported on Japanese surgeon Kotaro Yoshimura and his somewhat controversial breast augmentation method. Yoshimura has received notoriety for using stem cell assisted lipotransfer in his breast augmentation procedures. The regenerative capabilities present in stem cells are supposed to make fat grafting more effective. Clinical trials are apparently underway in the […]
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Posted October 21, 2008 in Plastic Surgery In The Media
At the historic Chautauqua Institution last summer, Bioethics expert Art Caplan gave a lecture about living longer, looking better and why that is permissible from a moral perspective. His talk included many interesting references to plastic surgery and anti-aging. In the first few minutes of his speech, Caplan recalls a story about a woman who […]
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Posted September 30, 2008 in Breast Implants
International demand has prompted San Diego company, Cytori Therapeutics Inc., to develop a device that combines human body fat with stem cells and other cells that are thought to have regenerative properties. Fat grafting is tricky business, but a New York plastic surgeon claims to have a workable technique. Dr. Sydney Coleman was recently published […]
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