BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Do you want younger looking skin without the traditional cutting and pulling of traditional face lifts? A new kind of cosmetic procedure called the Stem Cell Facelift might do the trick.
Allison Dolphin is a 54-year-old mother and grandmother who's looking to have a cosmetic change.
"For me, a traditional facelift really isn't an option because I don't want to cut and pull, and I don't wanna look like it's done," Dolphin said. "I really am looking for a more natural appearance"
So, she's sought out Dr. Nathan Newman in Beverly Hills where he does something called a Stem Cell Facelift which is just what it sounds like - a procedure that uses one's own stem cells.
"They get a mini lipo from wherever they have the extra pocket of fat that they wanna get rid of, we take the fat out from the body, process the fat, separate the stem cells, concentrate it and inject it back," Dr. Newman said.
So the patient gets the benefits of liposuction, as well as that of a facelift except on big difference.
"There's no cutting, there's no pulling, there's no stitches," Dr. Newman said. "All the areas that you've lost volume, we're gonna try to raise it up. After we've taken out the fat through a mini liposuction procedure, we process the fat and we separate out some of the fat."
The stem cells are separated using a centrifuge - just one of the steps before they're ready to be injected. The stem cells are separated out as well in this process. Although, this is only a part of what has to happen before it's ready to be injected.
"What we're going to do is add the stem cells into this syringe, and once we have them mixed, we're going to inject it into the face," Dr. Newman said.
Using body fat in procedures like this is nothing new, but the use of stem cells is. As an article in the New York Times points out, some doctors say there's little evidence proving that using the cells really makes a difference.
"Yes, fat grafting gives you a little bit of volume, but it's the stem cells that really bring it to a whole different level," Dr. Newman said. "We need the worker bees which are the stem cells so that when we inject the fat with it, it will have something to hold on to so it looks natural and looks good and not just a big lump of fat just sitting somewhere."
"The recovery was really minimal," Dolphin said. "I had somewhat felt like pressure when there was swelling, but in terms of being able to get up, I could've gone to work two days post-op."
Dr. Newman says Stem Cell Facelifts last five to 10 years and are a fraction of the cost of a traditional facelift.
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