For several years, facial and dermal treatments with artificial fillers such as Hyaluron as well as with Botox are very popular. They should promptly eradicate wrinkles through small injections. But the treatment of the external signs of age with artificial fillers has a series of severe disadvantages: the treatment results functions unnaturally and the “rejuvenating” effect prevails only for a limited period. The New Cosmetic Surgery is therefore based on the regenerating potency of the stem cells from natural body fat for the rejuvenation of face and skin, which renders an appreciable and sustainable rejuvenation of the skin appearance possible!
The application of artificial fillers in the face or for skin rejuvenation on other body regions is by no means advisable. The filler substances change namely the natural maneuverability of the skin and reduce its elasticity. Moreover, the skin functions irregularly and unnaturally after a treatment with artificial fillers over several years. In many cases, the filler causes fibrotic lumps under the skin on the treated skin areas. It is likewise advised against wrinkle treatment with Botox (Botulinumtoxin), as Botox causes the degeneration of the skin glands and thus the skin becomes drier and thinner.
Just the opposite happens in case of facial and skin rejuvenation with fat and natural stem cells: the injected fat becomes seamlessly incorporated into the existing tissue, wherefore the result looks essentially more natural. Beside the filling material – natural body cells are more preferable to artificial fillers – the injection technique also plays an important role for the success of the treatment. In most of the cases it is less advisable to inject liposuctioned fat directly into the wrinkles elsewhere on the body. Wrinkles are the result of the mechanical pressure, which the muscles exert on the tissue. If fat is injected into the wrinkles, it is pushed away to the surrounding regions from the point of injection by the muscle pressure. Thus the undesired result becomes only more pronounced.
Instead of direct injection of fillers into wrinkles as well as the nasolabial wrinkles, a treatment of the total skin region with stem cell-enriched autologous fat or a stem cell suspension is recommended. The stem cells reinforce and rejuvenate the tissue and as a result the skin becomes smooth and wrinkles disappear. Depending on the individual conditions, this treatment should be repeated several times.
If the nasolabial wrinkles were already well visible in early years, one should never attempt to simply “fill” them or “inject” them away. The face would lose its character through this treatment and look unnatural. Such unnatural results are often seen on prominent persons, who had let their wrinkles be “filled” with artificial fillers. Only in the case of the emergence of the nasolabial wrinkle as a result of skin aging, a direct treatment through injection of stem cells and autologous fat is sensible. Beside the restoration of the lost face volume by injecting stem cell-enriched autologous fat, however, the total face should be treated with stem cell injections, in order to achieve a significant rejuvenation.
By combination of wrinkle treatment with stem cells on face and skin with a Hormonal Regeneration® (BHRT), the rejuvenating effect can be more intensified. Many signs of age are namely symptoms of a chronic hormone deficit, which can be successfully treated by systematic application of bioidentical hormones tailored for the patient. As a result of the combination therapy, the skin appearance improves and even more stubborn wrinkles become smoothened.
DDr. Heinrich, MD