More hair and a younger face thanks to autologous stem cells and growth factors

For many years I have been providing especially gentle treatments from the Regenerative Medicine repertoire at the Clinic DDr. Heinrich: along with Hormonal Regeneration®, autologous stem cells from autologous fat for enhancing, rejuvenating, and regenerating the body are particularly worth mentioning.

The biological potential of stem cells contained in fat deposits enables an impressive regeneration of facial and body skin. Other possibilities for this treatment include the so-called stem cell facelift, sustainable body silhouette shaping, and also silicone-free breast augmentation!

The rejuvenating effect of stem cells lies in part in the fact that they produce special tissue hormones (growth factors). The bioidentical synthesis of these hormones in the laboratory and the therapeutic implementation thereof have been possible for some time.

Moreover, it is possible to stimulate thinning hair to more luxurious growth with specially adapted hair follicle growth factors. Whether it will be possible to treat complete baldness with this method, however, remains to be seen.

With a little training, one can even perform this treatment oneself at home.

The future lies in the use of cell-specific growth factors and tissue hormones! It is important to note, however, that an optimum regeneration of organs and tissues cannot be achieved by local measures alone. A thorough regenerative treatment of the whole body is required in all cases, and Hormonal Regeneration® (bioidentical hormonal replacement therapy) is the gold standard for doing so.

Stem cell therapy with autologous stem cells from autologous fat will be an option for rejuvenating organs and the entire body in the not too distant future.

We are thus making great strides towards achieving the benefits of that legendary Golden Age, in which people live for more than 100 years in relative ease, remain attractive and vital, and show hardly any signs of aging. What do you think?

DDr. Heinrich, MD

News about stem cell breast augmentation

The trend toward gentler, less invasive Cosmetic Surgery methods is increasingly gaining in importance. As a leader in Europe, our surgery in Vienna has been performing breast augmentation using stem cells since the year 2007.

These types of intervention have also recently started to be offered in the United States. In fact, U.S. media is positive, sometimes even euphoric, concerning the potential of stem cell-enriched autologous fat. The results of stem cell therapy are convincing due to their special natural appearances and significantly less invasiveness when compared to traditional methods such as silicone implants and facelifts.

Stem cell therapy utilizing stem cell-enriched autologous fat particularly lends itself, apart from the body shaping (e.g. breast, buttocks, dent correction, etc.), also to treatments for face, cleavage and hand skin rejuvenation.

Patients often ask me whether every woman is suited for breast augmentation using stem cell-enriched autologous fat and what the limits are concerning the increase in size of the breasts.

To which extent a particular woman’s breasts can be enlarged depends largely on the elasticity of her breast tissue. The more compliant and stretchable the breast tissue is, the more it can absorb stem cell-enriched fat. In particular, we are frequently consulted by women who have lost breast volume following breast feeding.

Thus, in this process, a certain “looseness” of the breast is an advantage if more than 1 cup size should be gained. For breasts having a normal level of firmness, it is usual to achieve an increase of about 1 cup size per surgical intervention. However, for breasts that are very firm, more than one intervention may be necessary to achieve the desired result.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Safety confirmed of breast augmentation with autologous fat stem cells

Since 2003, breast augmentation utilizing stem cells from autologous fat has been developed enabling silicon-free breast reconstruction following cancer surgery. Till now though, it was unclear whether this might reactivate the cancer again. However, University of Pittsburgh researchers led by Prof. Albert Donnenberg have now demonstrated that stem cell-enriched autologous fat is safe even in the presence of inactive tumor cells.

Breast augmentation with the body’s own stem cells is suitable for both reconstruction after tumor removal and for cosmetic reasons for women wanting larger breasts or wanting to regain lost breast volume following breastfeeding and weight loss. Our Clinic DDr. Heinrich was the first place in Europe where such aesthetic treatments were performed in 2007.

I have long maintained professional exchanges with international stem cell researchers. For example, I discussed the potential of autologous fat stem cells for aesthetic and therapeutic treatments with Prof. Donnenberg in 2008. Together with my team I further developed breast augmentation using stem cells and optimized both the results and patient tolerance.

The required breast augmentation fat is collected by liposuction using microcannulas and following stem cell-enrichment is injected into the breast using fine needles. Fatty tissue having good blood circulation is then developed that enlarges the breasts permanently. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia or “twilight sleep” and the results are impressive due to their naturalness and freedom of scars.

In our Clinic DDr. Heinrich we also utilize stem cell-enriched autologous fat treatments for face, cleavage and hand skin rejuvenation; as well as for buttocks, hips, thighs and calves “body-forming” and correction of dents arising from liposuction.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

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Safety confirmed of breast augmentation with autologous fat stem cells

Stem cell-enriched autologous fat makes permanent natural breast enlargement

Vienna (2010-10-12) — Since 2003, breast augmentation utilizing stem cells from autologous fat has been developed enabling silicon-free breast reconstruction following cancer surgery. Till now though, it was unclear whether this might reactivate the cancer again. However, University of Pittsburgh researchers led by Prof. Albert Donnenberg have now demonstrated that stem cell-enriched autologous fat is safe even in the presence of inactive tumor cells.

“Breast augmentation with the body’s own stem cells is suitable for both reconstruction after tumor removal and for cosmetic reasons for women wanting larger breasts or wanting to regain lost breast volume following breastfeeding and weight loss,” says DDr. Karl-Georg Heinrich, a Viennese pioneer of stem cell breast augmentation.

DDr. Heinrich, who’s Clinic has performed such aesthetic treatments since 2007, has long maintained professional exchanges with international stem cell researchers. The potential of autologous fat stem cells for aesthetic and therapeutic treatments was discussed with Prof. Donnenberg in 2008. DDr. Heinrich himself further developed breast augmentation using stem cells and optimized both the results and patient tolerance.

The Clinic DDr. Heinrich also utilizes stem cell-enriched autologous fat treatments for face, cleavage and hand skin rejuvenation; as well as for buttocks, hips, thighs and calves “body-forming” and correction of dents arising from liposuction.

Further information: www.breastaugmentation-without-silicone.com.

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The expensive business of eternal youth

The decisive factor in maintaining vitality, performance, and youthfulness right up to old age is the ability for the hormone glands to consistently produce the body’s hormones in the right quantities. However, hormone production requires a high level of energy and the body often starts already at the age of 30 years to “save” in this direction. When this process of saving starts and how quickly it progresses, depends mainly on ones genetic material and ones living circumstances (e.g. exercise, diet, stress, etc).

You can recognize from people’s faces and bodies, whether they are already in the hormone “save” mode or whether their hormone glands are still producing sufficient amounts of them. Those people who look much younger than they actually are, always have hormone levels similar to those of much younger people – either due to “natural” (i.e. genetic) reasons or because they are receiving hormone treatments.

While discussion in Austria is still concentrating on the sense or not of administering hormones at a certain age; this is no longer a theme at international anti-aging conferences. International experts now concentrate purely on as to when, how and at what dosage bioidentical hormones should be administered once the performance of the body’s own hormone producing glands has slowed down.

An effective anti-aging treatment therefore begins with a comprehensive analysis of all relevant hormones and the detection of hormone deficiencies. The subsequent therapy then utilizes as natural as possible bioidentical hormones, together with of course a growth hormone when a deficiency exists. This is because simply put – despite its name – it is not only used to “grow,” but also to maintain the body in a stable and vital condition.

Despite existing hormone deficiencies, it is often sufficient every few years to make a treatment with bioidentical hormones spanning several months. This is because the optimization of the hormone levels over a specific time period not only appears to have a considerable regeneration effect on every organ, but also stays effective for a long period. Very stubborn visible signs of aging can be made to disappear by means of microcannular liposuction and stem cell treatment using the body’s own stem cells.

Of course, such hormone treatments should only be performed by specialized doctors and consideration must especially be made about the patient’s overall hormone balance. Everything, such as weight reduction is even easier when hormones are in balance with each other. The good news is that through these treatments many of the alternative anti-aging measures, which mostly involve self-mortification, can be totally avoided.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Courtney Love’s Stem Cell Facelift

Currently, the media reports about the U.S. singer Courtney Love (46) whose face suddenly appeared to be about 10 years younger. It is rumored that she has undergone a stem cell facelift, which uses the body’s own stem cells obtained from autologous fat. While the surveyed surgeons in the United States are just making their first steps utilizing stem cell technology for this application, we in our Clinic DDr. Heinrich have for more than three years been successfully performing to a broad public facelifts without scalpels and breast augmentations using stem cell enriched autologous fat.

For some years now, research has been carried out concerning the biological potential of viable cells such as stem cells and progenitor cells, which are included in each person’s own fat. Based on these findings, we decided early in 2007 to start performing treatments utilizing the body’s own stem cells. The positive results for facelifts and breast augmentations utilizing stem cells has confirmed our beliefs that stem cells rejuvenate the tissue into which they are injected and stem cell enriched autologous fat forms natural living tissue, the majority of which is retained for a long period.

Conventional treatments using the patient’s own fat sucked off from one body part and then injected “untreated” into the face, have been around for decades. However, occasional boosters are necessary because over time much of this fat is broken down again by the body. It also lacks the spectacular rejuvenating effect obtained via stem cell treatments. Surgical facelifts with a scalpel or injections of Botox and hyaluronic acid, which some doctors use for facial “rejuvenation” often lead to unnatural looking results, as well as having a number of other disadvantages. In contrast, the stem cell facelift is convincing by its natural character and durability of the result, as well as by the local rejuvenating effect.

Of crucial importance for the success of interventions utilizing autologous stem cells is the experience in dealing with the collection of autologous fat, its preparation and its implantation in to the treatment region. Over the years, I and my team were able to refine existing treatment techniques to optimize the results and patient tolerance. More and more patients like Courtney Love now benefit from this treatment. In the Clinic DDr. Heinrich, patients are not only in very experienced and competent hands, but they can also combine the treatment with a stay in beautiful Vienna. That’s really wonderful – what do you think about that idea?

DDr. Heinrich, MD

New Cosmetic Surgery dispenses with silicone and scalpel

Dr. Pitanguy is a veteran of cosmetic surgery. Even in the early sixties his name was known from reports in glossy magazines. I met him at a convention in Atlanta, where he reported on some of his surgical procedures. I admire him personally and his contributions to the guild are unique. Yet unnoticed by most doctors and the media, a new era of cosmetic surgery has begun. Busty girls made of silicone, aging Hollywood stars with revamped, tight-stretched dolls’ faces – all this could soon be in the past. Cosmetic surgery today is evolving into a multidisciplinary beauty and rejuvenation medicine in which scalpels and silicone are in most cases no longer needed.

The New Cosmetic Surgery uses minimally invasive, gentle cosmetic surgery under local anaesthesia. An example of minimally invasive surgery is microcannular liposuction, which enables very careful and precise shaping of body and face with minimal aftercare of only a few days. Furthermore, it uses the body’s own stem cells, obtained from fat tissue by means of microcannulas, which for example enable permanent breast augmentation without silicone! This technology also makes obsolete the famous ‘Facelift Method’ of Dr. Pitanguy, tested on many stars, as well as eyelid corrections and wrinkle treatment with “fillers”. Stem cells have a direct local regenerating and rejuvenating effect and can be used in aesthetic treatments in place of the tightening and gathering treatments with a scalpel!

As many apparently “natural” cosmetic and functional problems of aging that have been addressed to date with the scalpel are in fact symptoms of a chronic lack of certain hormones, in the New Cosmetic Surgery we use bioidentical hormones to boost the age-related decrease in hormone levels back to the individual optimum values. The result: regeneration and rejuvenation from inside out, greater vitality and an appearance of between one to 15 years younger.

The enormous potential of the New Cosmetic Surgery resides in the perfect and harmonious combination of these treatments! Almost all cosmetic problems of the face, body and skin can thus be optimally treated with completely natural results. Trimming with a scalpel or silicone implants will in the future probably only be considered in exceptional cases!

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Effective Anti-Aging with bioidentical hormones

Almost all anti-aging experts agree that what is crucial to remaining vital, strong and youthful well into old age is that all the endocrine glands of the body produce hormones in the right amount. While we in Austria and Germany are still discussing whether one could therefore justify a certain age-hormone substitution, the debate at leading scientific anti-aging conferences in U.S. and Asia is no longer about “if” but only about “starting when” and “in what doses”. What is essential, however, is that the hormones used must be “bioidentical”. Unfortunately, in post-menopausal therapy it was not bioidentical hormones that were normally used but rather artificial hormones similar to drugs, whose side effects have in the meanwhile been proven in large-scale studies. So when one also speaks of the “increased risk of breast cancer”, one must stress that this is increased when artificial pseudo-oestrogens are administered in high monotherapy doses, which goes against the physiology of the human body.

An effective anti-aging treatment always begins with a comprehensive analysis of all relevant hormones, determination of hormone deficiencies and subsequent therapy with bioidentical hormones that are as natural as possible – of course, with growth hormone as well, if that is deficient. Contrary to the scientifically outdated opinion that is often bandied about, HGH does not promote cancer, but on the contrary protects against it, if properly applied. Hormonal balance in particular must be taken into account; everything, even weight loss, is easier if the hormones are in balance with each other. Our patients feel and look impressively younger by up to 15 years when they are treated with bioidentical hormones. And what is pleasing – many of the other anti-aging measures, which consist mainly of self-castigation, are therefore completely dispensed with!

Together with the cutting-edge field of anti-aging and cosmetic medicine and the body’s own stem cells, which are obtained by means of special procedures using suction-assisted extraction of autologous fat, bioidentical hormones make up an important pillar of the New Cosmetic Surgery that enables impressive aesthetic treatments: from rejuvenation and tightening of the face and eyelids, which dispense with face lifts and eyelid surgery, to body forming and even breast augmentation without silicone!

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Sir Sean Connery would rather be 40 than 80…

What 80-year-old would rather not look like a 40-year-old and play just as vital a part in life? This is true too for the “Sexiest Man Alive”, Sean Connery, who recently celebrated his 80^th birthday.

In the legendary Golden Age, people reputedly looked youthful until well into old age and remained as vital as 40-year-olds. Some researchers believe memories of the Palaeolithic underlie the legend of the golden age, as advancements in hunting technology allowed people easy access to good quality food in otherwise relatively peaceful and pleasant living conditions.

We can already perform not only breast augmentation with stem cells, but also fully fledged rejuvenation of facial skin and tissue in our Vienna clinic! And the best thing: as a starting point we need just a little of the body’s own fat, which we extract using microcannular liposuction… A few steps on the road back to paradise – what do you think?

DDr. Heinrich, MD