Autologous Fat Injections (Lipofilling) in the Face in Young Patients?
I was just asked by a young woman: Can you tell me at what age autologous fat injections can be performed? Is there an age limit? Would the skin age faster than normal if the treatment is done at young age? My answer: Autologous fat injections (lipofilling) are possible at any age and have no […]
Sarah Jessica Parker: What Does Carrie Bradshaw Do about Her “Scary Hands“?
Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York – who doesn’t know them? In the famous cult series Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker alias Carrie paints the town red with her best friends. Although they couldn’t be more different in personality, they get along famously. The ambitious columnist Carrie is unhappy in […]
Stem Cell Breast Augmentation for Transgender People
Transgender people often want a natural feminine body silhouette without silicone implants. The challenge is on the one hand, if they have enough fat tissue, and on the other hand, if their breasts are sufficiently flexible to be augmented with body fat. First, regarding the required fat: Normal weight men have too little fat for […]
What to Do in “Tubular Breasts”?
Constrictions in the anterior part of the breast lead to tubular or trunk-shaped form deviation. Affected women suffer greatly. Instead of dilation with implants correction of the breast form with traditional fat transfer (lipofilling) or autologous stem cell-enriched fat (cell-assisted lipotransfer, CAL) can be performed to improve the breasts’ shape. This requires a special microsurgical […]
Miley Cyrus: New Breasts instead of Teen Image?
In her famous music video Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus is swinging scantily dressed a sledgehammer, baring all and riding on a wrecking ball lasciviously. 500 million people watched this video on YouTube, which caused a sensation in media. With its release the 20-year-old succeeded in getting rid of her virtuous role as Hannah Montana from […]
Hair Growth Treatment Using Fat from the Belly?
Recently a patient asked me whether we could use stem cells from fat harvested with liposuction from his belly in the treatment of his male pattern baldness. Check on our page about stem cell treatments for face, skin, and hair what I explained to him. DDr. Heinrich, MD
When Does the Health Insurance Pay for Liposuction?
Patients planning to undergo liposuction ask me this question again and again. Basically, health insurances have to be very thrifty because of the high costs of the health system, and thus only pay if they are have a clear contractual obligation. If you want to receive treatments which are not part of the everyday “standard”, […]
Massive Lipedema, Overweight and Osteoarthritis as a Result of Light Drinks? (Part 3)
And now for the osteoarthritis, which of course is caused by the excess weight. What can we do to help her except of assisting in weight loss? The extracted fat contains a lot of the body’s own stem cells and we take advantage of their regenerative power on affected joints. Each time she gets liposuction […]
Madonna: When High Heels Can be Fatal
Madonna has been a successful singer for more than thirty years and when her music is not in the spotlight her great looks and pep keep her fans enthralled. It is therefore not surprising that she is also surrounded by young men. Madonna’s current boyfriend is 26 year-old Timor Steffens from Holland, ironically called “Toy […]
Methods of Rejuvenation: Treatment Using Stem Cells (Part 3)
The body’s own (autologous) stem cells could revolutionize regenerative and aesthetic medicine in the future. Adult stem cells which are contained in body fat in large numbers have the potential to develop into a variety of tissue types. Thus their healing effect can be utilized to regenerate many weaknesses of the body caused by aging […]