New Jersey cosmetic surgeon

The discovery that our fat contains large amounts of adipose derived stem cells has led doctors to market standard fat transfers as “stem cell facelifts”.  There are technologies, such as the Cytori Stem Source which isolates stems cells from the fat in about an hour and allows the concentrated stem cells and associated growth factors to be added to fat that is then injected in a standard manner.  There are theoretical benefits in terms of fat graft survival and skin rejuvenation to the stem cell enhanced fat grafts.  The addition of PRP (platelet rich plasma) which comes from blood to fat grafts is also marketed as a “stem cell facelift” but there is no significant stem cell population in PRP only growth factors.