December 20th, 2011 admin
I’m in my fifties and I often ask myself: Where would I go for “My Face lift” ? It should not have been a difficult question to answer. There are many qualified plastic surgeons around, especially in Beverly Hills, that are specialized in facial rejuvenation. You would think that for a plastic surgeon, it would be easier to pick the best one around. Who better then a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon would know who is the best in town? As a plastic surgeon, we know what is going on behind closed doors. We know what to look for.Like for celebrities, you would assume that a famous movie star would know where to go. Why, though, there are so many major movie stars that look “done”? have they not used ” the best in town”? Why it has been so difficult for me? who should I go to? Is the most expensive plastic surgeon in town the best? Hard to tell, he does not even have a website to show his results. Is the one all over the Internet on the first page of google, the best? I don’t thing so, it’s only means that he is very astute with marketing. Are about the one who has been featured on the reality show? Well, maybe it is just good PR! And the professor of a big university center? Does he really operate a lot or he is around the world giving lectures? Are about the good looking one, he is very popular! Well, let’s face it, some is the success is due to “his look”, can I really trust him?! There is the other one who is really affable and he has good manners! Yes, but is he a good surgeon?
I really don’t have an answer about all these questions. Maybe I know too much! So I started acting like I was a regular patient , got on the Internet and started searching. What I was looking for? Definitely pre-operative and post- operative pictures! It may sounds a bit snobbish but I was disappointed about my search. Even the most well known plastic surgeons did not show very impressive results, and considering that what we put on the website should be our best work, I was not impressed at all. Yes, their credentials were fantastic with absolutely incredible media exposure and great information about the procedure along with really positive feed backs from previous patients, but the before and after? so, so.
So where will I go for my face lift? I don’t know yet. In the mean time, for all the reasons I mentioned before, I was flattered when another plastic surgeon in town had chosen me to do her face lift: I like to think she has done her home work!
PS: the only other option that would have not hurt my ego is that she had picked me for “The look”!
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December 6th, 2011 admin
Questions that I get asked frequently is ” How long a face lift last?” and ” How many times would I have to repeat it?” Also “Can a person have too many face lift?” and most importantly ” How Can I avoid that ” pulled” or “done” look? and ” Do I need a face lift?”.
Let’s start saying that nobody “needs” a face lift. Paraphrasing an old Harvard Professor, ” Does anybody need Beethoven?”. We do not need to listen to Beethoven music but some of us enjoy doing just that. So the “need” of a face lift is a personal choice, something that should come from inside yourself and it should not be an “imposed” decision. It is true that there are a myriad of reasons why patients like to look younger from being more competitive at work to restart a fresh life with a new companion etc.. and there are all valid, but again you should do it for yourself, not to pleased somebody else.
Traditionally a well “done” face lift should set back the clock about 10-15 years, but the clock does not stop clicking so you will continue to age differently according to your genetic background, your diet, your habits ( smoking-drinking,excercise, etc) etc.. but the most important thing to remember is that you are going to keep that age gap you acquired by doing a face lift for the rest of your life. So, for example, at fifty-five you are going to look in your early forty, etc.etc.. So you will continue to look younger that your age even if you will not do any other surgical procedure ever.
“Can I have too many face lift’s?” the answer is :”you can have too many bad face lift’s! ” and” Even one is too much if is not done well! “I can not underscore the importance of delivering a natural result in the first effort. Most face lift have an horizontal vector of pull and no volume replacement versus the vertical vector implemented in my technique along with a “volumization” of the deeper layers that gives a more youthful look. Now, in face lift revisions or second time face lifts the volume and vector are even more important in order to avoid or correct the previous pitfalls and errors. A separate issue are the old scars that needs to be revised to avoid the “tell tell”signs of previous surgery.
Facelift surgery is a blend of art ,cutting-edge techniques ,state of the art technologies and a personal sense of beauty: all the factors are equally important in the ever challenging equation of “beauty making”.
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September 29th, 2010 Dr. Calabria
The latest controversial article on the Los Angeles Times about Stem Cell face lift has sparked a renewed interest on the subject and despite the good intention of the writer Chris Wohlson in educating the public about the topic, not all the facts were represented and some, in my personal opinion, were misrepresented.
It is true that a lot of the claims of the so called “stem cell face lift experts “are lacking of science and not factually based, but it is even more true that most of the experts are in actuality using doing simple fat grafting in the face and giving it a new and more catchy name: Stem cell face lift.
As I pointed out in my previous blog entry, it is a clear attempt to mislead the public. Fat grating is anything but new, when in fact some of the new technology in Stem cell research is really a cutting edge technology and, in my opinion, worth pursuing it.
There are some scientific data backing up the fact that the fat that has been turbo-charged with this new technology has a longer survival rate that regular fat grafting and therefore the results are more long lasting to say the least.
It is clear that the technique is in evolution and more data needs to be collected in order to test the efficacy of the new procedure.
I think a distinction should be made between some doctors out here who are trying to capitalize on the newest stem cell band wagon and other, like myself, who are truly dedicated to innovative procedures and invested hundreds of thousand dollars in new technology to bring excellence to the public.
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May 24th, 2010 Dr. Calabria
CUTTING TO THE CHASE
Calabria lives at the cutting edge of the best of all worlds. He develops new procedures in the more progressive European Union and eventually uses them in the United States, when the FDA approves of their use.
Calabria’s most recent work includes the Cell Enhanced Face Lift, a procedure that involves the use of stem cells.
His most recent work includes the Cell Enhanced Face Lift, a procedure that involves the use of stem cells. The procedure is in use in Italy. He is counting any day now on FDA approval for the procedure’s use in his Beverly Hills office.
The diversity of a global enterprise offers many advantages, he says. “I have offices strategically in places like Rome, Milano, Rancho Mirage, and Los Angeles. You settle in a place that you like, and then you devote your time to build your practice. It’s nice to be in an area where there are affluent people who can afford to get plastic surgery.”
Having offices in all his favorite cities might be enjoyable, but it has also proved to be a smart business move to stay ahead both financially as well as technologically. If the business dips in one area due to a downfall in the economy, his business can remain steady by turning more attention to the other geographic areas.
“It’s fun to have practices in both Europe and [in the US] because one of the main differences is that even though we have seen a drop in our cases in the United States, in Europe they have a more conservative approach. In fact, there is a recession there, but it’s a little milder and people have not overspent,” he adds.
Whereas the FDA regulations are more restrictive, Calabria can find the flexibility he needs in the more lenient and experimental-friendly European market. He also enjoys bringing the Hollywood/Beverly Hills cutting-edge techniques to Europe. In the United States, “you have to be on the top all the time, and you can’t afford to fall behind on anything because the competition is so high,” he notes.
STEM CELL FACELIFT
One-half of plastic surgery is in the technology and the other half is left to the surgeon’s aesthetic taste, to his sense of beauty, Calabria says.
Calabria is careful to first point out the distinction of using adult stem cells as opposed to embryonic stem cells, which are the center of controversy. “We know now with the new administration, there’s been a little bit of an opening of research for embryonic stem cells,” he says. “But embryonic stem cells are not a focus of interest as this time. We’re focusing more on adult stem cells.”
How did he create the Cell Enhanced Face Lift? “About a decade ago, we discovered that there were adult stem cells present in a body in a sort of dormant state, and they get reactivated when they get a signal from our body,” he says.
Ironically, a rich source of these adult stem cells is found in fat. “Some of the skin texture improves with fat grafting alone, so we started thinking why this is happening. We are postulating right now that obviously these adult stem cells they have a sort of a regenerative capacity. They actually regenerate tissues and increase blood vessels and increase blood flow into the skin, and that’s why the skin looks better,” he continues.
“We’ve been using fat grafting for the last 10 years, with some sort of a success, but really we call it always, ‘technique dependent.’ What does that mean? In fat grafting, the problem is longevity. In some fat grafting, 80% to 90% gets reabsorbed. Some of it lasts longer, and we really don’t know why. Also, I’ve seen cases in which patients had fat grafting done in the face and they gained weight. When you gain weight, the fat cells increase. It’s kind of a double-edged sword. I’ve seen patients looking a little bit bizarre after gaining weight after fat grafting.”
Longevity of fat grafting poses an issue independent of the surgeon performing the procedure. However, another part of fat grafting is very much reliant on the skills of the person performing this specialized technique.
“In plastic surgery, what is fun and what is great about it is that half of that is the new technology and half of that is left to the plastic surgeon himself—to his aesthetic taste, to his sense of beauty, to his technique,” Calabria says. “There’s never one solution; there’s always three or four or five. And that’s what I like. It’s your interpretation that makes it fun. It’s important to combine the talent with having that technology. If someone is closed to new technologies and new ideas, they’re sort of left where you were when first they trained. If you have only a hammer, then the whole world looks like a nail. I like to offer everything and pick and choose the best to use. It’s useless to put fat grafting on a round face. But if I used fat grafting all the time, then I would use it even in that case.”
It is the art of making the right choices for his patients. One example of this is in knowing how to say no. “It’s very stressful dealing with celebrities,” he admits. “But I started dealing with them early on. It’s hard to say no to a celebrity when they ask you. It’s hard to say no, you don’t need it. Look at Michael Jackson. Celebrities have a lot of time on their hands and it’s really a competitive world, but there’s nothing worse than an overdone celebrity.”
WORKING WITH HIGH-TECH
Calabria’s well-apportioned Beverly Hills-based office has an invitingly crisp, European feel.
Calabria mentions a new branch of medicine called regenerative medicine. “It is going to look at the role of regenerative cells and how to use them in regenerating tissues, not only in plastic surgery but in medicine,” he explains. “Cardiac surgeons are looking at how to use cardiac stem cells to regenerate healthy muscle tissue after a heart attack. Scientists are also using stem cells to try to regenerate tissue after a stroke and to help people with diabetes.
“We can actually treat it through a complicated process,” he continues. “It sort of washes out debris and then washes out the fat cells, and then concentrates what we call regenerative cells. In fat cells, there are not only stem cells, but also there are cells produced in growth factor and there are cells producing blood vessels. Grouped together, they are called regenerative cells.”
To “wash” stem cells out of adult fat, Calabria uses the Celution device from Cytori Therapeutics, San Diego. With this device, “the regenerative cells present in the fat are being concentrated about 10 times as much as the regular fat,” he says. “There are two ways to go. One is using them as pure regenerative cells to reinject. The other is mixing it again with fat and creating a so-called turbo-charged fat cell, in which the stem cells are in highest concentration—much more concentrated than any regular fat. This allows the fat to actually not be reabsorbed as fast, so the longevity of the fat grafting is enhanced and the results are improved. Again, there is the highest concentration of stem cells and regenerative cells. I used this device in Italy for the first time about a year ago. And I was one of the first ones to actually do what we call a stem cell facelift using this technology.”
According to Calabria, the process is as follows: harvest the fat, process the fat via the Cytori device, retrieve only the concentrated “washed” fat, and perform the facelift.
In addition, he has found more than one way to use these harvested regenerative cells—use them in combination with the facelift for volumizing, he says, although he adds that he has not done this yet.
“I’ve done a lot of fat grafting,” he notes, “using small tiny incisions and injecting the stem cells in the same way. That is a little trickier because the placement has to be very precise, and with the procedure with the facelift you can actually place it very precisely under the muscle in the areas that you want to.”
THE BALANCING ACT
Just as he balances his practice between Europe and the United Sates, Renato Calabria, MD, has found an important balance between work and personal life.
“Family is very important,” he says. “I’m a traditional Italian dad. I have three wonderful kids and a lovely wife, and so I like to spend a lot of time with them. We like to go to Italy often. We’re actually remodeling a house in Tuscany. It’s an 18th-century farm.”
Calabria wants his children to understand their roots, so he exposes them to their Italian and European upbringing as much as he can.
When he’s not with his family, Calabria also enjoys an active and healthy lifestyle. “I like to do a lot of sports. I play soccer and tennis. I was born in The Dolomites, so I’ve been skiing since I was 4 years old. I’m vegetarian. I don’t drink. I don’t drink coffee. People say, ‘What? You don’t drink wine; you don’t drink coffee. Are you sure you’re Italian?’ But I eat a lot of pasta. My wife says she would pay a lot of money to see me drunk once.”
As far as volunteer work, Calabria has traveled to South and Central America to do cleft palate repair, and he has been involved with a new volunteer military foundation that includes Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
However, since he has gotten married he has done a little bit less pro bono work, “because it’s hard with the children,” he says. “But that is very rewarding. It is a nice change of pace from Hollywood to all you get in the end is the smile of the mother seeing the kid who had the cleft lip repaired. That’s the most rewarding thing that you can have.”
Ultimately Calabria loves what he does. “I do it with my heart,” he says. “In training, we used to work 100 hours a week, you know, for 10 years. I had no life for 10 years, but it’s always been fun one way or another. It’s been a great journey, and now that I combine it with the European experience, it’s phenomenal—the best of both worlds.”
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As he performs his facelift technique, Calabria says the placement of the fat cells is extremely important. “The stem cells have to place in a highly vascularized area and under the muscle, so they have a better potential to stay and prosper there. I’ve done about a handful of cases, and I’ve seen some great results. I notice right away [that] the texture of the skin has improved. Not only is it a volumizing procedure but also there’s a topical difference in the texture of the skin.”
In the cases that he has done, what parts of the face are more receptive to the reinjection of fat cells? “I think the cheek area is wonderful. You get a super volume and texture improvement,” he says. Initially, in the first 2 weeks after the procedure, “the patient looks phenomenal,” he adds. “They have that swelling that kind of makes all their lines go away.
“In the first few cases, I was very conservative in using it, but now that I have more experience I think I can use it in a more aggressive way to get even better results,” he says. “We’re making progress, but we’re still at the beginning of this process, so it’s important to emphasize that we shouldn’t just make statements that are maybe not true in the future.
“I think that the potential of this [technology] is very great. I’ve seen a fantastic result even in acne scars with the stem cells. There is a really wide potential of treatment alternatives with this technology. We’re seeing a regeneration of the tissues, and that’s what’s really exciting about it. Because then we have a tool that, in combination of facelift or through injection alone, will allow us to really maybe ‘turn back the clock’ in one way.”
The limitations of using stem cells in cosmetic surgery? “This technology is still time-consuming because it takes about 2 or 3 hours to isolate the stem cells and then reinject them,” he says, emphasizing that the technology shows great promise but is also a technology that should be used in the operating room, in order to accommodate the best sterile conditions.
He would like to see some manufacturer develop less bulky hardware to process the fat. “Then we could do [the procedure] as an outpatient, but maybe in the office itself, like you do with a collagen injection,” he notes.
In the future, the device may be used not just for facelifts but also for breast augmentation. However, Calabria points out the hype surrounding the use of fat grafting. “There are a lot of cases done already for breast reconstruction; after radiation, after lumpectomy, etc. But mainly you should apply this, it has to be done with caution and by gathering data because the breast is an organ,” he says.
“It’s very important not to create artifacts which can be interpreted to be cancer and stuff like that. You inject fat and then fat can go into the crevices, which means it can create some modularity. If you have an issue in which you don’t know which one is the fat and which one is the cancer, then it’s problematic. The radiologists are getting really very sophisticated in recognizing what are the characteristics of cancer versus fat masses. That will bring us to use the fat grafting as more of a tool in augmentation cases.”
Caution is very important in approaching fat grafting to the breast and more data is needed, Calabria notes. “We should really treat this field as experimental,” he warns.
WHEN IN ROME…
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See also “Patient Tracking During an Economic Slowdown,” by Catherine Maley, MBA, in the June 2008 issue of PSP.
Government regulation is the main difference between working in the United States and Europe, according to Calabria. Europe is “a little less tight,” he says. “Therefore, companies that are on the cutting edge can really take advantage of that. Maybe because it’s not as well regulated, which can be detrimental at times, in this case it’s good. It’s good that we have the experience on the European front and we can relate the data and then put it together for the American FDA. Europe is a good ground for gaining experience, to get new things going.”
If the technology was found to not be effective and safe, the legality of the American system would not be forgiving. “When you’re on the cutting edge, you’re always taking some slack. If you had talked to plastic surgeons 10 years ago and you said, ‘I’m going to do fat grafting to the breast,’ they’d have said, ‘Are you kidding me?’”
More recently, these approaches are becoming more accepted in the United States as the data comes in from Europe. However, Calabria says that American-centric research and data is critical to acceptance.
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Shelli Merrill is a contributing writer for PSP.
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May 17th, 2010 Dr. Calabria
I grew up in a small town between the border between Italy and Austria and we learned German in school. I planned to come to medical school, so my dad was planning on sending me to London to learn how to speak English—when I was 18 as a graduation award.”
Renato Calabria, MD, raises his head slightly to one side, as if pulled into a special memory. Around him are the trappings of a man whose practice takes him from Beverly Hills near Rodeo Drive to Rome and other locations in Italy in which to perform surgeries. His Beverly Hills office has a modern, crisply European feel to it.
“I had a great aunt who was visiting us in Italy from Pacific Palisades [Calif],” he continues. As he sits at his desk in a nicely apportioned private office, he adds, “She said, ‘What? Forget it. Send him to Los Angeles.’ So, that summer when I graduated from high school I spent 3 months in the summer in LA. I fell in love with it, and then I kept coming.”
Calabria’s father objected to the expense of regular trips to California. “I managed to formulate a way that I could come here on some externships, and my dad would never complain if it was an investment for education. I kept on coming for five summers in a row, doing some externships at UCLA, USC, etc. When I went back to Italy and I graduated from medical school, I did my internship there and so I kept my license there, which comes in handy now that I go back and do surgery there.”
After this, Calabria returned to the States and sought further training.
Back in the present in Beverly Hills, the afternoon sun grows hazy. Calabria has done what many are referring to as pioneering work in the use of adult stem cells in facial plastic surgery. The man runs a very successful boutique practice catering to a clientele of Hollywood stars. Nonetheless, he has retained his humility, built no doubt on the experiences in the United States that shaped his training.
Speaking in nostalgic tones, he describes the challenge of being a foreign medical student. “We’re talking about the early ’80s. There was already a plethora of people applying to residencies all over the country. For the foreign students, it was hard to get in,” he notes. “I started doing some research, a fellowship at UCLA Surgery, published some papers. Got my foot in the door.”
At the time, he planned to specialize in surgical oncology, with 2 years of pathology to get a background in surgical oncology followed by 5 years of general surgery. He did an externship in cardiac surgery, and soon thereafter an externship in plastic surgery at Saint Francis in San Francisco Medical Center.
The “duck came down,” and the magic words were plastic surgery. “I found my true calling,” he says.
Afterward, he put in another 3 years of training in plastic surgery in San Francisco, which he describes as “a fantastic program and really got me close to what I like to do best, which is cosmetic surgery,” he says. “We had a fantastic teaching staff. We were rotated through a number of teaching staff all over the city. We got a wonderful experience. In their training program [is] where I started doing facelifts.
“I did more than 20 facelifts on my own while I was in training, which is almost unheard of for a plastic surgery resident.
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October 28th, 2009 Dr. Calabria
The words stem cell rejuvenation and face lift are the hottest topics in Plastic Surgery today. It is very trendy to talk about stem cells: there are a lot of skin care products that are based on stem cell technology and a lot of plastic surgeons are now looking in offering rejuvenation procedures based on stem cells. We are obviously talking about adult stem cells, so the controversy does not really exists: the embryonic stem cells are the one at center of ethical issues, the adult stem cell are present already in your body and there fore there are no issues about using them. We have focused our attention, as plastic surgeons, at the fat as a source of stem cells; there are other organs in which stem cells are present including blood and bone marrow, but the one present in the fat are much easier to acquire.
Plastic surgeons have been doing fat grafting for years and it is considered it an excellent tool in our armamentariun of facial rejuvenation. If it used properly, fat grafting can “volumize” the face and bring back a more youthful appearance.
Fat grafting is not free of complications if is misused. Most problems have to do with the fact that fat grafting survival is unpredictable and it is very “technique” depended: a word often used when we really don’t know the cause of is unpredictability. So fat can be absorbed by our own body almost completely, there fore making the procedure usless. Also one other problem is the fat grafting can cause irregular skin contouring especially in some areas like the lower lids were the skin is very thin: once this happens, it is very problematic to improve. Other complications of fat grafting to the face include the fact that if you gain any wheight, your face can assume a “different” and , at times, “bizzare” appearance which is not very pleasing.
All these complications make fat grafting a procedure that should be done with caution by a very experienced plastic surgeons.
When you are considering stem cell rejuvenation you have to find out what technology the surgeon uses to isolate the adult stem cell from the fat. some doctors will use the term stem cell rejuvenation but what they are really doing is fat grafting. In my opinion using a technology that will isolate and concentrate the stem cell from the fat trough a cutting edge device is the key to deliver superior results.
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December 5th, 2008 Dr. Calabria
THE CELL-ENHANCED FACE LIFT / THE STEM CELL FACE LIFT
THE STEM CELL-ENHANCED FACELIFT
For decades plastic surgeons have been looking to restore a more youthful look on the face. Surgical techniques have been improving, newer lasers have been used in order to achieve a goal that seemed unreachable. Comparing the post-operative results with the pictures of the patients when they were younger, it appeared that there was something missing: a younger face had more volume and the skin just looked fresher.
Dr. Calabria always thought that with the advent of stem cell research, plastic surgery could beneficiate from it. Using stem cell as a mean to jump start the regenerative process in our own body was definitely a very attractive proposition.
We knew that the fat in our body contained adult stem cell along with other regenerative cells. Dr. Calabria has been using fat grafting ( therefore containing adult stem cells) on the face with the distinct purpose to rejuvenate the skin and adding volume.
But was not till the develop of a new device, the Celution Device, that facial rejuvenation could taken to the next level and finally create a really amazing result.
Dr.Calabria has called this new way of the future the “cell-enhanced face lift”.
The (stem) cell-enhanced face lift is a new procedure used to volumizing the face and create a more youthful look.
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Dr. Renato Calabria believes that traditional face lift should be a thing of the past: they caused the so called “wind tunnel “look by pulling tight the skin in the wrong direction. Adding volume to the face has always been Dr. Calabria’s goal. First with the Vertical Face lift, by moving the patient’s own tissues in a vertical direction and therefore repositioning it to the original and more natural position, Dr Calabria has been creating a more youthful look. And now with the (stem) cell-enhanced face lift, Dr. Calabria think he has definitely found the answer.
The (stem) Cell-Enhanced face lift not only restores the volume in the face but also adds regenerative cells which are believed to be beneficial to the rejuvenation process.
Dr. Calabria has developed a technique by which the cells are injected into the SMAS and underneath the facial musculature to create a more youthful volume adding result.
The (stem) cell-enhanced face lift combines soft tissue that is transferred from one part of the body to the face with the patient’s own adipose tissue-derived stem cells and regenerative cells.
The technique first consists of harvesting the cells ( Usually from the lower abdomen). Liposuctioned fat is rich with regenerative cells which include adult stem cells, blood vessel producing cells, growth factor secreting cells. Once the fat is harvested, it is treated through a device to isolate the cells.
Celution® Technology – How it Works
First, adipose tissue is taken from the patient by a low volume tissue collection procedure. Next, the collected tissue is placed in the Celution® Device, which processes each patient’s tissue with a single-use, application-specific consumable set that easily attaches to the Celution® Device.
The Celution® Device liberates the stem and regenerative cells from the adipose matrix; the cells are then separated, washed, and concentrated in the collection container. This real-time processing takes place in a closed environment to minimize the risk of exposure to contaminants and can be completed within the timeframe of a single surgical procedure.
Next, a syringe is used to collect the cells that are to be redelivered to the same patient. The cells may be injected directly into a site or implanted with a delivery matrix or scaffold to improve performance, such as combining the cells with an adipose tissue graft in reconstructive surgery procedures.
Following re-infusion into the body, it is thought that environmental cues from the damaged and surrounding tissue guide the stem and regenerative cells to the area of damage and help facilitate a natural healing response. The cells may respond by a variety of mechanisms, which promote tissue survival, graft retention, and/or differentiation of progenitor cells into the appropriate cell type.
Then, during the face lift, the regenerative cells tissue embedded in fat is then gently placed with a blunt cannula in layers of facial tissues like the SMAS, under the muscles, etc…. Once the fat is placed, symmetry is checked and then the skin is redraped and approximated, the excess skin excised and then anchored in a vertical direction and closed in layers. The key is to place this regenerative tissue in a precise location in order to enhance the volume of the face in areas previously volume deprived.
After the cell-enhanced face lift, the patient exhibits a dramatic improvement not only in the underlying soft tissue contouring of the face but the skin itself. The growth factors contained in these cells induce the skin and the other tissues to produce more cells of their own by basically initiating a signal to the local stem cells as well as the transplanted adult stem cells to restore them self and multiply.
Others techniques of stem cell face lift inject the cells directly in the face,( without surgery) but in Dr. Calabria’s opinion is not as effective in voluminizing the face that the cell-enhanced ( stem cell) face lift and it does not address the laxity of the skin.
Also the cells have not been isolated with the celution device which Dr. Calabria thinks is essential to the final result.
The regenerative cells, by secreting growth hormone and other factors, are also beneficial to create a more youthful look, diminishing the aging process. The procedure restores the youthful contour and shape of the face as well as skin tightness and evens out color irregularities caused by aging and sun damage.
The cell-enhanced (stem cell) face lift is the new frontier of face lifting and Dr. Calabria is definitely writing a new chapter in facial rejuvenation.
The Celution device is not available in the U.S. yet but has been approved for clinical use in Europe and it is available in Dr. Calabria’s Milan and Rome locations and he will bring the technology to the U.S. as soon as next year.
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