Leading Plastic Surgeons Reveal Revolution in Stem Cell Research Has its Roots in Beverly Hills Plast...( The latest d...),Health

The latest developments in adipose stem cell research were not discovered in a Petri dish or in a lab. Instead this promising revolution in medicine was inspired via unexpected benefits resulting from facial fat grafting, a popular procedure developed and perfected by renowned Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Dr. Richard Ellenbogen. Stem cell researcher and former student of Dr. Ellenbogen's, Dr. Peter Rubin is now leading the latest developments in this most promising field of medicine.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) July 8, 2008 -- Dr. Richard Ellenbogen is considered the father of fat grafting, but he never dreamed that a procedure he began pioneering in the late 1970's would inspire a whole new revolution in modern stem cell research. Initially developed as a natural filler for patients' faces, facial fat grafting is a technique commonly used by plastic surgeons to replace lost volume, erase facial lines, and highlight facial features using the patient's own fat, or "adipose" tissue harvested via liposuction.

Since its creation, fat grafting has often been criticized for not lasting because the body absorbs the fat. But, with over 3,500 fat grafting procedures, Dr. Ellenbogen has added many nuances to his technique to make the fat stay put. "Fat grafting is completely technique dependent, doctors not following the proper principles might as well inject salt water," revealed Dr. Ellenbogen. "Stem cells are in the fat and have always been in the fat. The reparative results are seen in weeks and seem to improve with time," said Ellenbogen.

Over the last 25 years Dr. Ellenbogen and other clinicians have performed thousands of facial fat grafting procedures. They noticed several benefits of fat grafting on the immed
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