What are some Questions to ask a Clinic that Professes that they use Stem Cells in their Office?
There are a number of clinics including some in the South Florida area that profess that they are using bone marrow and fat stem cells. They call this an exciting new technique. THIS WAS A NEW TECHNIQUE TO US A FEW YEARS AGO AND A FEW THOUSAND PATIENTS AGO. They are using a fat tissue graft that we have been using on our cases for many years. The question to ask is if they are actually extracting the fat stem cells from the fat tissue thus producing what is called Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) or fat stem cells. The chances are they will only be injecting fat tissue into the area and hoping that some of the fat stem cells may be released. Certainly this is better than just performing a PRP injection but it is certainly not cutting edge. Unfortunately, most of these fat stem cells cannot be released from the fat tissue. They remain quiescent and quietly die We will typically extract the stem cells from 60cc’s of fat producing 1-2cc’s of fat stem cells typically equaling 75-150 million
