Abstract
Fat injection empirically started 100 year ago to correct contour deformities mainly on the face and breast. The German surgeon Eugene Hollaender (1867-1932) proposed a cocktail of human and ram fat, to avoid reabsorption. Nowadays, fat injection has evolved, and it ranks among the most popular procedures, for it provides the physician with a range of aesthetic and reconstructive clinical applications with regenerative effects on the surrounding tissues. New research from all over the world has demonstrated the role of adipose-derived stem cells, present in the adipose tissue, in the repair of damaged or missing tissues.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 147-153 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinics in Plastic Surgery |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Adipose derived stem cells
- Fat injection
- History of fat grafting
- History of surgery
- Regenerative medicine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Medicine(all)