How Do Stem Cell Under Eyes Help the Darkness?

asked 10 months ago by miguel5723
Latest answer by Michael Law, MD
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Tags: dark circles, dark skin, stem cell

i heard stem cells under eye are better than restylane ?

5 answers to How Do Stem Cell Under Eyes Help the Darkness?

Stem Cells for Facial Rejuvenation

Many plastic surgeons who perform structural fat grafting report that patients often describe a variety of improvements in their facial skin following fat grafting surgery. This observation has led to the use of fat grafting in reconstructive surgery, for instance in the management of chronic wounds such as those seen in some patients following radiation treatment for cancer. Fat grafting into the tissues below a chronic, non-healing wound has been shown to stimulate successful wound healing... more

Michael Law, MD
Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

Stem cells under the eyes can it help the darkness?

Amazing how much urban myth and marketing is taking place around stem cells. There are no actual (true) stem cell treatments for the lower eyes or within aesthetic surgery at this time. Fat transfers promising an increase in stem cell numbers are misleading, IMHO as to do this, the tissue containing stem cells would need to be incubated long enough to allow the stem cells to replicate thereby increasing their numbers within that tissue. After that, the tissue would... more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

First find out what is causing the darkness

We need to determine the cause of the darkness before deciding on a treatment. There may be too much skin, which would require surgery to remove the excess. There may be veins under the thin eyelid skin which need to be treated, or there may be pigmentation in the skin itself which requires an entirely different set of treatment options. Stem cells are most helpful for tissue augmentation, so this would help best if the darkness under your eyes is actually due to volume... more

Laura Skellchock, MD
Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

There is no published studieds to support it

There been a great push to use stem cells for Facelift,eye lift and every thing else. There is no scientific data to support it. Using fat grafting(that has stem cells in it )is effective and much cheaper.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Stem Cells for Under Eyes

The question of how stem cells improve the areas under the eyes (darkness and depressions) is really an open question. The data from clinical trials is mixed and some physicians and patients swear by stem cells while others do not see a difference. The potential for stem cell is probably huge. Stem cells harvested from fat or from skin retain the ability to make all types of cells and many different growth molecules. The methods for stimulating them to do this are being worked out... more

Kenneth Beer, MD
Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

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