Stem Cell Facelift Made Woman Grow Bones on Her Eyes

A number of people are seriously considering facelift as a go-to to look younger. There are a lot of techniques being developed by surgeons in order to refine their procedures. And due to these novel techniques which are still unregulated by the government, many men and women are tempted to try these which results to an increase in the number of botched jobs.

In California, a woman in her sixties went for a facelift. Everything would have gone well but this procedure is still new and involves stem cells from fat in the abdomen area which are injected to her face to (supposedly) reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. She believed that it would rejuvenate the skin but, as it turned out, she was wrong.

She paid $20 000 for the stem cell facelift in one of the plastic surgery clinics in Beverly Hills. After a few months, she noticed that there is a clicking inside her eyes everytime she opens it. Not only that, there is pain associated with this clicking sound. She has to go to another plastic surgeon in order to seek a second opinion. Check here to get second opinion from a surgeon in Plano.

It has been found out that the clicking sound was due to the grinding of bone fragments in her eye. The plastic surgeon removed the bone fragments in an operation which lasted about 6 hours. The theory behind this phenomenon is that the stem cells which can differentiate into any cell type reacted to a common dermal filler which contain calcium components. Thus, it differentiated into bone cells.

According to her, the plastic surgeon who did the stem cell procedure did a liposuction from where they isolated the stem cells they injected on her face, particularly around her eye. She admits that she also had dermal filler then. The original doctor however forgot that one of the components of the dermal filler is calcium hydroxylapatite. This could have triggered the formation of bone cells on her eyes.

This case only opens our eyes on being cautious when it comes to plastic surgery. You have to make the right decisions before going under the knife. Plastic surgeons Plano are also responsible for the outcomes of their surgery but the patients are the ones who get to live with the results, whether good or bad. There may be new procedures that aim to provide better results but unless you hear it from reliable sources, don’t jump into the wagon just yet.