A cutting-edge aesthetic treatment is generating a lot of excitement among plastic surgeons and patients. U.S. doctors who completed clinical trials on Isolagen found the experimental material plumped up and smoothed out everything from lip lines and crow's feet to scars. Composed completely of fibroblasts, the connective tissue cells that prompt skin proteins to grow, Isolagen's main advantage, in addition to remarkable and long-term results, is that this cure for aging skin is derived directly from the patient, rather than from an animal or synthetic source.
The surgeon removes a three-millimeter section (smaller than a pencil eraser) of virgin skin from behind the ear and sends it to the lab at Isolagen, Inc. in Houston, Texas, where the biopsy is used to reproduce the patient's fibroblasts by the millions. Six to eight weeks later, the company sends the doctor a syringe with enough material to inject one facial area. Within a month, the newly injected cells begin to grow and meld with existing collagen, filling out the skin from within. Three syringes, enough to rid a face of crow's feet around both eyes and one scowl line, will cost about $5,000. And unlike Botox, results aren't immediate, it takes six to 12 months to achieve maximum effects.
Author : Carol Goldberg
The surgeon removes a three-millimeter section (smaller than a pencil eraser) of virgin skin from behind the ear and sends it to the lab at Isolagen, Inc. in Houston, Texas, where the biopsy is used to reproduce the patient's fibroblasts by the millions. Six to eight weeks later, the company sends the doctor a syringe with enough material to inject one facial area. Within a month, the newly injected cells begin to grow and meld with existing collagen, filling out the skin from within. Three syringes, enough to rid a face of crow's feet around both eyes and one scowl line, will cost about $5,000. And unlike Botox, results aren't immediate, it takes six to 12 months to achieve maximum effects.
Author : Carol Goldberg
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