In Japan, scientists (University of Tokyo) can make natural breast implants by using a combination of a woman's own fat and stem cells.

This will be far more desirable than having artificial implants made of salt water or silicone.

No one has so far succeeded in increasing breast size with fat. Lots of the tissue dies and the breast ends up with hard lumps.

The scientists say that if you add stem cells you then encourage the growth of new blood vessels.

Another problem with using fat for breast implants is the amount of fat required (a great deal more than for other cosmetic surgeries).

According to Dr. Kotaro Yoshimura (team leader), his team have found a way of enlarging breasts without all the complications.

They suck fat from the patient's stomach (or thigh). The fat slurry is enriched with a higher than normal number of stem cells. These 'master cells' are able to create new fat cells.

Hopefully they will find a way for this to work. I think it's always best not to have unnatural synthetics in your body. I think the problem could arise in the use of stem cells and whether countries will deem it socially accepted or not. There seems to be a lot of debate about stem cells and whether it is ethical or not.

(17-03-2010 03:25 PM)Vega Wrote:  Hopefully they will find a way for this to work. I think it's always best not to have unnatural synthetics in your body. I think the problem could arise in the use of stem cells and whether countries will deem it socially accepted or not. There seems to be a lot of debate about stem cells and whether it is ethical or not.

Hopefully this shouldn't be too much of an issue as the stem cells used are the patients own 'adult' stem cells and are not embryonic.

I hope to find a way to make this work. I think it's always better not to have made synthetic in his body. I think the problem could arise in the use of stem cells and if countries are not considered socially acceptable or not. It seems there is much debate about stem cells and whether it is ethical or not.