Autoimmune Disease after Silicone Implants: Explantation and Fat Transfer

An English patient writes us by e-mail:

I would like to enquire about the stem cell breast augmentation. I currently have silicone implants but have suffered with severe onset of autoimmune diseases following a rupture and replacement 3 years ago. My current saline implants need to be removed now also but I cannot go back to nothing.

In her case stem cell-assisted fat transfer for breast reconstruction is clearly indicated as the augmented breast consists solely of her own tissue. Additionally intravenous stem cell therapy should be considered, as autoimmune diseases are often a good indication for it. It could be performed during the same treatment appointment as the breast augmentation.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

How Do Stem Cells Know Where to Go

A patient wants to know about therapy with stem cells from autologous fat tissue:

How do you direct the stem cells where to go when performing stem cell therapy?

Often the stem cells are locally injected into the affected region. When intravenously injected they are drawn to the affected regions that need stem cells for regeneration or healing via cytokines chemotactically. We call this “homing” principle.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Hip Osteoarthritis: Do Stem Cells Also Help Elderly People?

An elderly patient asks about stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis:

Is it reasonable or rather recommendable to do a stem cell therapy in case of bilateral hip osteoarthritis at my age? I am 89 years old.

It depends on the general health status, the condition of osteoarthritis, and expectations, but basically yes. Indeed a high dose of stem cells would be necessary, which could either be gained by isolation out of a bigger amount of the body’s own fat or by expansion in a laboratory.

In patients with high age or bad general state of health the injection of donated stem cells of young, healthy people would come into question as an alternative to the patient’s own stem cells. However, application of donated stem cells is currently forbidden in the EU.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Stem Cell Therapy for Knee Joint Problems and Osteoarthritis

A prospect inquires:

My knee joints urgently need your stem cell therapy. How does it work?

A treatment of joint problems with the body’s own stem cells requires a liposuction with microcannulas under local anesthesia for obtaining a small amount of autologous fat, from which stem cells get isolated and subsequently injected into the joints concerned.

Afterwards the patient is fully mobile. The regenerative effect begins during the following weeks.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Yale Scientists: Stem Cells Tell Hair to Grow

Good news for hair loss patients: Researchers at Yale University discovered that the signal that prompts hair growth comes from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells (ADSC). Injecting these stem cells from fat tissue into the scalp might be the key to treat baldness.

That is what we are already doing:

The hair treatment with the body’s own stem cells begins with liposuction, in which a small portion of the patient’s fat is harvested gently. The stem cells extracted therefrom are immediately injected into the affected region of the head where hair growth should be promoted. The treatment is done on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. In the future stem cell therapy could provide an alternative to hair transplantation for patients with thinning hair.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Fibromyalgia, Adrenal Fatigue, Osteoporosis

A patient tells about her health condition:

I have chronic adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis plus a host of other autoimmune system disorders. Is there anything you can do?

She will probably profit both from hormonal regeneration with bioidentical hormones (BHRT) and stem cell therapy with stem cells obtained from her own fat tissue.

In a therapy with bioidentical hormones missing hormones are supplied to the body in bioidentical form after comprehensive assessment of the patient’s health status and hormonal status. Thereby the hormonal balance can be restored.

The body’s own stem cells have a high regenerative potential and can be used in the treatment of various diseases. They are extracted from a small amount of the patient’s fat and are subsequently injected into the affected regions or administered systemically by infusion.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Treating Neuropathy with Stem Cells?

A patient asks about the potential of stem cell therapy:

My mother who is living in Milan is suffering from the rare neurological autoimmune disease Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN). I have read a positive opinion about you from the wife of one of your ALS patients and have thus thought that you might be able to help with other neurological diseases too.

We regularly treat patients suffering from autoimmune diseases with stem cells obtained from the patient’s adipose tissue. They seem to respond well to it. In the course of therapy the stem cells are either injected directly at the affected organs or tissues or administered intravenously by infusion.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Growth Factor Repairs Heart Damage after Heart Attack

Good news: MYDGF (Myeloid-Derived Growth Factor), a growth factor, supports healing of the damaged heart muscle cells after a cardiac iInfarction. This is proven by studies in mice and humans.

MYDGF is currently obtained from bone marrow, but can be synthesized in order to provide a simple protein therapy for infarction therapy in future. We will keep you up to date.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Osteoarthritis Therapy: Do Stem Cells Cause Growth of New Cartilage?

A patient who shows interest for joint treatment with his body’s own stem cells wants to know:

I would be interested in what stem cells from autologous fat exactly do. Do they cause the growth of new cartilage?

There are two equal hypotheses. One says that new cartilage cells develop from stem cells, the other tells that stem cells release cytokines which stimulate joint cells to do regeneration of osteoarthritis. Probably both processes happen.

DDr. Heinrich, MD

Can Stem Cells be used to Rejuvenate Teeth?

A patient mails us:

Do you also have success with the rejuvenation of teeth?

Depends on the underlying problem: Many problems related to aging teeth (other than infectious problems like caries or periodontitis) are symptomatic of growth hormone deficiency and can be treated with Hormonal Regeneration® (Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, BHRT) plus local or intravenous stem cell therapy.

These treatments should better the condition or at least stop further deterioration. In case of periodontal conditions added surgical treatment by a dentist surgeon is recommendable to stop deterioration.

DDr. Heinrich, MD