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STANFORD, Calif. – According to a report from UPI, it has been discovered that fat removal from liposuction surgery contains versatile cells that can be quickly and easily coaxed to become stem cells, U.S. researchers said.

Stanford University researcher, Dr. Michael Longaker. calls induced pluripotent stem cells found in liposuction leftovers “liquid gold.”

“We’ve identified a great natural resource,” Longaker said in a statement. Reprogramming adult cells to function like embryonic stem cells is one way researchers hope to create patient-specific cell lines to regenerate tissue or to study specific diseases in the laboratory, Longaker explained.

Nestled within the unwanted latticework of fat cells and collagen are multipotent cells called adipose, or fat, stem cells. Unlike highly specialized skin-cell fibroblasts, these cells in the fat have a relatively wide portfolio of differentiation options — becoming fat, bone or muscle as needed, the study said.

It’s this pre-existing flexibility, the researchers said, that gives these cells an edge over skin cells most often used by researchers.

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Unlike liposuction which removes large quanities of fat, mesotherapy is a non surgical procedure that primarily addresses cellulite. Mesotherapy is a 50 year old French medical treatment with certain cosmetic uses such as smoothing cellulite, rejuvenating skin and dissolving small pockets of fat.

Liposuction does not remove fat from the areas where cellulite lies, therefore it does not get rid of cellulite. It does not lessen the appearance of cellulite. In fact, if ones’ skin is lax due to age or excessive weight loss, cellulite can be more apparent than before.

Mesotherapy results are very patient specific. Not all people respond the same with those who tend to be active, and healthy responding the best over a course of treatments, however, proponents of mesotherapy say that nothing comes close to the results that mesotherapy gets with cellulite.

LipoDissolve is a non-surgical fat removal treatment which involves injecting a natural enzyme solution and soy product called phosphatidylcholine deoxycholate, or PCDC. The ingredient PCDC has been used in many medical applications since the 1950s. Lipodissolve involves a series of micro-injections using PCDC in order to permanently dissolve fat in undesired areas. LipoDissolve injections have also been used to improve the appearance of cellulite. It is known to be safe and is an alternative to surgical procedures such as liposuction.  Lipodissolve differs  from mesotherapy in that it involves injections of medicines deeper into the fat. LipoDissolve is primarily used to decrease localized fat deposits.