A cosmetic surgeon at London’s Harley Street Medical Skin Clinic has pioneered a non-surgical face lift using the patient’s own stem cells.

The Daily Mail reports that Dr Aamer Khan has to date carried out the procedure on 18 female patients at a cost of £7,500 each.

The technique involves extracting fat containing stem cells from the patient and injecting them into the face under local anaesthetic. The procedure takes around five hours and the effects last around 18 months. The technique works by filling out hollow areas of the face and ‘repairing’ areas of damage caused by the ageing process.

Stem cells have already been used in other procedures worldwide to repair defective heart tissue and help restore sight. Dr Khan said that, because body fat contains stem cells, it can trigger blood vessel and tissue growth.

‘Traditional facelifts do not add volume to the face or change the tone of the skin,’ he said. ‘In the stem cell facelift, the volume and structure of the face is restored to a younger balance.’

One of Dr Khan’s first patients – 58-year-old Jackie Goddard – said that within six months of undergoing the procedure her face had become visibly plumped up.

‘The fine lines have disappeared but the best thing was the fat had filled out the hollows under my eyes and my sunken cheek areas.

'I'm delighted with the results. It's a very natural look – there are no tell-tale scars.’

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