utologous fat grafting is a surgical technique that has been used for over a century in aesthetic procedures. 1,2 Through empirical observation of grafting outcomes in patients, it became evident that adipose tissue had a regenerative therapeutic effect with potential applications. 3 The view of adipose as an autologous cell therapy was reinforced by the discovery of adipose-derived stem cells, which are mesenchymal stem cells with multipotent differentiation capacity. Adipose-derived stem cells can differentiate into adipogenic, myogenic, neural, endothelial, osteogenic, and chondrogenic
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