Skin Care Made For You, From You

As skin ages, the important cells that are responsible for keeping it healthy, firm, and elastic begin to die off, leaving skin thinner, drier, and more prone to damage. Now, imagine that you could just grow some of your own young and healthy skin cells in a test tube and put them back into your skin when you need them. Sounds pretty sci-fi (and ideal) right?

That’s exactly the new technology that Personal Cell Science has pioneered, developing a line of skin care products that use your own stem cells to regenerate the very skin cells that have started dying off with age. A quick recap from Bio101: a stem cell is a generic cell that can be used to grow specialized cells. Personal Cell Science's proprietary method extracts your own stem cells from fat through a mini-lipo session and then cultivates them in a lab to grow skin cells. Those cells are then blended with antioxidants and peptides and bottled into serums, creams, and moisturizers so you get products that are truly, 100% made from your own DNA (and give you a legit reason not to share your expensive face creams with house guests).

According to Dr. Fredric Stern, medical director of the Stern Center for Aesthetic Surgery, the uses of stem cells for cosmetic purposes are just beginning to be explored. Eventually, stem cell technology could be used in facial fillers, facelifts, and even breast augmentation.

Personal Cell Science U Autologous Skincare, $1,500-$3,000, available at Personal Cell Science.