Face-Lift without surgery? fat transfer may turn back the clock on wrinkles
NCT ID NCT07737639
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether transferring a woman's own fat to her face can improve skin quality and reduce signs of aging like wrinkles, sagging, and uneven texture. Healthy women over 30 who choose to have the procedure will be followed for six months with skin measurements and self-assessments. The goal is to see how well lipofilling works and whether certain biological markers in the fat predict better results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous fat transfer (lipofilling)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a natural, minimally invasive way to rejuvenate aging facial skin using a person's own fat.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 15 participants and no comparison group, so results may not apply widely. The procedure also carries typical surgical risks like swelling, bruising, or uneven results.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population consists of individuals seeking aesthetic facial rejuvenation at the Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) in Lyon, France. Participants are recruited directly from the standard clinical practice of the principal investigator. A defining characteristic of this cohort is that all individuals have independently elected, and are already scheduled, to undergo an autologous facial fat transfer (lipofilling) procedure for anti-aging purposes prior to and independent of study enrollment. The study observes the outcomes of this pre-planned surgical intervention, with subsequent clinical and instrumental follow-up evaluations.
- Ages
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30 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patient volunteers 2. Over the age of 30 3. Who had decided to have adipose tissue injections and declared eligible to this intervention 4. Nonsmoker or less than 5 cigarettes per day 5. Informed about the study objectives and procedures, and able to understand them 6. Willing and able to fulfil the study requirements and schedule 7. Able to give their written informed consent 8. French subjects recruited must be affiliated to the French social security system. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Having participated within the 30 days before inclusion or currently participating in another clinical study. 2. Females in pregnancy or nursing 3. Dermatological disorder affecting the investigational areas (like severe acne, rosacea eczema, atopy, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis) that may interfere with the study conduct or the study results in the opinion of the Investigator, 4. History of skin cancer or auto-immune disease, 5. History of allergy, hypersensitivity, or any serious reaction to any medicinal or cosmetic product, 6. Any concomitant medical condition that may interfere with the study conduct in the opinion of the investigator (diabetes, HIV+, hepatitis B and C…) 7. Surgical procedure to the face (face lift) 8. Cosmetic procedures: filler injection, botulinum toxin injection, laser to the face within the past 4 months 9. Actual or past use of systemic or topic drugs, that would interfere with assessment and/or investigational treatments and affect study results in the opinion of the investigator
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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L'Oréal
Aulnay-sous-Bois, 93600, France
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