I'm Dr. Johnny Franco, a board-certified plastic surgeon offering AlloClae, an injectable made from sterilized human donor fat that can cost over $100k and is replacing the BBL. AMA.

I'm Dr. Johnny Franco, a board-certified plastic surgeon offering AlloClae, an injectable made from sterilized human donor fat that can cost over $100k and is replacing the BBL. AMA.

Hey Reddit. I'm Johnny Franco, MD, FACS, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas. I did my plastic surgery residency at Saint Louis University, a microsurgery fellowship in Taiwan, and a fat transfer and breast reconstruction fellowship in Belgium. Fat transfer and BBLs have been a big part of my practice for over a decade. AlloClae is one of the newest products in aesthetic medicine. It's sterilized human donor fat (an allograft adipose tissue), processed to remove the donor's DNA, gamma-sterilized, and packaged ready-to-use in a syringe. It gets injected to add volume to the hips, buttocks, breasts, or other areas. Some providers are marketing it as a "non-surgical BBL," which is part of why it's getting attention, but it isn't the same procedure, the results aren't the same, and for larger-volume cases the cost can climb past $100,000 because of how the product is priced per syringe. I've been offering it and I have honest opinions about where it makes sense and where it doesn't. Happy to talk about how it works, what it costs and why, who's a good candidate (and who isn't), realistic results next to a surgical BBL, the risks, and the parts of how it's being marketed that I think patients should push back on. I'll be here Wednesday, May 27th from 11am-1pm CST Time to answer live. Drop your questions below and I'll answer as many as I can. This AMA is for informational purposes only and not intended as medical advice. Proof: https://i.imgur.com/GbhRnEn.jpeg Reddit proof. AMA! submitted by /u/DrJohnnyFranco [link] [comments]