A growing number of people in the US are using a new injectable body contouring product called alloClae, which uses fat harvested from donated dead bodies. The product is marketed as an alternative to autologous fat grafting, where a patient’s own fat is removed via liposuction and transferred into another area.
How it Works
AlloClae is administered via injection and doesn’t require general anesthesia or a hospital setting. The aftercare instructions are reportedly simple, and the product has been used by over 2,000 patients since May 2025.
Dr. Luis Macias, a double-board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, has witnessed the product’s rising popularity firsthand. He says that the product is often used to add fat back into areas where it has been lost due to weight loss or other factors.
Regulation and Ethics
The use of cadaver fat in beauty treatments raises questions about regulation and ethics. Whole body donation and non-transplant human tissue banks are not regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, and there is no mandatory federal accreditation or licensing requirement for these organizations.
Caroline Van Hove, president of Tiger Aesthetics, the company that manufactures alloClae, says that the company only works with tissue banks that are connected with the Association for Advancing Tissue and Biologics, a voluntary accrediting body. However, some experts have raised concerns about the ethics of using donated bodies for profit.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
