Image Regenerative Clinic (Istituto Image) is a regenerative, aesthetic, and longevity medicine clinic with locations in Milan, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland. The clinic specializes in Lipogems microfragmented adipose tissue (MFAT) therapy, regenerative aesthetic surgery, and structured longevity programs, under the clinical direction of Prof. Carlo Tremolada, inventor of the Lipogems technology. Patients travel to either site for regenerative surgery, non-surgical aesthetic medicine, or the clinic's annual Longevity Pathway.
Image Regenerative Clinic
Image Regenerative Clinic
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- Image Regenerative Clinic at a Glance
- Clinic Overview
- Treatments & Services
- Credibility & Accreditation
- Core Treatments in Detail
- Treatment Packages
- The Patient Pathway
- Suitability
- Results & Clinical Outcomes
- Recovery & Aftercare
- Safety, Risks & Side Effects
- Why Patients Choose Image Regenerative Clinic
- International & Remote Patient Services
- Facilities & Clinical Environment
- Pricing & Consultation Fees
- Reaching the Clinic
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Arrange a Consultation
Image Regenerative Clinic at a Glance
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Clinic Overview
Image Regenerative Clinic is a regenerative medicine clinic with locations in Milan, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland. The clinic focuses on advanced tissue regeneration using autologous treatments, particularly the Lipogems® system, which utilizes a patient's own microfragmented adipose (fat) tissue to support natural healing and tissue repair. In addition to regenerative medicine, the clinic offers aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery, and comprehensive longevity care designed to improve long-term health and overall well-being.
Its longevity program, led by Dr. Zana Fijan, combines lifestyle medicine, metabolic health assessments, and personalized micronutrient strategies to promote healthy aging. All clinical information and patient education materials are reviewed by the clinic's Medical-Scientific Committee, coordinated by Prof. Tremolada, to ensure scientific accuracy and ethical compliance. The clinic states that its content follows Article 56 of the FNOMCeO Code of Ethics and the Italian Ministry of Health circular issued on 18 December 2024, reflecting its commitment to responsible medical communication.
Treatments & Services
Image Regenerative Clinic's treatment range spans five broad categories: regenerative surgery, aesthetic medicine (injectables), advanced aesthetics, laser and energy devices, and longevity/complementary therapies.
- Lipogems (MFAT therapy) is a regenerative surgical technique that extracts and filters a patient's own microfragmented adipose tissue to preserve stem cells and growth factors for application to joints, tendons, or aesthetic treatment areas. It is used clinically for orthopedic injury recovery, joint repair, and natural facial or body rejuvenation, with results reported as visible within hours and a typical return to activity the following day.
- Regenerative aesthetic surgery combines traditional surgical techniques, including facelift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, hair transplant, and breast surgery, with regenerative principles, often integrating Lipogems to support healing.
- Aesthetic medicine (injectables) includes PLLA/Sculptra biostimulation, hyaluronic acid fillers and skin boosters, botulinum toxin, and advanced injectables such as exosomes, polynucleotides, and Radiesse, which are used for volume restoration, hydration, and wrinkle relaxation.
- Advanced aesthetics covers facial therapies (HydraFacial and oxygen treatments), body contouring (CoolSculpting and CoolWaves), and manual therapies such as lymphatic drainage.
- Laser and energy devices include Q-Switched laser platforms for tattoo and pigmentation removal, Vivace RF microneedling, and photodynamic therapy for precancerous lesions.
- Longevity and complementary therapies include oxygen-ozone therapy; IV micronutrient infusions (including NAD+); BICOM bioresonance; and osteopathic and specialized massage, structured within the clinic's annual Longevity Pathway.
Credibility & Accreditation
Image Regenerative Clinic's clinical authority rests with Prof. Carlo Tremolada and Dr. Zana Fijan, and is governed by an internal Medical-Scientific Committee.
- Prof. Carlo Tremolada: Registered with OMCEO Milan (Official Order of Surgeons and Dentists of Milan), registration no. 30098. An internationally recognized specialist in plastic, reconstructive, and maxillofacial surgery and the inventor of Lipogems technology and lead researcher in microfragmented adipose tissue (MFAT).
- Dr. Zana Fijan: A Harvard-trained longevity medicine specialist with postgraduate training in lifestyle medicine, metabolic health, and stress management. Specialist in biological and quantum medicine, micronutrition, and orthomolecular medicine and a practitioner of clinical bioresonance therapy.
- Regulatory compliance: All clinical content is drafted in accordance with Art. 56 of the FNOMCeO Code of Ethics and the Ministerial Circular dated 18/12/2024 and is reviewed by the clinic's internal Medical-Scientific Committee, coordinated by Prof. Tremolada.
- Technology accreditation: Lipogems is FDA-approved and patented, and its MFAT method is scientifically validated and reimbursed by Italy's National Health Service in several regions.
- Recognition: Lipogems has been recognized for 'Best New Technology in Sports Medicine,' and the clinic is cited as the first Italian regenerative clinic and a leading center for aesthetic and regenerative dermatology.
Core Treatments in Detail
Image Regenerative Clinic offers a comprehensive range of regenerative, aesthetic, and longevity treatments tailored to different health and cosmetic goals. The overview below explains each treatment's purpose, ideal candidates, and how it contributes to natural healing, rejuvenation, or healthy aging.
Lipogems (Microfragmented Adipose Tissue / MFAT Therapy)
Lipogems is a regenerative treatment that uses a patient's own microfragmented adipose (fat) tissue, preserving stem cells and growth factors to support natural tissue repair in joints, tendons, and aesthetic treatment areas.
- Category: Regenerative surgery
- Technique: Fat is harvested under local anesthesia, mechanically processed into MFAT, and injected into the targeted area.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking natural rejuvenation, joint repair, or recovery from orthopedic injuries.
- Recovery: Most patients return to normal activities the following day.
- Results Onset: Improvements may be noticeable within hours, with continued regeneration over time.
- Key Clinical Notes: Lipogems is an FDA-cleared, patented technology that preserves tissue integrity and vascular structures during processing to support natural healing.
PLLA / Sculptra (Poly-L-Lactic Acid)
PLLA (Sculptra) is a non-surgical collagen biostimulator that gradually restores facial volume and improves deep wrinkles by stimulating the body's natural collagen production.
- Category: Non-surgical biostimulator
- Technique: PLLA is injected beneath the skin, followed by gentle massage to ensure even distribution.
- Number of Sessions: Typically 1–4 sessions spaced 3–4 weeks apart.
- Best Suited For: Patients with facial volume loss, deep folds, and age-related skin laxity.
- Recovery: Mild bruising, swelling, or tenderness may occur and usually resolves within a few days.
- Results Duration: Results can last up to two years with gradual collagen regeneration.
- Key Clinical Notes: PLLA stimulates natural collagen production, providing progressive, long-lasting facial rejuvenation rather than immediate volume replacement.
Hyaluronic Acid Injectables (Fillers, Skin Boosters & Lip Treatments)
Hyaluronic acid injectables are non-surgical treatments that restore facial volume, enhance lips, and improve skin hydration using targeted hyaluronic acid gel injections.
- Category: Non-surgical aesthetic medicine
- Technique: Targeted dermal injections for volume restoration, hydration, and contour enhancement.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking facial rejuvenation, improved skin hydration, or lip enhancement.
Botulinum Toxin (Botox)
Botulinum toxin (Botox) is a non-surgical injectable treatment that temporarily relaxes targeted facial muscles to soften dynamic wrinkles and prevent the formation of new expression lines.
- Category: Non-surgical rejuvenation
- Technique: Targeted intramuscular injections into facial muscles.
- Best Suited For: Patients looking to reduce forehead lines, frown lines, and crow's feet.
Advanced Injectables (Exosomes, Polynucleotides, Radiesse, Hair Filler & Gold Infusions)
Advanced injectables use regenerative biostimulation and targeted micro-injections to improve skin quality, support tissue repair, stimulate collagen production, and enhance hair and facial rejuvenation.
- Category: Non-surgical regenerative aesthetic medicine
- Technique: Regenerative biostimulation and tissue hydration through targeted micro-injections.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking advanced skin rejuvenation, collagen stimulation, hair restoration, and overall tissue regeneration.
Threads & RF Microneedling
Threads and Vivace RF Microneedling are non-surgical treatments designed to lift sagging skin, stimulate collagen production, and improve overall skin firmness and texture.
- Category: Non-surgical aesthetic treatment
- Technique: Suspension threads provide a lifting effect, while Vivace RF microneedling combines radiofrequency energy with microneedling to stimulate collagen and elastin production.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking skin tightening, facial lifting, wrinkle reduction, and improved skin texture.
Regenerative Aesthetic Surgery (Facial, Body & Breast)
Regenerative aesthetic surgery combines traditional cosmetic procedures with regenerative techniques, including Lipogems, where appropriate, to support healing and enhance surgical outcomes.
- Category: Surgical
- Technique: Conventional cosmetic surgery integrated with regenerative therapies to promote tissue repair and recovery.
- Best Suited For: Individuals seeking facial, body, or breast enhancement with added regenerative support for healing.
Advanced Aesthetics (Facial Therapies, Body Contouring, Manual Therapies)
This category includes non-invasive facial treatments (HydraFacial and oxygen treatment), body contouring (CoolSculpting and Coolwaves), and manual therapies (lymphatic drainage and cupping).
- Category: Non-invasive aesthetic and wellness
- Technique: Cleansing, hydration, and cellular oxygenation (facial therapies); controlled cooling and mechanical wave technology (body contouring); manual manipulation and clay wraps (manual therapies)
Lasers & Energy Devices
Laser and energy-based treatments target pigmentation, tattoos, skin rejuvenation, and selected dermatological conditions using advanced laser and light technologies.
- Category: Dermatological and preventive treatments
- Technique: Q-switched laser, photodynamic therapy (PDT), Kleresca fluorescent light therapy, and diathermy heat therapy.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking pigmentation correction, tattoo removal, skin rejuvenation, or treatment for selected skin conditions.
Longevity & Complementary Therapies
The clinic offers longevity-focused therapies designed to support metabolic health, recovery, energy levels, and overall wellness through integrative medical treatments.
- Category: Regenerative and longevity medicine
- Technique: Oxygen-ozone therapy, IV micronutrient and NAD+ infusions, BICOM bioresonance, osteopathic treatment, and specialized massage therapies.
- Best Suited For: Patients seeking support for healthy aging, chronic fatigue, stress management, pain relief, metabolic health, and overall wellness.
Treatment Packages
The clinic's principal structured programme is the Longevity Pathway, an annual clinical pathway that integrates nutrition and medicine under Dr. Zana Fijan's longevity-medicine framework.
A separate under-21 privilege applies a 30% discount across all services, intended to encourage a preventive, mindful approach to care in younger patients. Last-minute offers apply 15–35% discounts to a rotating daily selection of treatments, such as Botox, HydraFacial, and lip treatments.
The Patient Pathway
- Initial Inquiry: Prospective patients contact the clinic via its online booking system, available for both domestic and international coordination.
- Consultation: A physician and therapist jointly conduct an in-depth clinical evaluation, assessing skin characteristics, treatment needs, and psychological profile.
- Pre-Treatment Preparation: Specific pre-treatment instructions
- The Procedure: For Lipogems, this involves fat extraction (typically from the abdomen) under local anesthesia, mechanical filtering of the tissue, and application to the treated area.
- Same-Day Recovery: Initial results are reported as visible within hours of the Lipogems procedure.
- Aftercare Treatment-specific aftercare protocols apply, for example, post-injection facial massage for PLLA patients, intended to support outcomes and reduce nodule risk.
- Follow-Up: Standard follow-up schedule
Suitability
- Patients who are strong candidates Patients seeking natural, autologous regenerative treatment rather than synthetic alternatives; high-level athletes requiring joint, tendon, or bone recovery without major surgery; and patients with facial volume loss or wrinkles suited to biostimulator or filler treatment.
- Patients who may need to delay or modify treatment: Specific conditions requiring delay or protocol modification, e.g., active infection, recent surgery, pregnancy status
- Patients for whom treatment is not clinically appropriate: Absolute contraindications for Lipogems and the clinic's injectable treatments
Results & Clinical Outcomes
Results and timelines vary by treatment. For Lipogems, the clinic reports visible results within hours and a typical return to normal activity the following day, with outcomes framed as near-permanent tissue rebuilding rather than temporary volumizing. Athletic patients are reported to show positive feedback for joint regeneration in the knee, shoulder, and hip, though this is described as documented feedback rather than a formal outcomes study.
For PLLA/Sculptra, cited clinical data reports efficacy maintained in over 90% of cases at 13 months and over 81% at 25 months, with more than 84% of patients reporting 'good to excellent' results across a 25-month follow-up. Results vary from person to person and are determined at consultation.
Recovery & Aftercare
Recovery varies depending on the treatment performed, but most non-surgical procedures involve minimal downtime. After Lipogems, local anesthesia helps reduce discomfort, and most patients can return to normal daily activities the following day, although strenuous exercise should be avoided for about one week while treated tissues heal. Following PLLA/Sculptra, mild swelling, bruising, or tenderness is common and usually resolves within a few days.
Patients are typically advised to perform gentle facial massage as instructed, stay well hydrated, and avoid excessive heat or intense physical activity for the first 24–48 hours. Follow-up appointments are scheduled based on the treatment plan to monitor healing, assess results, and determine whether additional sessions are recommended.
Safety, Risks & Side Effects
Every medical and aesthetic procedure carries potential risks, even when performed by experienced specialists. Understanding possible side effects, contraindications, and recommended safety measures helps patients make informed decisions and prepare for treatment with realistic expectations.
Common side effects
Lipogems may cause temporary swelling, redness, bruising, or mild discomfort at the treatment site. Injectable treatments such as PLLA may result in mild bruising, tenderness, swelling, or redness, which typically resolve within a few days.
Less common risks
Less common risks include infection, prolonged swelling, temporary asymmetry, allergic reactions (where applicable), or the formation of small nodules following collagen-stimulating injectables.
Contraindications
These treatments may not be suitable for individuals with active infections, uncontrolled medical conditions, bleeding disorders, certain autoimmune diseases, pregnancy or breastfeeding, or known allergies to treatment components. A medical consultation is required to determine suitability.
Safety protocols
Image Regenerative Clinic states that its treatments and patient information follow Art. 56 of the FNOMCeO Code of Ethics. Lipogems uses a minimally manipulated autologous tissue processing technique designed to preserve tissue integrity and support natural healing.
Why Patients Choose Image Regenerative Clinic
- Inventor-led Lipogems expertise: Prof. Carlo Tremolada, the inventor of Lipogems technology, leads treatment and ongoing MFAT research at the clinic.
- FDA-approved, NHS-reimbursed technology: Lipogems is FDA-approved and patented and is reimbursed by Italy's National Health Service in several regions, indicating a level of regulatory and clinical validation beyond many aesthetic clinics.
- Dual-location access: Patients can access the same clinical programme in Milan or in the Swiss Alpine setting of St. Moritz.
- Combined regenerative and longevity focus: The clinic pairs surgical/injectable regenerative treatment with a structured, physician-led longevity programme rather than offering these as separate, unrelated services.
- Editorial recognition: The clinic and its Lipogems technology have been covered by Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Sole 24 Ore, Panorama, Marie Claire, and Il Giornale D'Italia.
International & Remote Patient Services
Image Regenerative Clinic serves international patients across its Milan and St. Moritz locations, both positioned as medical-tourism destinations. Clinical services and digital content are offered in English, and an online booking system supports international scheduling coordination. Remote consultation availability, digital pre-treatment support, and post-treatment follow-up options for patients returning home.
Facilities & Clinical Environment
The clinic is designed around an intimate, exclusive setting in which science and aesthetic care are presented together, spanning its Milan location and its Alpine St. Moritz site. Standard procedures are performed on an outpatient basis; surgical procedures requiring a different operating environment are carried out at partner facilities operating in day-surgery mode. Hygiene/safety accreditation detail, specific equipment list beyond named devices, patient comfort amenities.
Pricing & Consultation Fees
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Reaching the Clinic
Image Regenerative Clinic operates two locations: Milan, Italy (Via Pietro Mascagni 14, 20122) and St. Moritz, Switzerland (Plazza Paracelsus 2, 7500). Travel logistics differ by location; the details below are general and should be confirmed for your specific clinic at the time of booking.
By Air
Milan is served by international airports with regular domestic and international connections, and St. Moritz is accessible via regional Swiss airports and connecting rail links from major hubs such as Zurich and Milan. Specific nearest-airport and transfer-time details for each location are not specified in the available data.
By Road
Image Regenerative Clinic's Milan location sits within the city centre, and its St. Moritz location is set in the Swiss Alps. Specific driving routes, parking availability, and public transport connections for each site are not specified in the available data.
Accommodation
As Image Regenerative Clinic operates in both Milan and the Alpine resort town of St. Moritz, a range of hotels and short-stay accommodation is generally available within travelling distance of each location, suitable for both short visits and longer recovery stays following surgical procedures. Specific recommended areas, distances, or clinic-affiliated accommodation are not specified in the available data.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lipogems and how does it work?
Lipogems is a regenerative treatment that uses a patient's own microfragmented fat tissue to support natural healing, tissue repair, and facial or body rejuvenation.
Is Lipogems suitable for first-time patients?
Yes. Lipogems is suitable for both first-time and returning patients following a medical consultation to determine eligibility.
Is the Lipogems procedure painful?
The procedure is performed under local anesthesia to minimize discomfort during treatment.
What is the recovery period after Lipogems?
Most patients return to normal daily activities the day after treatment, with minimal downtime.
How long do Lipogems results last?
Lipogems are designed to promote long-term tissue regeneration, with results varying based on the individual's condition and response to treatment.
Who is not a suitable candidate for Lipogems?
Lipogems may not be suitable for patients with active infections, uncontrolled medical conditions, bleeding disorders, or those who are pregnant or breastfeeding. A medical consultation is required to determine suitability.
How long do PLLA/Sculptra results last?
PLLA/Sculptra results typically last up to two years by gradually stimulating the body's natural collagen production.
How do I arrange a consultation at Image Regenerative Clinic?
You can book a consultation at the clinic's Milan or St. Moritz location, where a specialist will evaluate your needs and recommend a personalized treatment plan.
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Disclaimer
This page is for general information only and is not medical advice; if you have a health condition, consult a qualified medical professional before any treatment, and remember that suitability for any procedure is determined by a qualified practitioner at a personal assessment. Results vary from person to person and depend on factors assessed at consultation. All prices shown are indicative, depend on your individual case, and are confirmed at consultation. This page may also contain affiliate or partner links, for example, travel and accommodation search tools for which the site may earn a commission or referral fee at no extra cost to you; this does not affect the clinical recommendation or the price you pay for treatment.