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ReviewCureus2026

A Layered Framework for Biological Aesthetics: A Narrative Review of Regenerative Medicine in Cosmetic Science.

Mohamed Ismail, Scott M Martin

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Review in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mohamed IsmailRegenerative Aesthetics, Clinica Joelle Dubai, Dubai, ARE.
Scott M MartinMedical Aesthetics, Private Practice, Las Vegas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological aesthetics applies regenerative substances, including platelet-rich fibrin, mesenchymal stem cells, and fat-derived biological matrices, with emerging adjunctive roles for peptides and exosomes. These approaches have gained attention because of their potential regenerative and biocompatible properties. However, comparative safety, clinical effectiveness, and durability remain uncertain because the available evidence is heterogeneous and, for several modalities, limited to preclinical studies or small clinical investigations. A layered approach addressing bone, fascia, fat, dermis, and epidermis is proposed as a framework for studying age-related changes across multiple tissue planes, but it has not been validated as a clinical treatment protocol. Challenges remain regarding regulatory clarity, product standardization, dosing, safety, and long-term clinical validation. This narrative review summarizes the biological basis, available clinical evidence, regulatory limitations, and research gaps associated with major regenerative agents and presents the multilayered model as a hypothesis-generating framework for future research.

Indexed as

aestheticsexosomesmesenchymal stem cellsmulti-layered treatmentplatelet-rich fibrinregenerative medicine

Identifiers

PMID42829555
PMCPMC13633396

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