Woman on the verge of blindness claims LIPOSUCTION helped her to see again once doctors harvested the stem cells from …

Julia Matsumoto was diagnosed with a rare condition called optic neuritis that caused her to go completely blind at the age of 31 A liposuction procedure that involved extracting stem cells from Matsumoto's fat helped Matsumoto regain her vision in less than four days There is a debate as to whether it was the difficult steroid therapy or the stem cells that helped Matsumoto gain her vision back

By Alexandra Klausner

Published: 20:09 EST, 28 May 2014 | Updated: 20:09 EST, 28 May 2014

One woman with a rare condition called optic neuritis says that liposuction not only helped her lose weight, stopped her from going blind.

Julia Matsumoto was diagnosed with a rare condition called optic neuritis that caused her to go completely blind at the age of 31.

A liposuction procedure that involved extracting stem cells from Matsumoto's fat and placing them back in her body helped Matsumoto regain her vision in four days.

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Julia Matsumoto thought she'd never be able to see again but a rare stem cell therapy involving liposuction helped her regain her vision in less that three days

Doctors performed liposuction on Julia's stomach and then harvested the stem cells in her fat

According to Medical News Today, 'Adult stem cells can divide or self-renew indefinitely, enabling them to generate a range of cell types from the originating organ or even regenerate the entire original organ.'

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