Transforming Lives Through Advancements in Biomaterials

Introducing NACgraft

BioAesthetics’ Nipple-Areolar Complex Graft, or NACgraft, is a revolutionary next step in breast reconstruction that will provide patients who have had mastectomies with a new, natural, living nipple and areola.

We created NACgraft because we believe breast cancer survivors deserve an effective nipple reconstruction process that looks and feels great.

The NACgraft is a cell-free, biologically-derived nipple and areola graft that once applied by a surgeon, will allow the patient’s own body to integrate the NACgraft. This process uses the patient’s own natural ability to heal, resulting in a real and living nipple unique to and uniquely a part of the patient.

Who Needs a NACgraft?

Generally, women or men who are breast cancer survivors and have undergone mastectomies. Patients who have had mastectomies because of breast cancer usually cannot keep their nipples because their nipples are also cancerous or too close to the cancer. BioAesthetics designed NACgraft to give the patient a new, natural, living nipple and areola.

NACgraft Technology

BioAesthetics’ NACgraft is a biologically-derived collagen-rich graft. Our patented process removes materials that can cause graft rejection, while protecting the natural proteins and structure of the NAC. Unlike traditional tissue grafts or organ transplants, where immune-suppressing drugs are required, patients who choose NACgraft will not need to take immune-suppressing drugs to support their NACgraft.

A Living Nipple

NACgrafts encourage the patient’s own cells to grow into the NACgraft where they convert the NACgraft into a living NAC. Your new NAC will look real and feel real to the touch because it’s not a prosthetic: it’s a living tissue.

NACs Unique to You

Each person has a unique pair of nipples. BioAesthetics will work with the patient’s physician to find the best-matching single or pair of NACgrafts to suit the patient’s preference for size.

NAC Safety

NACgrafts are made with a widely-used process similar to what is used for many types of tissue grafts, which have demonstrated safety for over 30 years. Although decellularized tissues are generally considered safe, some patients may experience adverse effects or outcomes with any surgical procedure. Patients should consult with their healthcare provider about any surgical procedure they are considering.

Patients

For many patients who have undergone a mastectomy, breast reconstruction may be an important step towards feeling whole again. While surgeons have perfected breast reconstruction surgery over time, a comparable option for nipple replacement has not existed — until now.

Through advancements in biomaterials, BioAesthetics is developing an innovative nipple replacement solution.

Healthcare Providers

BioAesthetics is transforming the outcome of nipple reconstruction by bringing to market an off-the-shelf, human-derived, acellular nipple-areolar complex graft.

BioAesthetics’ patented method of decellularization yields a biological scaffold that retains the unique structure of the NAC and will allow patients’ cells to repopulate and regenerate their own NAC.

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