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One of the main urgent problems of humanity is old age and related problems: senile diseases, deterioration of appearance, atherosclerosis, dementia, carcinogenesis, ischemic disease, myocardial infarction, etc. What should we do? The answer is very simple: you must always stay young, periodically rejuvenate the aging body and then there will be no problems listed above. For most people, this is fantastic, but now there are methods that allow you to rejuvenate the skin. The next step is to rejuvenate other tissues and organs. It was found that the number of living, working and capable of dividing cells is constantly decreasing with age (Strehler, 1964). Dead cells are replaced by connective tissue. Connective tissue plays an important role in the aging process. In some aging organs, dead specialized cells are replaced with connective tissue cells that are unable to perform the functions of this organ. For example, cardiomyocytes (muscle cells of the heart) when they die as a result of a heart attack can be replaced by fibroblasts, forming a scar that is deprived of the ability to contract.

Therefore, it is important to replace old or dead cells with young, fully functioning ones.

Another task is to eliminate the old connective tissue and replace it with a young one. The use of both methods in combination can give the maximum effect.

A particular task that is already being solved today is skin rejuvenation. To rejuvenate the skin, eliminate wrinkles, scars after surgery, and acne, methods have already been developed that give an unambiguously positive result. This and some other topics related to the rejuvenation of human tissues and organs will be discussed in this publication.