By: Alexandra Geperle, Agence France-Presse November 6, 2013 11:55 AM <\/p>\n
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MANILA, Philippines -- Cynthia Carrion-Norton flits high-heeled around the Philippine capital with energy levels belying her years, thankful for a controversial treatment she highly recommends to fellow sixty-somethings. <\/p>\n
Carrion-Norton, 66, a member of the Philippine Olympic Committee and a former undersecretary for medical tourism, credits her vitality to adult stem cell therapy. <\/p>\n
\"The day I got the therapy I went to a dinner party and everyone told me: 'Cynthia, you're blooming!\" Carrion-Norton told AFP. <\/p>\n
The procedure involves harvesting the patient's stem cells from their own fat and injecting them into their blood, which she likened to being injected with intravenous fluid in the arm. <\/p>\n
In a country where many among the elite are obsessed with anti-aging, wealthy Filipinos are shelling out between $12,500 and $18,000 per session of stem cell therapy in the belief it will improve their overall health and make them look younger. <\/p>\n
Rich businessmen and public officials -- mostly male -- are the most eager customers, according to Florencio Lucero, a doctor in Manila who said he started performing adult stem cell therapy in 2006. <\/p>\n
\"They do it because they want to work longer,\" Lucero told AFP. <\/p>\n
\"And then they tell their wives or girlfriends.\" <\/p>\n
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