🌱 Regenerative Medicine in Honolulu

PRP • Exosomes • Wharton’s Jelly MSC

Physician‑Led • 25+ Years Experience • Evidence‑Based Healing

Physician‑Performed Regenerative Injections — WJ-MSC Starting at $800

No hidden fees. No upsells. Just evidence‑based biologics delivered by a board‑certified pain specialist.

Discover advanced biologic treatments designed to repair tissue, reduce pain, and restore function — without surgery. Dr. Schaefer uses the latest regenerative therapies to activate your body’s natural healing response for joints, tendons, skin, and hair.

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👩‍⚕️ Meet Dr. Schaefer — Expert in Pain Management & Precision Injections

With over 25 years of medical experience, Dr. Schaefer brings a level of expertise to regenerative medicine that is rare in Honolulu. She is board‑certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management, specialties that require advanced training in anatomy, nerve pathways, and image‑guided injection techniques.

Her background includes:

✅ Board Certification in Anesthesiology Mastery of anatomy, nerve blocks, and procedural precision.
✅ Board Certification in Pain Management Extensive experience diagnosing and treating complex joint, tendon, and musculoskeletal conditions.
✅ Expertise in Ultrasound‑Guided Injections Ensures accurate placement of PRP, exosomes, and biologic treatments for maximum effectiveness.
✅ Thousands of Joint & Tendon Injections Performed Knees, shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists, ankles, and more.
✅ Physician‑Led Care — Never Delegated Every injection is performed by Dr. Schaefer herself, not by a technician or assistant.

Patients choose Dr. Schaefer because she combines deep medical training, precision technique, and a compassionate, patient‑centered approach. Whether you’re seeking relief from chronic pain or looking to restore function without surgery, you’re in the hands of a true specialist.

💉 What Is Regenerative Medicine?

Regenerative medicine uses biologic materials — such as platelet‑rich plasma (PRP), exosomes, amniotic tissue, and Wharton’s Jelly — to stimulate your body’s natural healing mechanisms. These treatments deliver concentrated growth factors and signaling molecules directly to injured or aging tissues, helping them repair, regenerate, and function better.

Unlike medications that simply mask symptoms, regenerative therapies work at the cellular level to promote true healing.

🔍 How Regenerative Medicine Works

Regenerative therapies deliver concentrated biologic signals that:

✅ Reduce inflammation
✅ Stimulate collagen and tissue repair
✅ Improve blood flow
✅ Support cartilage and tendon healing
✅ Activate dormant or weakened cells
✅ Promote long‑term structural improvement

These treatments help your body heal itself, naturally.

🧬 What We Offer

✅ Platelet‑Rich Plasma (PRP)

Your own blood is processed to isolate high‑concentration growth factors that accelerate tissue repair. Ideal for: joint pain, tendon injuries, hair restoration, skin rejuvenation. We find PRP works especially well for patients under 30 who have a strong circulating stem cell population.

✅ Exosomes

Ultra‑pure signaling vesicles derived from stem cells that direct cellular repair and reduce inflammation. Ideal for: advanced joint degeneration, skin rejuvenation, hair density improvement. These highly filtered exosomes administered IV have shown great promises in treating systemic illnesses like long Covid, pulmonary fibrosis, and possibly even anti aging.

✅ Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJ-MSC - Umbilical Tissue Matrix)

A potent biologic containing growth factors, extracellular matrix, and structural proteins that support regeneration. Ideal for: severe joint degeneration, tendon tears, and advanced soft‑tissue injury. We have had amazing results with this product in our older patients who would not respond to PRP.

🌱 Why Our Regenerative Treatments Cost Less

Transparent Pricing • Physician‑Led Care • No Inflated Markups

Many clinics in Honolulu charge $1,800–$3,500 for PRP, adipose‑derived cells, or bone‑marrow–harvested injections. We offer Wharton’s Jelly MSCs starting at $800 because our approach is more efficient and avoids unnecessary costs.

✅ No Costly Harvesting Procedures

PRP, fat, and bone‑marrow treatments require long appointments, specialized equipment, and uncomfortable harvesting. Eliminating these steps dramatically reduces overhead.

✅ Lower Procedure Time

Without harvesting, appointments are shorter, staffing needs are lower, and treatment flow is more efficient — savings we pass directly to you.

✅ Physician‑Led, Not High‑Volume

We don’t operate like franchise clinics with large marketing budgets or inflated pricing structures. Our focus is medical integrity and streamlined operations.

You receive the same ultrasound precision‑guided injections and high‑quality biologics — without the unnecessary price inflation seen elsewhere.

🌟 Why we use Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells

🧬 Younger, more powerful cells Wharton’s Jelly mesenchymal stem cells (WJ‑MSCs) come from umbilical cord tissue, not from older adult tissue. These neonatal cells have far greater regenerative capacity than stem cells taken from your own blood, fat, or bone marrow, which all lose potency as we age.

📈 Stronger regenerative signaling WJ‑MSCs release high levels of growth factors, cytokines, and extracellular vesicles (including exosomes) that drive tissue repair, reduce inflammation, and support healing in skin, joints, and soft tissue. Their “secretome” has been shown to be richer and more active than that of adult‑derived stem cells.

🎯 More consistent results Because WJ‑MSCs are sourced from carefully screened, healthy donors at birth, their performance doesn’t depend on how old you are, how inflamed you are, or how many medications you take. In contrast, PRP, fat‑derived, and bone‑marrow stem cell treatments all depend on the quality of your cells, which decline with age and chronic disease.

💉 No harvesting procedure There is no liposuction and no bone marrow draw. That means less pain, less downtime, and lower risk compared to adipose‑derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) or bone marrow aspirate procedures.

⚖️ Compared to other options

PRP: Great for mild cases and early intervention, works well in younger patients who have adequate circulating stem cells stem cells, but in older patients PRP has limited regenerative power.
Adipose‑derived cells (fat/SVF): Contain some stem/stromal cells but require liposuction and vary widely in potency based on age and health.
Bone marrow aspirate (BMAC): Contains adult stem cells but is invasive, painful, and also declines in potency with age.

Bottom line: For adults over 30, Wharton’s Jelly MSCs provide a stronger, more consistent regenerative signal than PRP, fat‑derived cells, or bone marrow aspirate — without the need for a harvesting procedure.

🎯 Are you Good Candidate for Regenerative Medicine?

You may be a great fit if you:

✅ Have chronic joint or tendon pain
✅ Want to avoid surgery or steroid injections
✅ Prefer natural, biologic healing
✅ Want physician‑guided treatment
✅ Have arthritis, tendonitis, or overuse injuries
✅ Want hair restoration or skin rejuvenation
✅ Want faster recovery from injury or training

🩺 What Conditions We Treat

✅ Knee arthritis
✅ Shoulder pain / rotator cuff injuries
✅ Tennis elbow & golfer’s elbow
✅ Achilles tendonitis
✅ Plantar fasciitis
✅ Hip pain
✅ Wrist & hand injuries
✅ Hair thinning / hair loss
✅ Skin aging (microneedling + PRP/exosomes)

🧪 What to Expect at Your Visit

👩‍⚕️ Physician‑Led Evaluation You’ll meet directly with Dr. Schaefer to review your symptoms and goals.
🧬 Personalized Treatment Plan We determine whether PRP, exosomes, amniotic tissue, or Wharton’s jelly is best for your condition.
💉 Precision‑Guided Injection Your treatment is performed with meticulous technique for maximum effectiveness.
⏱️ Quick, Comfortable Visit Most appointments take less than 20 minutes.
🔄 Follow‑Up to Ensure Results We track your progress and adjust your plan as needed.

Regenerative medicine treatments like (PRP), exosomes, and amniotic fluid can help heal joints, tendons, enhance hair restoration, and rejuvenate the skin. These compounds contain growth factors that can trigger cell proliferation, speed healing and stimulate tissue regeneration in the treated area.

Regenerative Medicine has been used to support wound healing in trauma and joint injury. The technique can address male and female baldness, stimulate the growth of hair transplants and enhance other cosmetic procedures like microneedling. The results of regenerative medicine treatments are most noticeable after several months and can be very long lasting.

Platelet-Rich Plasma

Platelet-Rich Plasma makes up less than 1% of blood by volume. 55% is plasma and 45% is red blood cells. PRP is full of Platelets which release chemicals that trigger the body's own healing powers - Platelets concentrate in wounds when tissue is disrupted and blood vessels breached. Platelets stop the bleeding and release factors that cause the cells in the injured tissue to multiply and the wound to heal. When the PRP is injected into your joints, tendons, face or scalp it stimulates dormant stem cells to multiply and repair tissue.

Amniotic Fluid

The amniotic fluid we use has been sterilized through electron beam irradiation. Our amniotic fluid is sourced from ethical fluid donations at the time of a normal, full-term, and healthy cesarean section delivery. All donors are thoroughly screened and tested to meet the required standards for fluid and tissue donation. The amniotic fluid maintains its natural regenerative qualities from collection all the way through to application. Amniotic fluid is rich in cytokines, healing factors, growth hormones which can stimulate the body's healing process

We believe you should try Amniotic fluid injections before resorting to surgery on many occasions, as the complication rate is much lower with injections compared to surgery. Many of our patients have significantly delayed or avoided surgery by using amniotic fluid's regenerative power.

Exosomes

Exosomes are extracellular vesicles, which are tiny fluid-filled sacs or nanoparticles that originate in many different types of cells in the body, including stem cells. The exosomes that we use are isolated from ethically sourced amniotic fluid and is a concentrate of the healing and growth factors present.

Exosomes have been shown to carry cell-specific cargos—or exosomal cargos—of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids like RNAs, which can be selectively transferred to recipient cells in the body (located both near and far). Through a form of cell-to-cell communication—or intercellular communication—known as paracrine signaling, exosomes deliver tiny messages (biochemical signals) from cell to cell, which alter the behavior of the recipient cells.

By manufacturing and deploying exosomes, the cells are able to orchestrate the regeneration of tissue, help control inflammation, repair injuries and support regenerative therapies to treat certain diseases.

Donor blood is tested for the following communicable diseases:

-Syphilis (STS)

-Hepatitis B Virus (Surface Ag, Core Ab, NAT)

-Hepatitis C Virus (Ab, NAT)

-Human T-lymphotropic virus, type I (Ab)

-Human T-lymphotropic virus, type II (Ab)

-Human immunodeficiency virus, type O (Ab, NAT)

-Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (NAT)

-Human immunodeficiency virus, type 2 (Ab)

-Cytomegalovirus (Ab)

-West Nile Virus (NAT)

Donors are also screened for social histories and high-risk behaviors that may make them a more at-risk demographic for communicable diseases.

Wharton's Jelly

Wharton’s jelly is a substance found in the umbilical cord that contains mesenchymal stem cells. Below are referenced multiple peer-reviewed published science articles demonstrating the efficacy of Wharton's Jelly in the treatment of chronic degenerative diseases like Degenerative Disk Disease, Vertebral Compression Fracture, Osteoarthritis, and Peripheral Nerve injury. We have had miraculous results with these treatments. This is the future of medicine available today.

📍 Serving Honolulu & East O‘ahu

Offering regenerative medicine, Wharton’s Jelly MSC therapy, stem cell–based treatments, PRP, and ultrasound‑guided injections for patients across Honolulu, East O‘ahu, Kahala, Hawai‘i Kai, Aina Haina, Kuli‘ou‘ou, and surrounding O‘ahu communities seeking advanced non‑surgical regenerative care.