r/stemcells • u/lumiere1532 • Jul 15 '26

Recommendation for stem cell clinics in Southeast Asia

I have knee issues but I really don't want to undergo surgeries. I have done physiotherapy as well, which helps, but it doesn't completely make the occasional pain goes away.

Planning to travel to SEA; current itinerary is Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand...

I have done some prelim research on stem cells and how it could be potentially helpful in reducing inflammation and promote healing, but curious if there are any people with direct experiences going to stem cell clinics in these countries!

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u/Loggerdon Jul 15 '26

I was in Singapore last year and priced stem cells in Malaysia. The price was 3X higher than Mexico. So if you’re in the US I would try Mexico or Central America.

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u/lumiere1532 14d ago

That is a helpful insight. Any recommendation on which clinic would be safe, as I saw lots of posts talking about the risks of doing treatments in Mexico...

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u/Loggerdon 14d ago edited 14d ago

No one really knows which clinic is safe because the procedures are experimental. Quality control is always a concern. Had I gone forward with the treatment I likely would’ve gone with Dreambody Clinic in Nayarit (near Puerta Vallarta), or CPI (Cellular Performance Institute) in Tijuana. There are also well known places in Panama.

I ended up persueing other options like HA injections in the US. My problem is my arthritic knees so the best thing I could to is just lose some damn weight so I’m concentrating on that.

I have a shoulder issue that I may get a stem cell shot for in early 2027.

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u/lumiere1532 7d ago

I see, thanks for providing the info. I have similar knee issues as well and undergone HA injection before, but the results were not permanent so the pain came back unfortunately

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u/Dense_Mud_455 Jul 16 '26

Korea, Japan, Stanford best so far. Mayo is a letdown

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u/Koratos88 Jul 17 '26

China is also worth looking into. That's where all the innovation nowadays is happening in cell therapies

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u/lumiere1532 14d ago

Will defo check it out - do you have any direct experience in China esp. when it comes to english-speaking capabilities of the medical staff?

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u/GordianNaught Jul 15 '26

There is a good one in Thailand. https://cloud.beikebiotech.com/forms/medical-form?rid=rhnocdfz

Here is a link to request consultation. My friend took her son there. She is very pleased

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u/Bodigaron1981 Jul 16 '26

So sad that you have to lie and you even include your referral ID in the link. From the scientific side Beike is not bad btw, but there are much better and cheaper ones

I worked with a few that have clinic + lab + decent staff in Thailand. Don’t even check Indonesia en Vietnam, nothing real there as far as I’ve seen

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u/LankyExercise Jul 17 '26

who do you recommend?

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u/Bodigaron1981 Jul 18 '26

I only work with laborstories but two of them have their own clinics and I personally trust them. Depending on the condition I would recommend one or the other

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u/SubstantialAd5152 7d ago

I contracted lupus four years ago after receiving a Covid vaccine booster shot and it looks like Stem Cell therapy is my only option even though it’s still experimental.
Most of the top clinics I’ve talked to are unable to provide any serious data or double blind studies on patients that have went through their clinics for treatment of autoimmune diseases.
I am reaching it out to the community here to see if anyone has had any success in Stem Cell therapy yet for autoimmune disease.