Would you want fat from a dead body pumped into yours for a little added oomph? It’s a morbid question many answered with a resounding “yes” when the so-called “zombie filler” slowly emerged on the US market in 2024. Today, stateside clinics now have months-long backlogs of plump-seeking patients waiting to get their hands on vials of sterilised cadaver tissue. Read: Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) and boob jobs are now being sourced from the morgue.
Zombie filler – real name alloClae – was first released by manufacturer Tiger Aesthetics to a select group of doctors across the pond in 2024. When people donate their bodies to science after their death for altruistic acts like organ donation, tissue banks often collect their fat, too. Tiger Aesthetics then purchases it, screens it for diseases, sterilises and processes it, before selling it to surgeons in a little branded syringe, with the deceased’s fat now resembling severely curdled cake batter.
