Artist Orestes de la Paz decided to recycle his excess fat from his liposuction surgery and convert them to create human soaps infused with human fat.
The Miami-based artist offers his fat-injected soap bars for $1,000 to would-be clients. The soaps are made with coconut oil, organic vegetable shortening, lavender, tree tea oils and 25% of human fat. The soap apparently leaves the skin of users feeling soft after and supple.
Artists say they put blood, sweat and tears into their works, but de la Paz literally does put all of those elements into his art. Fat-infused soaps are something not a lot of people will be comfortable using, but if it leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth it should be worth a try.
What's Driving This Trend
- Body-part-infused Soap
- Exploring the use of unconventional ingredients, such as fat, in soap-making could inspire new body part-infused soap products.
- Recycling Body Fat
- Finding innovative ways to recycle body fat, such as using it in soap, presents a potential disruptive innovation opportunity in the beauty and personal care industry.
- Shock Marketing
- Appealing to shock value can be an innovative marketing technique for certain industries, such as the art industry, as demonstrated by the success of fat-infused soap bars.
Who This Affects Most
- Beauty and Personal Care
- The use of unconventional ingredients, such as fat, in soap-making could be adapted to create new beauty and personal care products that offer unique benefits.
- Art
- Innovative and unconventional artistic works, such as fat-infused soap bars, can attract attention and create a buzz, sparking growth and opening up new markets in the art industry.
- Medical Waste Recycling
- Exploring ways to recycle medical waste, such as body fat from liposuction surgeries, presents a potential disruptive innovation opportunity in the waste management industry.
