“Does fat grow back after liposuction?”
I am a 22 year old female. I wonder if fat grows back after liposuction?
6 Answers
The fat will not grow back in the areas that were suctioned as those fat cells were removed to a large extent. However, if you gain weight after the procedure you may gain it in adjacent areas that were not treated.
Yes if you gain weight
That does not grow back. Fat cells will get larger in any given particular area when there is weight gain. Once a fat cells are removed those fat cells do not come back.
Fatty tissue is a storage organ and for that reason fatty deposits can grow after liposuction, if there is weight gain. Liposuction, if performed appropriately, contours areas that have disproportionate deposits of fat. Not all the fat is ever removed. What is permanent, is the new “shape” that the liposuction produces. What you do to maintain that shape, is up to you.
Fat accumulates secondary to calorie ingestion. If you have liposuction with good results and continue to ingest way to much food (calories), you can gain this back. If you are careful with the calories after a liposuction procedure, you will be okay. The results can be permanent.
Very good question. Fat cells do two things. They swell when more calories are taken in, and they shrink when calories are restricted. Fat does not multiply itself. So, once fat is surgically removed via liposuction, it will not recur in that area. Now, if calories keep coming in, the remaining fat cells in other parts will swell and get larger.
J. Michael Morrissey, MD
J. Michael Morrissey, MD
