Fat NEVER "travels" or redistributes itself, even after surgery of any kind. When fat is removed from any part of the body, those fat cells are gone, and only the fat cells left in the operative site can be "fed" by additional weight gain. So let's say that you had liposuction of the hips, and your surgeon removed 50% of the fat cells in your hips. Good job, if things were removed smoothly, with nice transitions rather than a big "shark bite!" Now let's say you get lazy and gain some weight. Your fat cells do not know that some of their counterparts in the hips have been permanently removed. The fat cells in your belly, butt, breasts, etc. are all still there, but your hips have 50% fewer cells to receive those extra calories in the form of fat cell enlargement. So your belly, your butt, your breasts, your etc. all get "fatter," and so do your hips--BUT, your hips have 50% fewer cells to enlarge, and therefore do so less than these other areas. This leads patients to say, "Lipo doesn't work, that fat from my hips just 'went to' my belly, my butt, my breasts, my etc." The fat didn't "move" "travel" or "redistribute" in any way. You simply got fat again and put it where you had all of your fat cells present. Over time and with the hormone changes associated with menopause, you did indeed see fat distribution patterns shift. But not because fat "traveled" or fat cells "grew" in certain areas and not in others. It's too complex to summarize in this forum, but suffice it to say that hormone changes cause the metabolism of fat cells (all of them slightly different in different areas of the body, and why some people get fat bellies and keep skinny legs, and others see huge thighs and still-slim bellies, etc.) to absorb fat in different ways than when the hormones were more active. So over time, you did indeed see the absorption of fat change from hips and thighs to your belly. But not because the cells or the contents of them "went on a trip!" So if you undergo a BBL, liposuction will take some of your belly fat (and perhaps from other areas as well, as you and your surgeon decide) and mechanically remove it (permanently) from those areas and literally transplant it to your buttocks, where 50% or so will survive. This means your belly is smaller, and your butt is somewhat larger. If you maintain your weight with diet and exercise, no fat will "move," "travel," or "redistribute" in any way, ever. UNLESS you gain weight, in which case the fat cells that exist in each of those respective areas will enlarge. So your bigger butt will get bigger, but so will your belly, breasts, hips, etc., according to the number and distribution of the then-existing fat cells in each of those areas. But if you're like the majority of Americans, your after-menopause slowed metabolism and your tendency to overeat will conspire to make you fatter, and your fat cells already have a personal hormonal receptor tendency to collect those extra calories in your belly slightly more than the fat cells in other areas. But, remember, fat does not travel unless it is mechanically (via BBL) transplanted to your butt. The good news is that your butt now has belly fat cells, whose hormone receptors have the tendency to "receive" fat just like the donor (belly) area. So if you gain weight, your belly's remaining cells, AND your butt's new transplanted belly cells will enlarge. But no fat cells are going to move. Only your intake and calorie burn (diet and exercise) will determine what gets fat and what doesn't! Hope that is as clear as mud! Best wishes! Dr. Tholen