If a max of 5L fat can be removed, does that include the fat that’s put back in when doing fat transfer such as BBL?

Thank you for your question. Generally 5 liters of fat is what is considered the maximum safe amount to remove from a patient in an outpatient surgery center, though in Florida the maximum is 4 liters of fat may be removed. This fat is then put through a process called centrifuged and then is injected into the buttocks for a BBL surgery. All of this is part of these 5 (or 4) liters removed, though not all of it will be injected back into the buttocks.Kamran Azad MD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

For safety purposes 5000 cc is the generally accepted upper limit for liposuction in an outpatient setting, with the transfer being less than that. This number might decrease based upon patient weight, surgeon experience, and intra-operative findings.   I have liposuctioned the abdomen, sides, flanks, lower back, upper back, posterior neck, submental areas, jowls, arms, thighs, calves, ankles, buttocks, hips, knees. Notably absent from the list are the earlobes and digits. There is very little fat present on those areas.