Florida lipo & BBL limits: Is one liter the total amount of fat removed?

The safe limit for lipoaspirate in Florida is 4L. Lipoaspirate is a mixture of fat, tumescent fluid, blood, and interstitial fluid. 4L of lipoaspirate does not yield 4L of fat to be injected to the buttocks. If you are lucky that may lead to 1L to each side. Over the first 6 weeks to 3 months ~50% of that volume injected is lost. That means the 1L would end up being ~500cc. Every PS is different in the technique they use. Some inject more fluid with their fat making the number larger at the time of surgery, but the amount of actual fat is not larger. Once that extra excess fluid is absorbed the buttocks shrink very rapidly. Another concern is if you have a lot of excess fat on your body (higher BMI), 4L is not a lot of fat to be removed, and you may be left with fat. Here in TX we can take 5L. 

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