Where does the reabsorbed fat go?

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I am having a tummy tuck and liposuction in a month, and my surgeon and I have been discussing the possibility of fat transfer to my breasts. My surgeon advised that at least 50% of the fat transferred in my breasts would be reabsorbed in my body. I am wondering now, will it be absorbed and redistributed everywhere, including in the areas that were just suctioned off? If so, wouldn't that be counterproductive to the tummy tuck & liposuction? Thank you for your advice.

Lawrence Iteld, MD · Answer

Fat transfers are increasingly popular ways to improve the shape and size of one's buttocks and breasts. When we do this procedure, about 50-60% of the transferred fat will achieve an adequate new blood supply to become a permanent fixture to the new site. The remaining fat cells will be broken down by the body and excreted in your waste. It will not set up residence elsewhere in your body.

Karl William Schwarz, MD · Answer

That is an excellent question. The fat will be re-absorbed by the lymphatic system and digested by your immune cells and then processed by the liver and kidney and excreted from your body. The fat cells won’t leave from your breast and travel to another part of the body or return home from where they were suctioned.
The fat cells don’t leave intact&mdash;there is not 100% take of all of the fat because some of the fat cannot establish a new blood supply so they are not intact to travel.

Adolfo Sesto, MD · Answer

Hi. Fat cells just get reabsorbed by the body and excrete, thats all.
Depending on the technique use to harvest the fat,  adyposites cells may remain in good condition for transfering and survival  one in  the receptor area. Being the traditional Lipo the best for this purpose.
Still breast implants have  no  substitute for Breast Augmentation. Is the safest and aproven way to do it.
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Leon Goldstein, MD · Answer

Fat grafting to the buttocks and breasts are becoming more popular. Approximately 40% of the fat grafted does not survive for a number of reasons. The fat that does not make it is broken down into multiple organic products including calcium formation. Most of the broken down fat is excreted through our kidneys after having been processed by the liver. Fat does not get “absorbed” and reappear in other areas of the body.

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