What happens to the fat that gets absorbed back to your body after any fat transfer procedure?

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I know that some of the fat gets reabsored back to your body after a fat transfer, but I wonder what happens to those fat that goes back to your body? Do they go to random places in your body and forms fat there making you deformed? Or do they get eliminated through your body overtime?

Michael S. Beckenstein, MD · Answer

The fat grafts can become oil that gets absorbs into the lymphatic system and removed from the body, used as fuel, or deposited as fat(just like eating fatty food). Fat grafts that do not survives can become fatty cysts, or from areas known as fat necrosis.

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

Fat is unpredictable some will stay and some will go.  I suggest you go to an expert for treatment and evaluation, one who uses puregraft and PRP to get the best results.  Dr. Emer.

Khashayar Mohebali, MD, FACS · Answer

A percentage of the fat that is transferred does not survived and get absorbed back by your body. That fat just get absorbed by your body and then removed. They do not get transferred or deposited in another part of your body.

Frederic H. Corbin, MD (license restricted) · Answer

Thank you for the question and the fat cells that do not survive are eliminated from the body or on occasion have cysts formed around them that may be palpableDr. Corbin

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