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I'm 8 days after fat grafting to male chest. I'm a bodybuilder and didn't like the result. Can I reverse the fat grafting?

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vatsalJul 11, 2014

Will starting strenuous workout routine and massaging help to dissolve the transferred fat?

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Trevor M. Born, MD

Dear AngelxoxoxoThank you for your question!  The treatment of the under eye area - can be done with fillers such as Restylane ( the blue color happens when it is put too superficial) or with Micro Fat Grafting- this can give excellent results and lumps/bumps should not occur if it is...

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Kenneth Hughes, MD

    You do not need muscle for the fat to live.  Fat just needs vascularized tissue of any sort surrounding it.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

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Konstantin Vasyukevich, MD

I would fully agree with your surgeon.  The rate of fat survival is very poor in the areas that see a lot of muscle activity.  Most of the fat transferred to the lips is likely to disappears within a month or two.Another reason not to use fat for correcting lip asymmetry is that fat...

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Robert F. Centeno, MD, FACS

Thank you for your question.  Very roughly, 1,000 grams or 1,000 cc's weighs approximately 2.2 lbs.  While not exact this a  reasonable approximation. If 2300 cc's of fat was transferred that translates to approximately 5 lbs of fat.   After body contouring...

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Tim Neavin, MD

...Is the same thing as transfer.  Fat to lips is unpredictable.  I over-correct knowing that the fat cell survival is lower here than in other areas where there is native fat.  I put in up to 8 cc to 12 cc in the lips.  Hyaluronic acid products like Restylane is more...

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John J. Martin, Jr., MD

It looks like you would have plenty of fat for a fat transfer.  It is the rare person who has no fat to harvest - usually elite athletes, or chronic HIV patients.  Your surgeon is recommending what they like to do.     

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