Once fat cells in a given location are destroyed, can they be replaced by other fat cells?

If your question is whether or not fat cells will regenerate in an area after liposuction I'm not sure the answer is known. Most of us think that the number of fat cells carried into adult life is finite. However patients with appreciable weight gain may not follow this pattern.

Once fat cells are removed or destroyed they will not repopulate that area.  However, with poor diet and a lack of exercise, the fat cells remaining can become larger.

If fat cells are removed or damaged in one area, they do not come back in that area.  I suggest seeing a cosmetic dermatologist or plastic surgeon with experience in body sculpting to determine your individual needs.  Best, Dr. Emer.

I appreciate your question.Your body has a limited number of fat cells. Once they are removed or die they can not be replaced. However, fat cells store fat and can expandThe best way to assess and give true advice would be an in-person exam.Please see a board-certified plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery.best of luck!Dr Schwartz

Fat cells do not multiply and do not move, so once the fat cells are removed from a specific area, they are gone forever. Fat cells do however shrink and expand depending on how much weight you gain. If you gain weight, the remaining fat cells in the area may enlarge.

When people gain and lose weight, the fat cells in the body get bigger and smaller. Fat can be removed with a variety of techniques that have permanent results:1) Surgery can remove large areas of fat through incisions such as when a tummy tuck is done.2) Liposuction can remove large amounts of fat through small poke holes. Adjuncts to liposuction include ultrasound wave, radio frequency, laser, and power which may make the results easier to achieve.3) Noninvasive technologies that kill fat cells through topical treatments that don't puncture the skin. For example, coolsculpt does this by freezing fat cells.All of these techniques permanently remove fat to varying extents in the treated area. The fat will not 'grow back' in this area. If you were to get a treatment and then gain a lot of weight, the fat cells left in your body would all get bigger. If your outer thighs are the place where you usually put on weight, and you have liposuction to make them thin - you will notice a difference the next time you gain weight - you won't see it in your outer thighs.For these reasons, it is very important that a surgical, minimally invasive, or noninvasive treatment evaluates your body as a whole to design a procedure to gives your body balance - this helps create the best and most long lasting results.

Hi. the only way to replace them is doing a fat transfer to that site, this procedure is done in some deformities.Regards.Dr. Milla

Once fat cells are removed - whether by liposuction or cool sculpt - they do not return.  If you gain weight, though, you will add fat cells in the surrounding areas.

Great question.  Our body increases the size of each fat cell when we gain weight as opposed to increasing the number of fat cells.  In certain circumstances such as morbid obesity the body does turn on that fat cell replication process.  So in general, if maintain your weight the fat cell size will be maintained and if you gain weight all of the remaining fat cells will increase in size.  Since you will have fewer fat cells in the area of treatment then the amount of fat deposited in that area will be less.All the best,Dr Remus Rept

YES, you can replace the cells by fat grafting to that location. This procedure can help correct irregularities.