“I have studied adipose tissue anatomy and physiology for 24+ years now and I know that existing fat cells can expand and new fat cells can be created out of stem cells if there is a positive calorie balance. Plus I have seen dozens of women who had liposuction and grew fat again on the area operated a few months/years before. So I do not understand why so many surgeons claim that fat removal after liposuction is “permanent”. I am sure the know about adipose tissue physiology, so they cannot possibly be ignorant? Below I explain how existing fat can regrow and new fat grow after liposuction.”
Do fat cells grow back after liposuction?
Leftover fat tissue can expand again after lipo
New fat cells can always grow after liposuction
So make sure you exercise and eat healthily right after lipo and, well, forever
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Leftover fat tissue can expand again after lipo
Liposuction is like an absolution of previous sins: it gets rid of the results of previous over-eating / exercising too little but it does not absolve you of any future sins (over-eating / exercising too little).
With liposuction anything up to 70%-90% of the fat on a specific area is removed but a good 10-30% remains. This is because it is impossible to scrape off every single bit of fat, as this would cause injury to the surrounding tissues and consequent fibrosis.
In many cases surgeons leave some fat that could be removed in order to prevent excessive skin laxity too. Liposuction always causes some fibrosis and some skin laxity. The key is to strike a balance between fat removal and tissue injury/fibrosis and also skin laxity.
However, the fact is that fat cells can swell up to 3,000 (yes, three thousand) times their original size, so if you exceed calorie balance after liposuction, the remaining fat cells in the area can expand and make the area fatty again.
New fat cells can always grow after liposuction
Moreover, there is another way fat can regrow in the operated areas.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are found everywhere in the connective tissue, can easily differentiate into fat cells, under a positive calorie imbalance.
This means that you can create new fat tissue, even where previously there was none.
So make sure you exercise and eat healthily right after lipo and, well, forever
So the moral of the story is after lipo absolves you of your sins (chronic positive calorie balance) do not sin again, i.e. follow a healthy nutrition and exercise regime, to avoid putting on fat even on the same area.
There is not much you can do to remove fat after lipo, other than diet/exercise or another lipo surgery.
However, for cellulite removal and skin tightening after lipo, the strongest SAFE technologies are deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and high-power ultrasound cavitation.
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