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Is It True That Liposuction Removes Fat Creating Cells So You Cant Create More Fat in That Spot Anymore?

i’ve heard that liposuction removes the original fat cells that create the new cells. is that true?

say my body stores fat in my stomach first. so i get my stomach sucked. then i eat a ton of crap everyday. will all my fat then be redirected somewhere else because i no longer have the fat producing cells in the my stomach? say then would my neck and butt get fat instead? lol. have a skinny body and fat limbs. could that happen??

  1. John W
    May 10th, 2010 at 20:39 | #1

    Interesting question.

    I doubt that every adipocyte could be removed within a single region via liposuction. Hypothetically, if such an event did occur, I imagine new lipoblasts (precursors of adipocytes, or fat cells) would migrate to that location and re-populate.

    Edit: Adipocytes normally undergo mitosis upon reaching four-times their original size.

  2. bex
    May 10th, 2010 at 20:39 | #2

    Actually, when you "get fat" you aren’t growing new fat cells. You have the same fat cells now that you’ve had all your life (since the early years of your life). So, when you "get fat" your cells get larger, they don’t multiply. When you lose weight, your fat cells get smaller. Liposuction removes fat cells, so liposuction would result in less fat cells. They will never grow back, although, the ones remaining can always get bigger.

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