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Do Cheek Fat Injections Dissolve if I Lose Weight?
Once a fat graft has established a new blood supply it will respond to weight loss or weight gain as it did from the area it was harvested from. Outside of surgical procedures there is no such thing as targeted weight loss - meaning that those commercials you see for loosing abdominal fat just don't make sense. When people lose weight from exercise and diet they lose it from everywhere. But the rate of weight loss or gain for each particular area can be different (additionally rates of fat gain or loss for different body areas also changes as we get older). Fat grafting is a good way to get permanent results in contour improvement.
Clinical Context
Fat grafted to the cheeks becomes living tissue with its own blood supply, so it can grow or shrink along with the rest of your body over time. If your weight has been unstable, results are harder to predict, since future gains or losses will affect the grafted fat too. Surgeons generally recommend reaching a stable, maintainable weight before the procedure so the amount of fat transferred matches your long-term goals.
