Does fat graft "go away" at low BF%?

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I'm seriously considering getting a fat transfer for my upper eyelids and already booked a consultation, but before spending some money on it and travelling across the globe I wanted to make sure I know what I'm getting into. I saw some crazy results on this forum but most of it seem to be a week or two after the procedure was performed, and thus it will look more hooded then a few months after due to reabsorption. This would likely even get worse when you lean down, as I would imagine all that fat that was transferred into your eye would start to disappear. https://looksmax.org/threads/fat-grafts-are-normie-fatcel-cope.196234/ Somebody who apparently had upper eyelid fat grafting done and saying the results were essentially faded post 2 months of operation and losing weight. For any of you that got it or are knowledgable on this topic, would you say it's correct that you will lose most of your results by losing weight?
 
A fat graft does not technically "go away" at a low body fat percentage, but the
volume of the result will diminish because the transferred fat cells behave exactly like your native fat. While the cells that survive the initial three to six-month healing phase are permanent, they are living tissue that shrinks or expands based on your overall weight and body fat levels. If you reach a very low body fat percentage, those grafted cells will lose volume just like fat in other areas of your body, which can make the original enhancement appear less prominent. Consequently, surgeons typically recommend maintaining a stable weight to preserve the aesthetic results, as extreme weight loss can significantly deflate the grafted area even though the actual fat cells remain present.
 
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A fat graft does not technically "go away" at a low body fat percentage, but the
volume of the result will diminish because the transferred fat cells behave exactly like your native fat. While the cells that survive the initial three to six-month healing phase are permanent, they are living tissue that shrinks or expands based on your overall weight and body fat levels. If you reach a very low body fat percentage, those grafted cells will lose volume just like fat in other areas of your body, which can make the original enhancement appear less prominent. Consequently, surgeons typically recommend maintaining a stable weight to preserve the aesthetic results, as extreme weight loss can significantly deflate the grafted area even though the actual fat cells remain present.
That's good to know. So if it acts like natural fat, if you were to go to an extreme BF%, figure out it's not ideal and then go to a similar weight as you were during the operation, theoretically your fat grafting would be recovered and look similar to before?
Also, do you know how much fat one can expect to maintain from after the operation vs 6 months after?
 

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