Every year, whether you are fat or thin, whether you lose weight or gain, 10 percent of your fat cells die. And every year, those cells that die are replaced with new fat cells, researchers in Sweden reported Sunday.
The result is that the total number of fat cells in the body remains the same, year after year throughout adulthood. Losing or gaining weight affects only the amount of fat stored in the cells, not the number of cells.
These findings were published in the New York Times on May 5th. They explain why the improved contour and reduced size caused by lipsuction appears to be so permanent. The fat cells removed with liposuction do not grow back.
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