Fat grafted from the abdomen to the face retains abdominal fat characteristics and can hypertrophy with weight gain.

“So when we do fat grafting for example and we take fat from the abdomen which has the highest concentration of stem cells priiposytes there and put them in the face the fat starts to behave more like the fat from the abdomen when you put it in the face and if they gain weight so it retains its source. Yes. And then when they gain weight you have to tell your patients specifically don't try to gain more than a few pounds because it will hypertrophy like it would in the abdomen if they gained weight.”