# What do they do with the fat from liposuctions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516 "2011-04-15T17:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/1 "2011-04-15T17:29:56Z")
Do they incinerate it, or is there any use for it after it is removed? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/2 "2011-04-15T17:46:06Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Do they incinerate it, or is there any use for it after it is removed? Tyler Durden makes soap out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/3 "2011-04-15T18:08:16Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Tyler Durden makes soap out of it. But nobody talks about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Luongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/4 "2011-04-15T18:11:38Z")
My girlfriend tells me that they can re-inject it (into the same person they took it from, Iā€™d imagine) to add fat to areas of the body where more is desired. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/5 "2011-04-15T19:20:15Z")
In a perfect near-future they would be used to create [boobies](http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/10/ff_futureofbreasts/all/1). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/6 "2011-04-15T20:28:38Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > In a perfect near-future they would be used to create [boobies](http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/10/ff_futureofbreasts/all/1). Well, yeah, but some people would probably end up with either a lot of leftover, or else really big boobs. Or a ridiculous number of them. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/7 "2011-04-15T20:44:33Z")
Maybe [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=604840)? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Laalune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Laalune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laalune)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-the-fat-from-liposuctions/578516/8 "2011-04-16T10:29:34Z")
They can use it as a [source](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19903106) of (mesenchymal) stem cells.