what happens to body fat when a person is undergoing a surgery? do they get in the way, are they removed, are they returned to the body after?

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Started watching The Good Doctor and got curious.

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Answer 1

Depends entirely on the surgery, but unless you remove skin there’s not any need to remove fat. Smallest incision possible, hold open with tool, do what you gotta, close up. They don’t remove anything that’s not a part of the surgery. You aren’t unzipped like a zipper or something. Fatty layers stay with dermis pretty well.