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not necessarily. if the body can somehow keep count, it may just replace the cells you remove. I'm not sure we know for certain either way yet.

• randallsquared 18y ago
  My guess would be that that won't happen any more than limbs get regrown. Of course, my guess is pretty worthless. :)
  • attack 18y ago
    Answer: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/research/05fat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/research/05fat.html... > Losing or gaining weight affects only the amount of fat stored in the cells, not the number of cells. BUT > Every year [..] 10 percent of your fat cells die [...] and are replaced with new fat cells. So, fat people aren't at a disadvantage by having far more cells.
  • flipbrad 18y ago
    your skin certainly knows where and when to (re)grow...