What does "grafting" mean in plastic surgery?

What is a Graft?: Grafts are pieces of tissue that are removed from the body (usually your own), and replaced in another area, usually for reconstruction. The grafts do not have their own blood supply, and need to incorporate into the blood supply of the surrounding tissue. For a graft there is a donor site - where the graft is taken from. And there is a recipient site - where the graft is placed. Skin grafts are 1

Graft vs flap: A graft means taking a donor tissue (skin, hair, fat, bone, nerve) and removing it and transferring it to a recipient site where it must depend on the local blood supply to survive. This tends to be limited to a small amount of tissue. A flap is different and remains attached to its original blood supply or connected to a new blood supply.

Grafting Defined: In medicine, "graft" is a term used to describe material taken from one part of the body that is then used or inserted into another part of the body. In plastic surgery, such "material" typically tends to be cartilage, skin, or fat - all used in various ways to reconstruct or otherwise enhance a patient's body. For example, a Brazilian Butt lift augments the buttocks using the patient's own fat.