Good Candidate for Brazilian Butt Lift?

I'm 5'2 and weigh about 120 lbs. Am I a good candidate for Brazillian Butt Lift? Also, approximately how long will the result last? Thanks in advance.

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buttocks 5 ft 0 in to 5 ft 3 in 110-129 lbs

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Are you a candidate for a brazilian butt lift?

Thanks for the question - Unfortunately the answer is more complex than simply your height and weight. Other considerations include: Do you have localized amounts of fat for transfer?What are your size goals?What is your skin quality like? In the hands of an experienced, board certified plastic surgeon, fat transfer results should be permanent. I hope this helps.

Am I a candidate for Brazilian Butt lift?

The only way to know if you are a good candidate for surgery, is a live evaluation by a surgeon. Women that are very petite, might be better candidates for a silicone gluteal implant. However, some petite women can still get great results from a fat transfer procedure, it depends on where your body deposits fat.

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Best candidate for the brazilian butt lift

If you weigh approximately 120 pounds, most likely you don’t have enough fat for the Brazilian butt lift. In such cases, I recommend patients to gain some weight. Typically, patients want to have noticeable results and to achieve such objective a significant amount of fat needs to be injected into the buttocks. I recommend such patients to either gain approximately 15 to 20 pounds prior to surgery or the second option is butt implants. In this video, I explain certain facts about the... more

It depends...

Thanks for your question. The best candidates for Brazilian butt lift have extra stores of fat on their torsos and legs that can be harvested by liposuction and then reinjected into buttocks tissues. Depending on the amount of augmentation you desire, at 5'2" and 120lbs. you may not have enough fat stored up to significantly increase the size of your buttocks. We will often encourage that a patient gain some weight to increase the amount of body fat available... more

The best candidate for a Brazilian Butt Lift

Thank you for your question. The best candidates for a Brazilian Butt lift our patients that have localized fat in the abdomen hips waist and lower back and who will benefit from the thorough liposuction in these areas. The fat will be removed by the lack of section will be cleaned and processed and strategically grafted to the butt. When planning a Brazilian Butt lift, it is essential to review your personal goals with your plastic surgeon. During the examination, plastic... more