Brazilian butt lift - how is this different from a regular butt lift?

Thanks for the question - A brazilian butt lift uses fat transferred from other parts of your body.  Traditional butt lifts rely on incisions to remove excess skin to improve the shape whereas this technique counts on increasing volume to improve the shape. In my San Francisco area practice we are finding... more

Hi there- A traditional butt lift involves excision of loose skin from the upper buttock and lower back area, in order to reshape the buttocks in a patient who has experienced a significant weight loss and who has experienced sagging of the butt as a result. A Brazilian Butt Lift involves removing unwanted fat... more

There has been much talk about the Brazilain Butt lift. It is different from a traditional butt lift in which skin is removed from the lower back and the sagging buttock skin is lifted. It is different from Buttock Augmentation which is typically performed with implants that are most commonly fabricated... more

A regular butt lift will take sagging buttocks tissue and lift it up by cutting out and tightening loose skin. It typically will not add volume to your bottom end unless an autoaugmentation procedure is used at the same time. An autoaugmentation procedure uses the deep tissues over the gluteus muscles and... more

There are several ways to improve the appearance of the butt and gluteal regions. In the past, surgeons have used butt implants, which are solid firm silicone pieces. These implants carried the risk of extrusion (coming out of the incision), infection, and displacement. Also, depending on how they were... more