What if you don't have enough fat for Brazilian Butt Lift?

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A: Brazilian Butt Lift in Thin Patients

By Armando Soto, MD - Orlando Plastic Surgeon

Hi there- I have had some excellent outcomes in patients who, for a few months before surgery, went on weight gain diets. Once the body accumulates a bit of fat, we are able to transfer as much as possible to the buttock, with a pleasing improvement in shape and a new proportion. The patient than loses the... more

A: Then don't do it

By William B. Rosenblatt, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

This is one of the worst operations we do, in my humble opinion. I have been in practice over 30 years and find buttock augmentation to be something I have no desire to do. Sometimes some well planned liposuction can help re shape the buttocks - but adding fat and implants to them is usually not the... more

A: What if you don't have enough fat for Brazilian Butt Lift?

By Ricardo Rodriguez, MD - Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

With careful operative design and knowing how fat metabolism works, a surgeon can give you a very good buttocks enhancement. Your present fat stores are distributed into fat cells in a specific pattern that gives your body its shape. The amount of fat is determined by calorie intake, your metabolic rate, and... more

A: Gluteal Reshaping

By Farbod Esmailian, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Brazilian butt lift involved remove fat from the body and injecting the fat back into the desired gluteal area. Some patients may be better candidate for this procedure than other patients. Some patients may have more fat to inject than others. What is important is the liposuctioning as... more

A: not much

By Kamran Khoobehi, MD - New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

If you don dot have fat ,then you will get less result. Buttick implants and injectable material have high risk of complications. Combination of lipo and fat grafting will work.

A: There is no substitute for fat yet.

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

IF you do not have enough fat, there is littel you can do. However, the results of a Brazilian Butt Lift are often enhanced by doing agressive liposuctionin the small of the back and in the hip regions to create the illusion of a bigger buttock. Fillers are not a realistic option.