What is the Difference Between Butt Injections and Butt Implants?

There are only two safe methods for buttock enhancement today, fat grafting and buttock implants.  Don't automatically assume that you are not a candidate for fat grafting.  I have operated on many slender people who have enough fat (to remove) in the abdomen, waist, lower back, and thighs for fat grafting of the buttocks.  Perhaps the greatest advantage in fat grafting vs implant is that you will never have to worry about any possible long term consequences of having an artificial implant in your body.  Best of luck!

Brazilian butt lift (fat transfer to the buttock) is so
popular because it enables your plastic surgeon to transform your entire
shape. Liposuction is performed over
several areas depending on the individual patient needs, but typically of the
flanks, abdomen, back and thighs. You
currently have a very square shape (which is more common than most people
realize).



The amount of fat needed depends on the shape and needs of
each individual patient, however in general at least 500cc per buttock need to
be placed to see a significant difference. On average patients typically
receive around 800cc per buttock side for a total of 1600cc of fat
transfer. However just like a breast
augmentation the amount of fat needed various from patient to patients. Also the sculpting done with the liposuction is
a big part of the procedure to improve the overall shape.



Unfortunately fat cannot be taken from someone else and used
for augmentation. However if a patient
has a BMI of 22 they typically will have enough fat for the Brazilian butt
lift. If they are smaller than this then
they will need to consider doing an augmentation with implants.



The butt implants are a good option for patients that are
too thin for the Brazilian butt lift and want to enhance their shape. The
implants give patients a good option.



I hope this helps.

Difference Between Butt Fat Injections and Butt ImplantsFor a Butt Implant, a vertical incision is made in between the buttock cheeks in order to insert the implant under or over the gluteal muscles and under the connective tissue. The buttock implants do not have a soft, natural feeling to it, rather a harder, more muscular, “buns of steel” feel, though the look will be very pleasing to patients. The immediate recovery restricts sitting until there is adequate healing.

For a fat transfer, or lipoinjection, it involves harvesting fat from an unwanted area and then preparing it for transfer where it is injected into the buttocks as a living transplant.

Often times for the best appearance it is necessary to have more than one session for this procedure. There is little discomfort with fat transfer and the healing time is much shorter than that of an implant.

A lipoinjection procedure is usually safer and heals faster, but you may not have sufficient  fat from the rest of your body that can be transferred.