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Where Does the Fat Come from for a Butt Augmentation?

asked 1 year ago by Cynthia5870 in florida
Latest answer by Ricardo A. Meade, MD
Question viewed 333 times
Tags: fat, fat harvesting

can you use your fat from your breast to be put in your butt?

12 answers to Where Does the Fat Come from for a Butt Augmentation?

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Butt augmentation with fat

The best way is to do liposuction for contouring in other parts like your abdomen, flanks(for a nice waiste) and lower back ( for definition of the upper butt) the rest of the butt can be injected with the fat removed and prepaired from other areas and rounded. The results are usuallya very nice. You can only augment so much before the tension created starts to cause absorption of fat.
Luis A. Vinas, MD

West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon
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Source of Fat for Brazilian Butt Lift (Fat Transfer to the Buttock)

Ideally, we want to improve the appearance of the buttocks WITHOUT destroying the appearance of other parts of the body. For this reason, we liposuction fat from areas of fat EXCESS such as lower back, tummy, inner thighs even arms. The breast is usually NOT a good fat source for several reasons: - It is a glandular organ with not much fat (except for in obese or older women). As a result it cannot provide a lot of fat - Liposuction of the breast may result in tenderness, inflammation... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Breast to buttock

Fat from the breasts will not harvest as well as you'd think.  It is very dense and has tissue in it that won't come out at easily as in the thighs, abdomen or flanks.  Those are more common areas to take it from.
Ricardo A. Meade, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon

www.DoctorMeade.com

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Common Donor Areas for Fat Transfer

Fat from the breast is too fibrous to transfer to the buttocks. Common donor areas are the abdomen and flanks. 
Usha Rajagopal, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Where is fat collected for a Brazilian butt lift?

The Brazilian butt lift is a safe and effective technique that can improve the contour of your bottom and create a beautiful result. It is a combination of procedures that consists of aggressive liposuction of the abdomen hips and waist and lower back, separation and processing of the fat that has been collected, and strategic grafting to the gluteal area. In our practice, we can collect fat from throughout the body with the exception of the breast. Breast tissue is in fact a... more
B. Pat Pazmino, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.miamiaesthetic.com

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Donor sites for fat for brazilian buttock augmentation

A brazilian buttock augmentation involves harvest fat from areas of your body where there is excess fat and injecting that fat carefully into the central zone of your buttock. In addition, it involves liposculpting the buttock to facilitate a more rounded look. The common donor sites for this procedure is your posterior waist/flanks, lateral thighs, back, waist, and anterior tummy.
C. Bob Basu, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Butt Augmentation with Fat

In buttock augmentation with fat, we use liposuction to remove fat from areas of the body with excess fat. A large volume of fat is required for butt augmentation. Most people have this amount of fat in their abdomen (stomach), waist, and hips. Sometimes, I get the fat from the arms and thighs if needed. The breast does not have enough fat for butt augmentation. Additionally, we would not want to implant breast tissue into your buttock. Basically, we will transfer fat from an area... more
Stanley Okoro, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

www.georgiaplastic.com

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Brazillian butt lift

The fat is generally harvested from the abdomen, flanks, hips, since these areas contain the most amount of fat.  If needed, fat is also removed from the thighs, and even the arms.  The key to buttock augmentation, is volume.  Large volumes are needed to correctly shape the buttocks.
Shahin Javaheri, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

www.AdvancedAesthetic.com

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Donor sites for Brazillian butt lift

As a general rule, breasts alone are not ideal donor sites for buttock augmentation because more fat is required than can be harvested from the breast without leaving you with a deflated breast apperance. Most commonly, the abdomen, flanks, and thighs are used as donor sites.
Lawrence Iteld, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Buttocks augmentation with fat from anywhere but the breast

Hi Cynthia When performing the Brazilian Butt Lift, the fat that is used to fill the buttocks is liposuctioned from the waistline. Other areas of fat can be used as well such as fat from the thighs, bra strap rolls or arms. The only area of the body that I will not use as a donor site to obtain fat cells is the breasts. This is because although breasts are mostly fat, there is no way to remove fat from the breast without also removing breast cells. We definitely do not want to... more
Daniel P. Markmann, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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Fat For Buttock Augmentation Must Come From Your Trunk (Abdomen and Waistline)

The volume of fat that is needed for buttock augmentation is significant and only large areas like the abdomen can supply it.  The abdomen and flanks are the usual donor areas. Breast fat is too low in volume to be of any use.
Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD

Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Fat is moved from abdomen to buttocks during Brazilian Butt Lift.

The fat is aspirated from the abdomen or thighs using a syringe method. The fat is then transferred to smaller syringes where it is injected into the desired areas. see video
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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