Fat Grafting to Buttocks & Results Question?

Fat Grafting to the Buttocks poses a few special problems for optimal "take rate". Yes, over 50% of fat cells transferred to this region are usually reabsorbed by the body after dying. The fat grafting requires special gentle harvesting, processing, and reinjection. Minimal compression to this area is recommended, almost none for 2 weeks and as little as possible for 6 weeks post op.Tlhat translates into minimal if no sitting at all. At the end of 8 weeks you are very close to your end... more

There are some misconceptions regarding this procedure. The fat is transferred as a graft. This means we very gently harvest of fat attempting to keep it healthy, and then re-implant fat in a new location where we attempt to get it to survive and grow. Sometimes people are under the impression that they need to gain weight before the surgery so that they have more fat to transfer. The problem is that after the transfer is done if they lose weight then they will lose weight at the transfer... more

Once you have healed after a fat transfer to the butt, your work should not make a difference. You are correct that some of the fat will not survive after surgery. At a certain point that process end and what you have is the final result. Remember that at that point exercise will probable not injury the fat. But the fat will act like normal fat cells so if you loose weight your butt will get smaller. If you gain weight your butt will get bigger... more