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Fat Grafting Procedure for Butt
asked 2 years ago by Lashell
Latest answer by Robert M. Freund, MD
Question viewed 1,174 times
Tags: buttocks
Will the fat have a better success rate of living if it is applied under the buttock muscles?
8 answers to Fat Grafting Procedure for Butt
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Butt Fat Grafting (Brazilian Butt Lift)
There is no doubt that the fat placed in heavily vascularized (blood vessel rich) areas such as muscle, have a greater rate of survival and take. However, the gluteus maximus muscles takes up only a small portion of the convexity of the buttock dome and the rest is fat. To obtain an attractive hemi-spherical round look fat need to be placed everywhere and cannot be limited only to the muscle only.
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Fat Transfer and muscle
For fat to survive you need several conditions;
1- Live tissue to be injected - avoid macjine liposuction material, avoid ultrasonic fat for injection. Use Viafill system for harvest and injection.
2-Small pearls of fat get better blood supply when injected. Viafill again!
3- Great blood supply in the tissues. Muscle is best, thus injecting into the muscle should also do great.
Robert M. Freund, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon
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Muscle placement of fat
Fat graft into the muscle as best one can is advantageous. The muscle is has great blood supply that can help the transferred fat survive. All the fat can not be placed in the muscle some of it must be placed above the muscle to produce the desired shape.
Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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Fat injections into the Buttocks Muscle
There are many factors that can affect the survival of the fat. From the different liposuction machines that are used, to the different techniques of fat preparation that varies from surgeon to surgeon, where the fat is injected, how much fat is injected, as well as what You, as the patient, do afterwards. I believe it is pretty unanimous that fat grafted into the muscle will likely have a higher survival rate than that which is injected into the fat. But there is a very limited amount...
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Brazilain butt enhancement
Fat graft success is dependant on the preparation of fat and the experience of the surgeon.
Fat is injected in layers starting in the muscle and going up into subdermal area for a good result. Fat grafting to the buttocks is an art and a science.
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Dispersing fat in Brazilian butt lift
It is best to place the fat within an area that has high blood supply and circulation. But also, it is important to place the fat as droplets (micrografts) within the buttock tissue. I persoanlly like to add as much fat to the buttock as possible. This is diffusely grafted within all the different layers. That means both the muscle and the buttock fat.
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Brazilian Butt Lift: Fat injected into muscle
SEE VIDEO BELOW: According to the vast majority of practitioners, the fat has a higher chance of taking when it is placed into a vascular recipient site. For the most part, placing into the muscle (not above and not below) is the best location to optimize survival of the transplanted fat.
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon


