Do Fat Injections in Your Buttocks End Up Fading?

asked 1 year ago by Mia24 in austin tx
Latest answer by Vishnu Rumalla, MD
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A doctors office told Me that fat injections end up fading and people nationwide are unsatisfied with fat injections because of this. I have also read about a lot of different silicone injections fading or scary stories of people saying this was the worst decision they made because of all the side effects. Do these injections fade away and are they safe?

11 answers to Do Fat Injections in Your Buttocks End Up Fading?

Silicone injection to the buttocks

First I disagree with the surgeon's office who told you that fat transfer to the buttock ( Brazilian Butt Lift) will diappear. That is FALSE, fat transfer is the best way to enhance a buttock now. As for silicone injections to the buttocks. These are being done in motels and basements by non physicians and they use either commercial grade silicone( from the hardware store) with disasterous results. or use commercial hydrogell used in potting plant. The body reaction to... more

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Fat grafting will fade

Unfortunately, transferred fat volume most definitiely diminishes with time. I counsel my patients that expect 50% of the fat volume to be lost over five years.

Vishnu Rumalla, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Fat injections to buttocks

It is true that some of the fat that is injected does not stay. However, a good portion of it usually lives. If necessary, a secondary "touch-up" procedure can be done as well.

Jonathan Heistein, MD
Fort Worth Plastic Surgeon

Fat injections to the buttocks provide long lasting benefits

Fat injections to the buttocks provide long lasting benefits. Up to 50% of the fat can survive for many years. With aging, touch up procedures also help. New research into the use of stem cells will increase the longevity of fat transplantation in the future.

William Coleman III, MD
Metairie Dermatologic Surgeon

Fat is a permanent plumper for the buttocks

Fat transfer (taking fat from one place in the body and moving it to another) is a great method for increasing volume of the buttocks. It is true that some fo the fat does not survive the transfer. Even int he best hands, approximately 30-50% of the fat that is transferred will die and will be absorbed by the body. This usually happens within the first 3 months and is the reason why people say that the fat "does not stay." The remaining 70-50% of the fat will... more

Matthew Schulman, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Fat Injections Are Good, Silicone Bad

In general, fat injections into the buttocks are permanent once the initial fat becomes incorportaed into the surrounding tissues. In some patients, this is all of the fat while others it is only 50%. This is why some patients need multiple treatments. But, once that fat is living there, then it should be permanent. Silicone injections are not recommendedfor any part of the body. It is illegal to inject silicone and there is no such thing as medical grade... more

Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Barrington Plastic Surgeon

What Happens to Fat transfers (Butt, Face, Hands etc)

Living fat is NOT a shapeless gel, it is a collection of living cells which requires a good circulation to deliver oxygen and nutrients and remove degradation by product. The harvesting of fat involves suction and injures a variable percent of the fat cells so not the fat removed contains intact living fat cells. In addition, the processing of the fat and the placement of fat in the area to be grafted result in further injury and cell death. Finally, once transferred, those fat cells which... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfers are permanant

Fat is a permanent "filler" product and the only one that comes from your own body. It is very common to have some volume loss immediately after the grafts are places (generally about 30-50%), but once things have stabilized, the result should be nearly permanent.

Lawrence Iteld, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Brazilian Butt Lift results are generally permanent.

The Brazilian Butt Lift results are generally permanent after the initial period of graft take. In general, we do not adivse fat grafting to the ankles or calves. see video

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Fat grafting to the buttock

Fat grafting to the buttock is an excellent technique for increasing buttock size and imporving the buttock contour. The answer to your question has a short answer and a long answer. Fat grafts must survive where they are placed like any other graft material. The cells need to survive the transfer and then need to establish a blood supply. This generally means half of the fat transferred lives. Surgeons will over correct in anticipation of this loss. The result you achieve at 3 to 6... more

Robert W. Kessler, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Silicone injections in the buttock are not safe

Buttock augmentation has become a recently popular thing and, like any fad, will probably fade away over the next few years. Fat injection, buttock lifts are often sought by RS questioners but please stay far away from injecting liquid silicone anywhere in your body as the complications can be devastating and permanent.