Should I Gain Weight for the Brazilian Butt Lift?

asked 4 months ago by Starr3 in Dallas, TX
Latest answer by Wilberto Cortes, MD
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I posted a question a couple weeks ago asking if I'm a candidate for the bbl. I weight 113 and all the weight is in my stomach,flanks, & thighs. I hear that I shouldn't gain weight & just have the surgery because when yu gain weight the fat cells just get bigger. I really want to gain 10lbs 4 the surgery. I have pictures on my other ? that i posted. Thanks

10 answers to Should I Gain Weight for the Brazilian Butt Lift?

Weight gain before brazilian buttock lift

Depending on your distribution of fat, it is possible to gain weight before having fat transfer to the buttock to improve your outcome. I have had many patients do this prior to surgery with good success. Please consult with a board certified plastic surgeon in your area to determine if this is a reasonable plan for your specific anatomy.Best wishes

William Bruno, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.williambrunomd.com

Gaining weight prior to a brazilian butt lift

Due to the fact that you weigh approximately 110 pounds, you will need to gain weight in order to be a good candidate for this procedure. Remember that, if you lose weight after surgery, your buttocks will get smaller but your proportions will still be the same. If you cannot gain the necessary weight, having butt implants is the other option that could be considered. see video

Wilberto Cortes, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.rejuvenusaesthetics.com

Weight Gain before the Brazilian Butt Lift......?

If you do not have enough fat to get the result you want from the Brazilian Butt Lift, then gaining weight is an option. But this is only an option if you intend to maintain this extra weight after the surgery. Wherever you gain the weight it can be removed except the face. So, if you gain it there, that is a problem. Fortunately, most patients don't gain much there at all. Gaining before surgery does several things. First of all it gives me more fat volume to... more

Daniel P. Markmann, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

DiscoverTheBeauty.com

Weight gain prior to BBL

The question isn't as much should you gain weight prior to BBL, but what happens to the fat when you lose it after the surgery. This unanswered question has not really been look at in great detail so all you'll really hear are anecdotal reports from BBL surgeons. I agree with weight gain for the procedure, it will improve the contouring of the waist to hip ratio when you are ten pounds heavier and if you lose the weight the ratio will persist. I just saw someone in... more

Ricardo A. Meade, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

www.DoctorMeade.com

Weight Gain To Create Fat For Brazilian Butt Lift Not Advised

The key to a successful Brazilian Buttock Lift is to have adequate fat to make the procedure worthwhile. In my experience, you either have enough fat or you don't. The idea of trying to gain weight to make 'enough fat' is ill-conceived and actually is not effective. At a body weight of 113 lbs, there is no chance you have enough fat to do the procedure nor would you or should you ever be able to gain it. A 10 kb weight gain will not generate enough fat for the procedure.... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

Weight gain not recommended before fat transfer or brazilian butt lift

It is not a good idea to gain weight before a fat transfer procedure like the Brazilian butt lift, and it will not improve your outcome, actually it may worsen it. What makes the procedure successful is the percentage of fat cells surviving the transfer, not their size. If the cells are smaller, they actually will be more sturdy and could be more resistant to trauma during the transfer. Once the fat cells have been moved to their new location, it is highly recommended to... more

Mario Diana, MD
San Antonio Plastic Surgeon

www.newdayplasticsurgery.com

Brazilian butt lift and thin patients

I think I may have answered your question before. But I do believe that gaining weight before the Brazilian butt lift is not a good thing to do. And the reason why are several. One fat cells do not replicate your born with a certain number of fat cells and keep the same number of fat cells throughout life so when you gain weight Excel gets bigger when you lose weight each cell gets smaller. You do not make more cells. This is a reason why liposuction works, if the liposuction area and then... more

Wendell Perry, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.wperrymd.com

Should I gain weight before the BBL?

You need to be examined by a plastic surgeron experienced with buttock augmentation uisng fat transplantation to see if you have sufficient donor fat. There are other areas that can be used as donor fat sites such as the arms and thighs. If you don't have enough fat then, I usually recommend gaining 15-20 pounds to have sufficient fat. The eight loss after surgery doesn't ususally have a significant impact on the buttocks

George Lefkovits, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

www.drlefkovits.com

Brazilian Buttock Lift

You can have your body but much better curvey. Examination of the abdomen will be critical to assess the amount of fat availavle and how much muscle seperation or intraabdominal fat there is. Either way you can have a better definition to the body and waist and buttocks

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Weight gain for Brazilian butt lift

Thank you for your question. It is not necessary to gain weight prior to Brazilian Butt Lift. The fat that is grafted will retain the characteristics of the fat from where it came....so....if you gain weight so that fat can be transfered and it is successful, then when you lose weight after surgery to get back to where you were, the fat cells will shrink and you will lose the result that you got. It is best to be at the body weight that you want to be and stay at that body weight before... more