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Long-Term Complications and Risks of Silicone Butt Implants?

asked 1 year ago by zoe bunny in Long Beach, CA
Latest answer by Larry Fan, MD
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Tags: female, 110-129 lbs, 5 ft 0 in to 5 ft 3 in, comparison, complication, fat graft, infection, long-term, love handles, risk, scar, shape

I am 5'2" 110 lbs. (small frame) and my doctor suggests fat transfer over silicone implants.

He is afraid of scarring, thinning of butt tissue over time, hard feeling, infection, shape will look funny, etc.

However, I want a big difference and he said he will only be able to get about 200cc for each side from my love handles and none from my abdomen. I am leaning towards silicone but my doctor seems so against it. I am having a very hard time deciding which is better for me.

2 answers to Long-Term Complications and Risks of Silicone Butt Implants?

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Risks of Silicone Butt Implants

Dear zoe bunny, The only safe options for performing buttock enlargement are using your own fat ("Brazilian butt lift") and using implants. If you a thin person and desire significant buttock enlargement, using your own fat is not a good option because you do not have enough fat to produce the desired augmentation. In this situation, buttock augmentation using implants is your only option. Having said that, it is important to know that buttock augmentation using... more
Larry Fan, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Butt enlargement with fat and implants

In the Brazilian butt lift, I not only do liposuction to sculpt the buttock and hips and then inject it into where it will help but also add a silicone butt implant. 
Edward J. Domanskis, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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