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What is Meant by a Patient's Skin is Too Tight for a High Amount of Fat Injections?

I've heard some patients mention that thier doctor could not inject the amount of fat they requested because their skin was too tight. What is meant by this? Is it the muscle (glutes) too tight?? Is there a way to loosen up the butt area prior to surgery (BBL) with massages, etc...?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by BBLNikki in Baltimore

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Brazilian Butt Lift

Dr. M is right. Plus you really do not want to loosen your butt. Brazilian Butt Lift is an art of sculpting your own buttock, that you have and not what your friends tell you. Cosider the body shape, the buttock shape where the enhancement is needed and how to enhance your buttock to compliment your body.

How Much Fat Can You Have Injected for the Brazilian Butt Lift?

To be honest with you, I always find it funny when patients come in and tell me how much fat they want injected into their buttocks. "I want 800cc's!" How do you know how much you want. How do you know how many cc's of fat you have that can be transferred to your buttocks? How do you know how many cc's of fat your buttocks will hold? How do you know what 800cc's of fat will look like in your buttocks? Do you know how much will live out of... more

"Skin too Tight for large Volume Fat Injection"

As humans we are all subject to the laws of Physics including gravity . As Plastic surgeons we frequently see women with flat barely A bra cups who disregard the logic of everyday life and think that their tight chest skin would nicely accommodate large breast implants AND that such "breasts" would be attractive and free of complications. There is a finite limit to what we can squeeze into any volume. Just as a 300 pound football linebacker cannot squeeze into a size 4 dress... more

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