How Much Weight Do You Think I Should Gain to Do BBL?

asked 6 months ago by Mrs.HS in Fremont, CA
Latest answer by Wendell Perry, MD
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Hi. I'm 23 years old, 5'3 tall, and 110 pounds. My body size 34C-25-37. However I want to get BBL done to make my butt a size 42. How much weight should I gain to be able to have enought fat to transfer? Thank you in advance.

2 answers to How Much Weight Do You Think I Should Gain to Do BBL?

Ideal weight for a BBL

Tough number. It's not necessarily the exact number that you weigh (although it is if you're too light, which you are), it's more where you're keeping it. I've had some patients come in and tell me they weigh so much, it's simply not in the right areas. What you need is pockets of fat for harvesting. Typically the flanks (waist), abdomen, thighs and back are sufficient but if you're not seeing that and continue to gain weight, you may... more

Ricardo A. Meade, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

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Brazilian butt lift and preop waiting

Do not gain weight for this procedure it does not work. Fat cells do not replicate. You are born with a certain number of fat cells and you keep the same number of fat cells throughout life. If you gain weight you still transfer the same number of fat cells you would have if you didn't gain weight only that each cell will be bigger. And when you lose weight and return to your normal way the size of the buttocks will decrease back to the same size it would have been if you didn't gain... more

Wendell Perry, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.wperrymd.com

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