When Having a BBL, Does It Hurt More or Less According to CCs?

asked 8 months ago by Jessica219 in Miami
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
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Tags: cc, pain

is the pain according to how many CC's you put on in each cheek? or it hurts the same if you put 800 cc's vs only 400 cc's? Also, can you put ice after surgery?

5 answers to When Having a BBL, Does It Hurt More or Less According to CCs?

Correlation between fat transfer volume and pain with brazilian buttock lift

This is difficult to answer as each patient has a different experience with pain during this procedure, but generally speaking the larger volume injections may hurt more due to more stretching of the muscle, skin and soft tissues. The level of pain however may not be that much more with a 400cc compared to an 800cc transfer-at least this has been my patient's experience. The buttock will be sore even if you inject only 200 ccs because the fat is injected quite deep-into the gluteal... more

William Bruno, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.williambrunomd.com

Brazilian Butt Lift

The more cc’s, the tighter the pocket, and the increase in needle sticks will cause a little more pain. Thank you for your question and good luck.

Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon

Brazilian butt lift pain

Although I have not compared objectively if the pain after a Brazilian butt lift surgery varies depending on the amount of fat that is injected, I have not seen a major difference in pain after the surgery in those patients based on the amount of fat injected. I have even injected 1500 cc of fat into each buttock and the patients complain similarly to those that I injected less fat. Most patients complain of some soreness after the procedure due to the... more

Wilberto Cortes, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.rejuvenusaesthetics.com

Is the pain after a Brazilian Butt Lift dependent on how many CC's you put on in each cheek?

The pain after a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) depends on 3 factors - the amount of areas liposuctioned to harvest enough fat for the transfer. The more areas and the more extensive the liposuction, the more discomfort - The amount of fat placed in each buttock cheek (your question). The fat is placed by slowly injecting fat in many tunnels. The more tunnels placed, the more discomfort AND the more fat placed the more swelling after surgery - Finally, the pain threshold varies from person... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Brazilian Buttock lift

There is a diffeence. To get to the 800 cc of injectable fat you need more areas of liposuction and that will give you more pain that the 400cc with lesser areas of liposuction

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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