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How Would I Know if Im Too Overweight to Get a Brazillian Butt Lift?

asked 9 months ago by vina5661
Latest answer by Wilberto Cortes, MD
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i am a 4"11 40yr old female and have fat arms and some stomach and love handle fat. im about 40lbs over weight but have large breasts cup d's. my rear end is very flat and i have loose fat inner thighs. culd all the fat from thes areas be used and if fat is removed from all these areas what happens to the skin? will it hang ugly and loose cuz the fat was removed. does age factor any better results? can my fat be donated to someone who doesnt have enof fat for this procedure?

3 answers to How Would I Know if Im Too Overweight to Get a Brazillian Butt Lift?

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Brazilian butt lift and weight

For a Brazilian butt lift, it is required to have extra fat in those stubborn areas like the back, flanks, abdomen, etc. I do not recommend removing fat from your breasts because this is probably going to cause significant deformity. I remove fat with liposuction and the skin is certainly a factor that needs to be taken into consideration. The skin tone will determine if your skin will sag or not. The skin of patients with a good skin tone tends to retract and recontour the new body. The... more
Wilberto Cortes, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.rejuvenusaesthetics.com

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Brazilian butt lift in and overweight patient

The Brazilian butt lift is a liposuction and fat injection. Fat is a storage compartment, any calories you do not burn right after you eat them will be stored as fat. What you're doing with a liposuction and fat injection is changing the storage locations. Removing those storage locations from the abdomen, back and waste where we don't want them and moving them to the buttocks where we do want them. The permanence of liposuction comes from the fact that fat cells do not replicate... more
Wendell Perry, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.wperrymd.com

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Overweight Brazilian Butt Lift

Above all, safety is the greatest concern for any patient. That being said, operative clearance is essential when it comes to overweight patientt safety. Typically speaking, we use abdomen, flanks, and back as the donor area for the fat harvesting, but that is not to say we cannot liposuct other areas. If you are unhappy with your inner thighs, we can always liposuct that area for additional fat grafting. As far as the skin hanging, that is based on your skin elasticity. If you have firm... more
Moises Salama, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.epsmiami.com

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