{"id":20693,"date":"2021-10-21T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=20693"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:47:12","slug":"skinny-bbl-butt-augmentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/skinny-bbl-butt-augmentation","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Say the Skinny BBL Makes Butt Augmentation a Viable Option for a Whole New Set of Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those desiring a bigger backside, there’s no body contouring procedure more popular than the Brazilian butt lift<\/a>. The BBL, while not without risks<\/a>, offers a way for patients to enhance their rear without the use of butt implants, a concept that’s extremely attractive to people, says New York City board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Ryan Neinstein<\/a>. “It’s fascinating, how much people like the idea of relying on their own fat and just moving it around, without having any type of foreign body involved,” he says. And according to him, the so-called skinny BBL procedure is even more appealing to a broader subset of patients—and is more popular than ever. Ahead, more on what the skinny BBL is, how it differs from its traditional counterpart, and who is a good candidate.<\/p>

What is a skinny BBL?<\/h2>

The name comes from both the amount of fat used and from a broad generalization of the type of patient undergoing this plastic surgery procedure. “A skinny BBL is a fat transfer procedure in which we harvest fat by liposuctioning the abdomen and waist and injecting that fat into the buttocks,” explains Dr. Neinstein. But wait—that’s essentially what a traditional BBL is, right? Yes, the basic concept is the same, but there are some key differences.<\/p>

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How is it different from a regular BBL?<\/h2>

“A skinny BBL makes for a much more natural-looking end result,” explains Dr. Johnny Franco<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas. “The goal is enhancing and tweaking the shape of the buttocks rather than changing the size and creating a large butt.” Dr. Neinstein agrees: “It yields more of a sportier, perkier look rather than overly exaggerated, wide, heart-shaped buttocks.” <\/p>

Ultimately, this boils down to how much fat is harvested and injected (and which areas of the body it is harvested from and injected into). Dr. Franco says he usually injects anywhere from 1,000cc to 1,300cc of fat per butt cheek during a regular BBL surgery, as compared to 600–1000cc per side in a skinny BBL. Dr. Neinstein offers this visual reference: “In a skinny BBL, the amount of fat I’m using per butt cheek is equivalent to a can of soda. In a traditional BBL, it’s a Big Gulp.” <\/p>

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