{"id":23327,"date":"2022-07-11T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=23327"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:20:12","slug":"how-to-reverse-butt-augmentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/how-to-reverse-butt-augmentation","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Like Your Butt Augmentation? Here\u2019s How to Reverse BBLs, Injections, and Implants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The majority of plastic surgeries are permanent—you can’t undo a facelift<\/a> or a tummy tuck<\/a>. But there are always exceptions, and a handful of procedures can<\/em> actually be reversed, should you not be happy with the end result and\/or your aesthetic desires change. Buttock augmentations<\/a> fall into that category—although this doesn’t mean reversals are easy or something to take lightly. “Be careful with what you wish for when it comes to butt augmentation. When people go too extreme, it often doesn’t work out the way they had hoped. And reversals, while possible, can often be more challenging than the original procedures,” explains Dr. Johnny Franco<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas. <\/p>

There has been a recent uptick in butt augmentation reversals, particularly with Brazilian butt lifts, says Dr. Matthew Nykiel,<\/a> a board-certified plastic surgeon in Newport Beach, California. “We’re seeing a similar shift to what we saw in the ‘90s, with breasts. Huge breasts fell out of style in favor of a more natural hourglass shape, and now that’s happening with the butt. People are coming in wanting it to be balanced, not huge and dramatic,” he says. (Case in point: Google “Kardashian BBL reversal” for plenty of fan theories.) Here, more on how—and when—you can reverse the results of three types of butt augmentation procedures.<\/p>

How to reverse a BBL<\/h2>

“If someone thinks their butt is too big after a BBL<\/a>, the first thing I tell them to do is to wait,” says Dr. Nykiel. “A lot of things are shifting and changing after the surgery, so I always advise giving it a full year before going back and reducing the volume.” (Waiting also minimizes the likelihood of potential complications from the reversal.) If you’re still not happy, the antidote is fairly straightforward—liposuctioning<\/a> out some excess fat. That is, unless you had a BBL in another country, where the fat was injected into the muscle—a technique rarely performed in the U.S.—in which case, liposuction isn’t an option. “You can’t put a liposuction cannula into the muscle, as you’d essentially be turning it into a piece of Swiss cheese and poking holes throughout,” explains Dr. Nykiel. Lipo is only the solution if the fat was placed over the muscle. <\/p>

“I’ve never had anyone want to go back to baseline,’’ says Dr. Nykiel. “Most people get a BBL because they feel their butt is a little deficient. If they overshot it and had too much put in, then we can go in and remove some of it but not all of it,” he says. While the exact amount depends on the patient, he says, he never removes more than 400–500cc of fat per buttock cheek: “That tends to make a significant difference without losing the butt entirely.” <\/p>

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