Am I a good candidate for a BBL procedure? My BMI is 20.8 (Photo)

Question

I'm just a little under 5'3, and weigh 115.6 lbs. I store fat primarily in my abdomen, back/lower back, and waist. My arms are skinny and so are my legs. Am I a good candidate for a BBL?

Finny George, MD · Answer

Hi, thank you for sharing your question. While you’re BMI is on the lower side, you are still a candidate for a BBL. Depending on where your fat is located and your desired goal for buttock volume and projection, you can have a great result.

Alan Gonzalez, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello @lobstars thank you for your question and showing your picture. Yes you area great candidate for a BBL, just have to be in good health and have excess fat in some parts of the body. The Brazilian Butt lift or body sculpting with lipoinjection is a a treatment to improve the body contour and thus to improve the body proportions and from that enhance your beauty. I suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon if you are considering a surgery. That way you will have more information and recommendations. Best Regards! Alan Gonzalez MD.

Moises Salama, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question. From your pictures, I would recommend gaining weight for a BBL. The BBL includes 360 lipo, which is lipo of the upper and lower abdomen, the upper and lower back and the flanks. So, you would need enough fat in these areas for transfer to the buttocks. I recommend you schedule a consult for a proper evaluation. Make sure your surgeon you choose has extensive experience with Skinny BBLs and clean credentials. Always consult with a board certified plastic surgeon. Take care, Moises Salama MD, Board Certified Plastic

Yily De Los Santos, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question and pictures. I would recommend you liposuction and BBL for betters results. If you're willing to travel, Surgeons in the Dominican Republic have experience and very high standard of excellence when it comes to plastic surgery. I'm positive you can get what you're looking for

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

There are a lot of patients who can get nice results from the BBL despite thinking that there is not enough fat. The thinner patient requires an expert at liposuction to remove as much fat as possible while leaving the skin smooth. Fat can be harvested from the abdomen, flanks, thighs, arms, back, etc. and transferred to the hips and buttocks. You will find that the results are very much surgeon dependent.

Luis A. Mejia, MD · Answer

Dear lobstars, thank you for sharing your question. After analyzing your case I can say you're a good candidate for Lipo in your abdomen, flanks and back + BBL. I'm sure those procedures will give you an amazing result! Make sure you go on consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. Hope this helps and best of lucks. Dr. Luis Mejia.

Emmanuel Mallol Cotes, MD · Answer

Thanks for the question. I recommend you waist and back Liposculpture, getting better curves especially in the waist, improving your body contour. I suggested take the fat we get and transfer to the buttocks and hips, to mold them and get better volume, contour and butt projection, is that we know as "Brazilian Butt Lift" (BBL).

Kind regards

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George Marosan, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question and photos. You are a good candidate for VASER Hi Def Lipo 360 and fat transfer to the buttocks for shaping and enhancement. It is imperative that you choose a surgeon who has experience in advanced body sculpting techniques, since you have one chance to get this right. You do not have enough fat to do this more than once.
See a board certified plastic surgeon experienced in advanced body sculpting techniques for an in person consultation/evaluation. Good luck.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear lobstars,
based on your photos, you look like a good candidate for a BBL. Liposuction of your abdomen, back and flanks should give you more curves and hourglass shape and fat transfer to buttocks should give you more projection. I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon because only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Arian Mowlavi, MD, FACS (license on probation) · Answer

If you are concerned about not having enough fat for a BBL, do not worry, it is false that skinny patients cannot get a BBL. Based on your pictures, you are an excellent candidate for a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). The optimal BBL outcomes are achieved with: 1) use of VASER liposuction to harvest the fat, 2) a closed looped system such as Puregraft to process the fat, and 3) strategic micro-packet transplant technique. These three processes have demonstrated over 95% fat graft take. This means that your results will be stable as long as you maintain your weight. As an official VASER trainer, I am routinely referred unhappy BBL patients. One of the most common reasons for disgruntled BBL patients is that patients are not able to accurately communicate their desired buttocks goals to their surgeons. A buttocks assessment tool can be an invaluable tool to communicate to your surgeon the exact buttocks size and shape you are desiring. A Skype or FaceTime consultation with a BBL specialist can help you get an accurate recommendation and pricing.

Respectfully,
Arian Mowlavi MD, FACS
Realself 100 Hall of Fame Inductee

Respectfully, 
Arian Mowlavi MD, FACS
Realself 100 Hall of Fame Inductee

Am I a good candidate for a BBL procedure? My BMI is 20.8 (Photo)

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