Am I a good candidate for a BBL? BMI of 28

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I'm 5'and weight 145 with a BMI of 28.I'm from Tx,Looking into having a BBL in Florida. Am I a good candidate for a BBL.Would I need to loose weight for surgery.

Rafael Arenas, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. Pictures could help more to make a better assessment. Each plastic surgeon has their own BMI limite to perform a BBL; A BMI under 30 is safer and as lower it is the results are better as well if combine with 360 Lipo. I recommend to have a. personal evaluation with a Board certified Plastic surgeon to take about your concerns and what are you looking as result. Hope this help.

Emmanuel Mallol Cotes, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. To provide a valid medical opinion I will need to see pictures of you body from different angles. I would suggest to be treated by board certified plastic surgeon with experience in this procedure, to get the best desired results.

Respectfully,
Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-

Respectfully,
Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-

Moises Salama, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question. It's difficult to provide a proper recommendation without pictures. I suggest you upload photos from the front, side and back. That said, 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 the surgeon you choose has extensive experience with BBLs and clean credentials. Always consult with a board certified plastic surgeon. Take care, Moises Salama MD, Board Certified Plastic

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

The answer to your question will vary with the plastic surgeon. BMI is just one measure of your fitness for surgery; current health is also important. In my practice, I look for a BMI approximating 30 to lessen the risks of complications during and after surgery and to enhance the results of the procedures. No need to lose weight; it is better to maintain a weight you can sustain. A BMI of 35 or more is probably the upper limit that a plastic surgeon would consider for this procedure.

Alan Gonzalez, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello Dear @Gorgeous762828, thank you for your question. It is important to develop a surgical plan that fits your possibilities, to fulfill your wishes for improvement and to take into account what can actually be achieved. The Brazilian Butt lift or body sculpting with lipoinjection is a a treatment to improve the body contour and thus 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.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear Gorgeous762828,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. If you are considering surgery, I would suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. 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

Finny George, MD · Answer

Hi, thank you for sharing your question. Without photos it’s hard to say whether you are a good candidate but based on the information you provided you should be. Discuss your goals in person with a board certified plastic surgeon.

Manuel Diaz, MD · Answer

If you have a lot of fat located in your abdomen and on your back, it is not a problem because with liposuction they would be eliminated and transferred to the buttocks, with the corresponding and necessary analyzes we can determine if you are a candidate to perform the surgical procedure.

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

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
P.S. Go to Dr. Navid Nosrati

Respectfully, 
Arian Mowlavi MD, FACS
Realself 100 Hall of Fame Inductee
P.S. Go to Dr. Navid Nosrati

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Without including pictures we can’t make any type of quality assessment.

I don’t recommend people travel long distances for elective surgical procedures. The following is a list of general recommendations for those seeking cosmetic surgery. Perhaps you’ll find some of these helpful.

1. I recommend patients avoid traveling long distances for elective surgical procedures. There are of course instances where there is a lack of local talent and traveling to some degree is inevitable. If traveling for the procedure patients should be ready to travel to have the consultation, post operative appointments and follow up should there be issues or complications.
Patients sometimes do not appreciate the importance of in person consultations, that complications do happen or the number of people who have issues with their results or need revisions.

2. Schedule multiple consultations with different providers in your area who seem to have a good reputation for the procedure you’re interested in. Starting with at least five consultations seems like a reasonable number to me.

3. Whenever possible schedule in person consultations.  
4. During in person consultations ask each plastic surgeon to show all of their before and after pictures for the procedure you’re interested in.

The goal is not to see the best results of their career but to get an idea of what average results look like and get some type of confirmation of how many of these procedures that provider has performed.

Ask to see results that were not as good as the doctor would’ve hoped for and talk about the differences in outcomes.

Honest and experienced providers should have no problems presenting this type of information.

A highly experienced plastic surgeon should have hundreds of before and after pictures for the procedure you’re interested in. At a minimum at least 20+.

5. Read all the reviews on various physician review websites paying close attention and avoiding providers with any significant number of justified negative reviews.  Providers with an abundance of reviews often have aggressive marketing campaigns.

The plastic surgeons I respect most all have the single variable of not having justified negative reviews on their online profiles. 
In my opinion justified negative reviews are far more telling than an abundance of positive reviews.

6. Avoid scheduling for surgery or making a deposit on the day of the consultation.  Give yourself some time to think about the decision and make sure you finished all scheduled consultations before committing to having surgery that will permanently and irreversibly change your body.

When in doubt slow down and schedule more consultations.

Choosing the right plastic surgeon is the single most important variable to having a positive experience.

7. Don’t go chasing after technology or names of certain equipment. Instead focus all your efforts on finding the most experienced and talented board-certified plastic surgeon.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom, MD

Am I a good candidate for a BBL? BMI of 28

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