Are Buttock Implants Very Painful?

Although buttock implants are one of the more painful operations in the field of plastic surgery, much of the pain subsides after 4-5 days and the rest resolves over the ensuing 2-3 weeks.  Pain is very a subjective thing and it is proven that those who have a reasonable expectation of the pain and acceptance of the pain fair much better after surgery than those  who drastically fear the pain and don't try to cope with the pain...RAS 

Most of my patients find that this procedure is tolerable and experience quick recovery with no complications. Be sure to choose a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in this procedure and has high success rate with this procedure.  If you choose your surgeon wisely you will have a wonderful, long lasting result.

One of the most
common questions that patients ask me is if buttock augmentation with implants
will be painful. The short answer is
that it depends on the type of butt augmentation surgery a person has done.

Like breast
augmentations the implant can be placed above or below the muscle. When the implant is placed below the muscle
or in the middle of the muscle patients can have a significant amount of pain
after their surgery, as the muscle is being stretched and pulled.

My personal
technique is what is called sub-fascial.
The implant is placed above the muscle but under the fascia. The fascia is the strong covering around the
muscle. The benefit of this technique is
that the fascia still holds the implant in place and decrease the chance of
scar tissue like it would beneath the muscle.
However since it is above the muscle patients have less pain and less
likely hood of complications that are associated with sub-muscular placement of
butt implants.

Please discuss
your butt augmentation with board certified plastic surgeon.