44 y/o Female, 5'3", 120 lbs. I had a botched lipo and 6 revisions a decade ago and I'm now looking into hip augmentation. Am I a good candidate? I don't have any extra body fat and am afraid of the implant edges showing. I currently wear silicone hip pads that are 1/2' at their thickest and even that small amount gives me so much confidence. I want to make it permanent. Please help.
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Major body contouring options generally come down to Liposuction and fat transfer or implants.
Implants have a pretty long list of complications and undesirable side effects so they are not done as commonly and most plastic surgeons do not offer gluteal or hip implants as a regular procedure.
If...
Though hip implants are easy to place, they almost uniformly produce a poor result. I certainly take a lot of hip implants out or have to fix the defects caused by the removal of those hip implants. The truth of the matter is that hip implants are not camouflaged well, because there is very...
Allow me to answer your question as best i can based upon your photos. However, please keep in mind that an in-person consultation with physical exam, or at least a virtual consultation, is first necessary before any legitimate evaluation or final surgical recommendations are made.
In general,...
