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The buttock implants are solid and are not really soft like tissue, but they are not hard like a brick. The best thing to do is feel one.
In short, silicone gel buttock implants are not FDA approved and thus not legal for buttock implantation in the USA. I actually see about one patient a month that had gel implants done in another country and, although they looked a felt great at first, they are now seeking revision because the implants are either visible on top of the muscle and/or grossly deformed by scar contracture or a ruptured implant. The soft semi-solid silicone rubber implants used in the USA are much less likely to have these problems if placed correctly within the gluteus muscle AND are considered permanent implants because they cannot rupture and leak silicone gel. In 2015 I created and recently patented a new "Stanton Anatomic" shaped implant that avoids the unnatural effects of round implants, whether silicone gel or rubber . The benefit of this is the fact that ~90% of patients have more of an oval shaped buttock cheek not round, thus a true oval implant (i.e. Stanton Anatomic implant) creates a much more natural and harmonious buttock contour. This is especially true when the patients bends over, does squats, or pokes their butt out while striking a pose or dancing. Glad to be of help.
The buttock implants that we have in the US are semi-solid. To me they feel like the Dr.Scholls shoe inserts.
Hi and thanks for the question and photos. Scars take 12-24 months to fully mature and look their best. There are ointments that keep the incision moist and protect it from the sun during this time. Silicone tape also helps with this. Best of Luck - Dr Hardy...
Dear Amby, Posterior and side view pictures would have been very helpful. You did not provide information about the implants' pocket location - intra muscular or sub fascial. I use the sub fascial technique on my butt implants patients and I noticed that the the pain is usually gone w...
Indeed the absolute best placement of buttock implants is within the gluteus maximus muscle. Although this does cause more pain and swelling during the intitial recovery phase, it does yield the best and most natural contour long-term results by far. I have done this procedure on many at...