I have filler and fibrosis. Is there a way I can have a butt implant surgery? (photo)

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About 7 years ago , I had a bbl that created fibrosis on one butt cheek. Two years ago, after major weight loss, my doctor added volume to my butt with hyacorp. After I had the flu, many big hard lumps showed up on my butt. So I have both these issues. I need to have butt implants, I feel super insecure with my butt right now and I have not enough fat for bbl. Is there any way that the fibrosis can be adressed prior to surgery so I can have it with minimal risk?

Ryan A. Stanton, MD · Answer

Allow me to answer your question as best i can based upon your single photo. However, please keep in mind that an in-person, or at least a virtual, consultation with physical exam is first necessary before any legitimate evaluation or final surgical recommendations can be made.

You are in good company with many others who had high hopes for BBL but instead received disappointing results (lumpiness, unevenness, lack of projection in the central and/or lower buttock, insignificant hip augmentation, post-deflation sagging, fatty necrotic cyst or scar tissue, etc.) as most of the fat melts away. It is not quite as much the quality of the doctor nor liposuction technique but rather the quality of the procedure that is a large part of the problem.  Thus, going back for additional rounds of BBL most often produces the same disappointing results but at another financial loss.   Beware, if a surgeon asks you to purposely gain weight (i.e. fat) before BBL, know that the fat you lose first as you get back to your baseline weight after surgery is that very same fat that was transferred into your buttock, hence your new buttock shrinks first, the fastest, and the most...so please do not fall victim to this recommendation.

Fillers, such as Sculptra and hyaluronic acids,  for augmentation of the buttock/hips are a rip-off and/or cause further problems such as lumpy fibrotic nodules.

Buttock/hip implants, however, provide a more reliable, predictable, relatively safe, and permanent result, even following BBL/fillers, especially for adding projection to the hips and central buttock, and often help smoothing out lumpiness, which otherwise may need to be excised. Occasionally a lower buttock tuck may be advantageous for lower buttock fold asymmetries and/or sagging.  When considering buttock implants make sure that the surgeon is going to be placing the implants within gluteus muscles , (a.k.a. “intramuscular pocket”), and that they are using anatomically correct, oval-shaped implants, such as Stanton Anatomic ®️ implants. 
Please keep in mind that an extremely few number of board-certified plastic surgeons specialize in these buttock implants so be sure to consult with one that is reputable and experienced. Unfortunately you may have to travel long and far away from home to find this particular surgeon. Glad to help.

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