If I Gain Weight Will I Mostly Gain in my Butt After Brazilian Butt Lift?

It’s not unusual for patients to be concerned about what
happens when they gain or lose weight following brazilian butt lift
surgery.It’s highly probable that
transplanted fat cells behave in the same manner in their new location as they
did in their previous location.In other
words, they will respond to exercise and diet just as they did before.This
means that when patients gain weight following brazilian butt lift surgery,
more weight will be gained in the buttock region and less weight will be gained
in the donor site areas.When patients
lose weight, the exact opposite phenomena will occur.It’s important to realize that weight gain
will affect the entire body, but it may affect the buttock in a more pronounced
manner.For
these reasons, weight swings can have a dramatic impact on the results of
brazilian butt lift surgery.It’s
therefore important to avoid significant weight changes following this
procedure.

Brazilian butt lift (fat transfer to the buttock) is so
popular because it enables your plastic surgeon to transform your entire
shape. Liposuction is performed over
several areas depending on the individual patient needs, but typically of the
flanks, abdomen, back and thighs. You
currently have a very square shape (which is more common than most people
realize).



The liposculpting will allow your surgeon to bring in your
hips and waist giving you more of an hour glass figure. You already have some shape to your buttock
and this will be able to be enhanced to give you a very attractive buttock.



The butt augmentation is your own fat so it acts like any
other part of your body. It will get
larger with weight gain and smaller with weight loss. However the fat will not just go to your
buttock. It will also go any other area
that you still have some fat remaining.



When considering this procedure it is very important that
you have your procedure performed by a board certified plastic surgeon.

About 60% of fat from the transfer is retained and the size will change with your weight just as the rest of your body does. In other words, the fat acts like it was naturally there. You can get a good idea of the final result after 6 months.

Thank you for your question!  If you gain weight your buttocks most likely will get bigger, if you loose weight it will get smaller. The first place you will start to gain weight will be your buttocks but if you were to gain a significant amount of weight it will distribute throughout your body.   Best of luck!Dr Dhaval PatelDouble Board Certified Plastic SurgeonChicagoHoffman EstatesOak Brook

You will likely see your weight gain everywhere after a Brazilian buttock lift but since there's more living fat there, it will likely grow more there! The reverse could be true as well, so be careful to not lose a bunch of weight!  Best wishes

You will likely see your weight gain in a uniform distribution after a fat transfer to the buttock (Brazilian buttock lift).  The weight or fat that you gain after surgery will not necessarily all go to your buttock area, some will.  The rest may be accumulated in your abdomen, thighs, back, arms, etc.  Some people are more prone to collect weight in certain areas (ex. abdomen in your case) however you can not control where your newly gained weight will be deposited.  Also, if you lose weight after this surgery, you may also lose some of the fat/volume from your buttock as well.

Best wishes,

Dr. Bruno

Hi there-

There is no reason to believe that you would gain "only in" your butt after a Brazilian Butt Lift...

After fat grafting to your buttocks, you are correct that you will have relatively more fat cells in the buttocks area that can collect fatty tissue and enlarge, but you will still have fat cells in other areas of your body as well.

What my patients usually experience with changes in weight is a head to toe gain or loss, with the new shape achieved through the Brazilian Butt Lift being maintained through these gains/losses.

After Brazilian butt lift, if you gain weight you will gain all over or in the areas that you are prone to weight gain.  It is untrue that you will gain weight only in the buttocks area.  If you are looking to have brazilian butt lift, you have to be at your ideal weight and not planning to have children in the near future.  Weight loss/gain effects the end result of any liposuction or lipoinjection procedure. 

Hello dear!
Thanks for the question and provided information as well.
After a BBL, you lose or gain weight in the same way as before. So the answer is yes, if you gain a considerable amount of weight, all of your body will be affected.
If you have any concerns, I suggest you to follow up close with your plastic surgeon.
Good luck :)

Thank you for your question. The weight or fat that you gain after surgery will not necessarily all go to your buttock area, some will.  The rest may be accumulated in your abdomen, thighs, back, arms, etc.  Some people are more prone to collect weight in certain areas, however you can not control where your newly gained weight will be deposited.  Also, if you lose weight after this surgery, you may also lose some of the fat/volume from your buttock as well. I do believe that the grafted fat cells continue to function as normal fat cells do. They increase in size with weight gain and decrease in size with weight loss. If you have more fat cells in your buttocks after having the BBL done, then I would expect you will gain more weight in your buttocks with weight gain than if you hadn't had the procedure.I wish have helped!!! Good luck!!!!