Will Gaining Weight Help With Fat Transfer to the Butt?

This is a very
common question as some women do not have enough fat for a Brazilian Butt
Lift. However some patients are
surprised that they have enough fat when evaluated by an experienced plastic
surgeon that performs a high volume of fat transfer procedures.

Patients that have
a BMI over 22 and have never had liposuction before have a good possibility of
being able to have a Brazilian Butt Lift.
They will need a liposuction in multiple areas such as the flanks, back abdomen
and inner thighs. However this
liposuction in multiple areas will allow your surgeon to shape your entire
body.

I tell patients
who are thin or borderline that I am always cautious about having them gain
weight because if they lose weight after the fat transfer procedure they will
lose some of the fat that is transferred during the Brazilian Butt Lift.

If you are too
thin for a Brazilian Butt Lift there are other options such as butt implants or
a combination of butt implants and fat transfer. The combination is great for shaping the
waist and giving patients the projection and shape that they desire.

Please consult
with your board certified plastic surgeon that performs a high volume of butt
augmentation procedures.

A good candidate has enough fat available for transfer in the procedure. The amount of fat that can be transferred in a BBL depends on how much fat the patient has to harvest and the amount of space there is to move the fat into. It is recommended for the patient to have a BMI of 30 or less. If you are too thin, a Brazilian Butt Lift may not be possible.

Thank you for your question!  It is hard to tell exactly without a physical examination of your body how much weight you will need to gain.  Find a board certified plastic surgeon who preforms these regularly and have a  consultation.  Best of luck!Dr Dhaval PatelDouble Board Certified Plastic SurgeonChicagoHoffman EstatesOak Brook

Hello dear!!
Thanks for the question and provided information as well. 
Unfortunately, without pictures, it is very difficult to give you a proper answer. 
l recommend you to make an appointment with a board certified plastic surgeon to talk about your goals and anything you need to know.
Good luck :)

It is difficult to evaluate your candidacy for BBL and make recommendations with no photos posted. I would recommend a virtual or an in person consultation for proper evaluation and treatment options. Gaining weight can help with the fat transfer but it is important to remember that fat that has been introduced to the buttocks will act in unison with the rest of the fat in a patient's body and should respond proportionally to any fluctuations in weight that can result from diet and/or exercise. Seek a board certified plastic surgeon who performs many of these procedures, has great reviews and photos, and is an expert in this field.

I'm in agreement with the other opinions, that you should not change your diet or lifestyle to something that is not natural for you, just for the sake of trying to gain weight before your fat transfer to the buttocks ('Brazilian Butt Lift').  If you work to gain weight, eating more than you usually would, then you will almost certainly lose that weight after surgery and the additional volume in your buttocks will go with it.

 

It's best to just stick with your regular diet and weight, and the surgeon will do his or her very best with the current body you have.  Best wishes!

Great question with lots of different opinions out there. I believe that a woman gains and loses weight based on how their clothes fit them, I suggest to patients that need more fat for a transfer to put on 5-10 lbs before a transfer because we will harvest these  "inflatted" cells and then transfer them to another part of the body thus acheiving the look and clothes fit that you want, and therefore you will maintain what was transferred by maintaining the same weight with a different look. Difficult for some to understand but Iave had great success using this algorithm. Good luck!

you are ok. now for planning a succesful BBL you  should no get more than 15 lbs in excess and  no less than 10 lbs overweight in order to get a wonderfull butts shape.

no deberias de tener mas de 8 kgs en exceso de peso  ni menos de 6 kgrs de sobrepeso para poder planear una BBL exitosa

Gaining Weight prior to a Brazilian butt lift doesn't work. The reason why it doesn't work is because fat cells don't replicate. You're born with a certain number of fat cells and you keep the same number of fat cells throughout life. When you gain weight each cell gets bigger and when you lose weight each cell gets smaller, but you don't make more fat cells. So if you gain weight before surgery and you transfer the same number of fat cells that you would have if you didn't gain weight. So when you go back to your normal weight after surgery the cells will shrink to the same size they would've been if you didn't force yourself to gain weight.

 

Before surgery you want to be as healthy as possible gaining excess weight does not make you healthy. The other thing is gaining weight may stretch the skin and damage the tone of your skin or create stretch marks. Being healthy is the best. The other thing to remember is that a small person needs less fat to make a change in the buttocks than a larger person. This is just like a breast augmentation a person whose 5 feet tall can get a C cup breasts with a 350 mL implant. A person who is 6 feet tall may need a 550 mL implant to make a C cup breasts.

 

In my opinion making a small waist with the liposuction is the key to making the buttocks look bigger and better. I've done a lot of life of suctioning fat injections in thin patients and had great results. We don't always have to inject a lot of fat to have a great-looking figure after surgery.

I dont recommend that you gain weight if you have a normal or above normal BMI. This is a ratio of height and weight. If you are underweight and very thin then yes you could gain weight.  

Normal weight patients or slightly above average weight patients do the best with fat transfer and fat retention and survival after transfer. The liposuction will sculpt your body, and the fat injections will fill the buttocks. If you gain weight after the fat transfer the buttocks will get larger also.