Would a faja or compression garment work best for recovery after a Brazilian butt lift?

Dear dddmon,
I understand your concern. It is best that you consult your plastic surgeon regarding post operative care and management (i.e including massage techniques and timing) specific to your case. Your surgeon knows your condition well and has preferences on when and what to use for faster healing and recovery. Post operative care and management depends on the type of surgery performed and the technique used during surgery among other factors.It is best, however, that you follow your plastic surgeon's advice on post operative care management for a smooth and faster healing and recovery.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Hello @dddmon, thank you for your question. I suggest you follow your specialist recommendations, because the compression garment, foams and the time of usage as well depends of multiple things among other the doctor's surgical technique and the type of equipment used to perform the surgery. Best wishes! Alan Gonzalez MD, FACS. Best wishes! Alan Gonzalez MD, FACS. American Society of Plastic Surgery Member (ASPS), International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science” Member (IFATS), Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery member (SCCP)

A faja is a compression garment, but to specifically answer your question: a compression garment that includes the hips, buttocks and thighs is required after BBL surgery. A proper fitting compression garment post operably will not do the damage to your freshly fat grafted areas as does pressure from sitting, and shear stressors. Is very important to provide proper compression to all areas which have undergone liposuction in order to have the best possible outcome. Specifically, a abdominal binder will create misshapen hip areas due to confined swelling below the binder. Also, a binder is vastly inferior to the uniform compression Provided by a proper fitting compression garment. Also, there are many different qualities of Compression Garments. Some of them are very cheap and can do quite a bit of damage to your skin, including skin death, because they do not move in all directions. Cheaper Compression Garments fabric is very stiff and very dangerous. Be sure you do not skimp on a proper fitting postoperative compression garment, because they can become rather pricey. but a good compression garment is well worth the investment. Lastly, the fat grafted areas do well with mild postoperative compression. A properly fitted and specific post op BBL compression garment will have less compression over the central buttocks so that there is less chance of adverse skin damage to freshly fat grafted areas

Hello, thank you for your question. So first off let's clarify that a "Faja" is a compression garment; so, for all intensive purpose, let's call them all a faja. The use of compression is to minimize swelling, improve the "reattachment" of the skin to the muscular wall after liposuction, and finally, it helps to control that bit of oozing type bleeding that goes for the first couple of days after the procedure, specially because of the enoxaparin injections. Fajas, in general, tend to have sort of pockets on the buttock area, so no compression is applied to the buttocks. I personally like the vectors created with mid thigh version of the fajas, and allows for a more even out compression. the ones that only target your mid body tend to negate the lower abdomen a bit, and panels type compression (looks like a waist trainer that fixates using velcro, will not give you enough compression, so my personal choice would be the mid thigh. My best advise is go with what your doctor recommends, in the end, his / her recommendation should be your first choice

Most plastic surgeons, well provide compression garments for you to wear after surgery. This is fairly standard in the United States. If they have you purchase your own garments, they should give you clear instructions on exactly what to purchase. Dr. will have their own views and recommendations on this, so I suggest you ask your provider. If you haven’t chosen a provider, then I suggest having multiple in person consultations with local board-certified plastic surgeons who have extensive experience with the procedure.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD