Patient inquiries for buttock augmentation have have sky-rocketed in my office attesting to the popularity of these procedures. Celebrities, including Jeniffer Lopez and the Kardashians have set a new standard for buttock aesthetics. My patients request not only larger, but more shapely, rounder buttocks and hips. The Brazilian Buttock Lift utilizes your own fat to augment and lift. The entire region can be sculpted using a combination of liposuction and fat augmentation. The procedure is as much a reshaping of an entire region as it is an augmentation. The amount of fat transferred depends on your goals, available fat, and size of your buttocks, and in my practice ranges from 250 to 1250 cc per side. I spend a great deal of time with my patients to achieve their goals, as the desired buttock shape depends greatly on ethnic and cultural standards for perceived beauty. This procedure, more than any other, has reinforced my belief that communication and listening to my patients is the key to a successful outcome.
Meticulous postoperative care is essential to optimized the "take" of the fat. The buttocks feel a little firmer in the months following the procedure, but this resolves with message and ultrasound treatment. In my opinion, the results are far superior to buttock augmentation with buttock implants.
If you have significant skin laxity, as is common with with large with loss, then a thigh and buttock lift or lower body lift may be indicated to maximize tightening and repositioning. I frequently add fat transfer when I am doing a thigh and buttock lift for reshaping to replace volume loss, which commonly occurs in massive weight loss.
I recommend a consultation with a Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon to discuss the available treatment options.
Best regards, Andrew Lyos, MD, FACS