Can one get a brazilian butt lift if they are HIV positive?

With undetectable viral load and normal CD4 counts, your risks for surgery are the same as for any other patient. I generally get a letter of clearance from an infectious disease specialist prior to proceeding, but have performed BBLs on many patients that are HIV positive.Hope this helps - Sam Jejurikar, MD

There is some risk of the surgeon and staff being stuck with a needle during the procedure and this does make one reluctant to take the risk. Generally we do assume that all patients are infective and we protect ourselves and take great care to avoid injury during surgery. But this may be the reason that you have found some reluctance. I think you should be able to find a well-trained board-certified plastic surgeon who is willing to do the surgery. More important is to check with your medical doctors that you are in good condition to have the surgery done and that your immune system is functioning adequately.

HiThanks for your question.With well-controlled HIV infection it should be safe for you to undergo BBL - your risk should be same as any other healthy patient since your immune system is likely stable if your count is undetectable.I hope this helps.....

If your HIV is well treated and your undetectable and healthy, you should be okay undergoing this procedure. There is a risk of infection when injecting fat into the buttocks and some doctors and likely scared that with the HIV your immune system would not fight off these infections properly. 

You can have any surgery including BBL if you are HIV positive; we treat everyone with universal precautions which means as surgeons we must treat everybody with precautions regardless of HIV status.

I have performed BBL surgery on many patients who are HIV positive with very good results. As long as the virus is undetectable and you are cleared by your medical doctor and you have enough donor fat you should be able to undergo a BBL.