Do buttock implants feel cold to the touch?

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Do butt implants feel cold to someone touching them? (I talked to numerous doctors on here and I do have enough fat to do a transfer. ) I have breast implants that are placed below the muscle, and when it's cold in the house or outside, if you touch them they feel cold and I'm just wondering if butt implants would be the same way. Thank you for your time.

J. Timothy Katzen, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you for questions regarding do buttock implants feel cold to the touch. Buttock implants and breast implants are completely different. Comparing buttock implants and breast implants is like comparing apples and oranges. Breast implant can be made of two materials, either saline or silicone. In general, saline can heat up or cool down relatively quickly.  On the other hand, silicone takes longer to heat or cool. Silicone breast implants are also made of a cohesive gel, but are nonetheless, a liquid. On the other end of the spectrum, buttock implants are made of a semi-solid. That means buttock implants are not a liquid.  Compared to liquid breast implants, it is much more difficult for a solid or semi-solid buttock implant to heat up or cool down.   Therefore, breast saline implants cool much quicker than silicone butt implants. Also, I have never had any of my buttock implant patients ever complain that their buttocks are cold.  Also, I have never had any of my buttock implants patient’s significant others complain that my patient’s buttocks are cold.  Thank you your question regarding permanent buttock augmentation with FDA approved silicone buttock implants.  I hope that I have answered your questions regarding do buttock implants feel cold to the touch.  I specialize in buttock implant insertion.  If you have any more questions regarding buttock implants, buttock implant surgery, buttock implant insertion, or buttock implant revision, please contact my office. Since buttock implant surgery is a big procedure, please seek an experienced, board certified plastic surgeon with significant experience buttock implant insertion.   Do your research.   If you cannot find an experienced, buttock implant plastic surgeon in your neighborhood, consider traveling out of state if you must. Sincerely, Dr. Katzen. (“Verified” Plastic Surgeon, certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Fellow of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American College of Surgery, and International College of Surgery and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and RealSelf Hall of Fame.)

Shlomo Widder, MD · Answer

Dear Marylander,   Before answering your question about butt implants, let me comfort you about not having enough fat for BBL. First of all, congrats on being in good shape. Second, fat injection is a total waste of your time and money, because the fat disappears completely , or almost completely within few months or even sooner. I have seen it on hundreds of patients who came to my surgery center for butt implants surgery, after their big disappointment from the BBL that was done by other surgeon. I do not perform BBL for that reason.   Think about it this way. If fat injection surgery was consistent and reliable, most women would have preferred it for breasts augmentation over breasts implants. The reality is that the number one cosmetic surgery in the US is breasts augmentation with implants ... BBL just does not work !!!   As far as butt implants feeling cold, I have performed butt implants surgery on well over 600 patients and never heard that complaint. At times, for different reasons, when I had to exchange or remove butt implants they felt warm at body temperature.    Always, consult with experienced board certified plastic surgeons who do lots of butt implants surgery in accredited surgery center for your safety. Most importantly, check the before and after pictures in the photo gallery, to make sure that they are numerous, consistent and attractive with nice 'S' curve, nice projection, round hips, single low incision between the cheeks, natural look.               Best of luck,                                  Dr Widder

Richard Huy, MD, PhD · Answer

Thank you for your question. 
In buttock augmentation with implants, the implants are placed inside the muscles and very well contained. I have never heard such complains about the cold feel of butt implants from my patients. However, you should see a board-certified plastic surgeon who has done a lot of gluteal augmentation with implants. 
Wish you the best!

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

Intramuscular buttock implants are placed deeper in the tissues than most breast implants so they are less likely to cause cold temperature symptoms. While I have heard such observaions before from breast implant patients, I have not heard anything similar from buttock implant patients.

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