Is 1000cc in each cheek a lot for a Brazilian butt lift?

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Is 1000cc in each check a lot for a Brazilian butt lift for a female who is 5'2" and 126 pounds?

Kenneth R. Francis, MD, FACS · Answer

Dear Kayliza,At your height and weight that is an almost impossible amount of fat to obtain, even if the anesthetic fluid is included.  The amount of fat available for reinjection into the buttocks depends on a number of factors, including the amount of fat removed and how it is processed.  The processing of fat is not a standardized technique.  Therefore, different surgeons may end with differing amounts of fat to inject simply based on differing processing techniques.  Keep in mind that a larger total volume of injection does not mean that the final result will be a larger buttocks.  Any anesthestic fluid, blood etc that is injected will be absorbed by the body.  Good luck!

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Each patient is looked at differently and requires different amounts of fat. Not all have that much to place and not all buttocks can have that much added.

Steven M. Gitt, MD, FACS (in memoriam) · Answer

Yes, 1000cc is a tremendous amount of fat to transfer for BBL. The beautiful thing about BBL is that it allows you to lose
fat from the areas where you have more than enough, while adding that same fat
to the areas where you do not have enough! That way both the donor and the
recipient sites improve. I have been doing buttock implant surgery for 20+
years with very nice results and few complications. Nonetheless, I do now
recommend BBL to patients who have sufficient donor site fat to achieve a
result that meets their expectations. I have found that we can transfer a much
greater volume of fat than the volume of implant that we can place into the
inter-muscular pockets that I use (beneath the Gluteus Maximus and above the
Gluteus Medius & Minimus muscles. In rare cases, we can even place an
implant at a later date to maximize volume. Fat can be placed throughout the buttocks
region while gluteal implants are used in the upper buttocks. I do not place
buttock implants where my patient would sit on them because that would increase
the risk of complications. Lastly, some patients think that if they put on
weight that we will get a better result. The problem is that if you then lose
that weight, the grafted fat will also likely be lost in proportion to your
weight loss. Good luck!

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