What is a good BMI to be eligible for a BBL?

hello,BMI screening before any cosmetic surgery procedure is a must, and it is great that you are thinking about this!  If a patient is healthy with no health concerns, I require all BBL and Tummy Tuck patients to have a BMI under 35. On the other hand, if you have diabetes or some other medical condition, I would ask you to reduce the BMI to something closer to 32 or below. Based on other surgeon's answers, my BMI35 cut off is indeed higher. This may be in part due to the fact that I use IV anesthesia instead of General Anesthesia. With IV anesthesia, most all of the pulmonary risks are eliminated. With IV anesthesia you are breathing on your own, as opposed to a machine breathing for you with General Anesthesia. Generally speaking, higher BMI patients are at increased risk for pulmonary problems, and General Anesthesia is more tied to pulmonary complications.  I have performed hundreds of BBL's over 15 years and this BMI criteria it has served me well.To learn more about BMI screening and the requirements that I require for both BBL and Tummy Tuck patients, please read the link below.Cheers,Ricardo L Rodriguez MD

     Losing a bit of weight can reduce the risk for complications with surgery, but BMI is just one measure of your fitness for surgery.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Thank you for your question.  While there is no specific cut-off BMI to get a Brazillian Butt Lift the higher your BMI preop, the higher the risk of a complication and the lower the likelihood that you will achieve your ideal results.  Higher BMI patients have a higher risk of wound healing problems.  Higher BMI is also a risk factor for a blood clot after surgery.  Lowering your BMI to under 30 with weight loss will help these risk factors but not completely eliminate them.  The other concern is the aesthetic results.  With a BMI of 32, body contouring procedures tend to be less effective in shaping the desiree waist to hip ratio as a result of excessive intra-abdominal fat. This fat is not accessible to liposuction and will detract from your final outcome and shape.  In order to avoid dissapointment, it would be recommended that you loose some additonal weight before contemplating a BBL.  Although it is dissapointing to have to wait...in the end you will get a better result that is closer to your ideal. I hope that helps. All the best!